Now, soap making in the woods can be an almost automatic thing. Anyone who’s done much camping knows that — if you throw some white ashes from a hardwood fire into your frying pan after dinner — the lye in the ash will combine with the fat from the cooking to make a crude soap. This works fine for rough-washing tin plates and hunting knives, but there are times when even the most ornery outdoorsman needs bar soap. We were no exception and — thanks to our instructors — soon became adept at making both soft and hard soap, starting at ground zero with lye from our own leaching barrel.
Lye is easy to make - you just need wood ash. Saponification is the name of one of the chemical reactions that occur when you are making soap or shampoo bars using lye. Read to find out how you can make lye at home (the authentic way, or an easy cheats method).
What Is Wood Ash Lye
Learn How to Make Lye Using Water and Wood Ashes
Looking to make your own lye for soap from wood ashes? 🤔 While you can buy lye at the store, learning how to make lye for soap involves just a few ingredients—wood ashes & water—plus a few supplies and, of course, a bit of time. The type of homemade lye we’ll show you how to make is potassium hydroxide (KOH), also called caustic potash, or potash lye. This is the same compound homesteaders have created for generations. #diy #soapmaking #soap | how to make lye from ashes | via RusticWise
How To Get Lye From Wood Ash
Every winter, homesteaders throw away gallons of high-grade lye in their ash buckets. Our ancestors didn't have a local hardware store; they had a fireplace. By leaching water through hardwood ashes, you can produce pure, liquid lye for absolutely zero dollars. Here is how to master the 'float an egg' test for perfect lye concentration.
Learn how to make lye from ashes using a lye-leaching barrel to filter rainwater through hardwood ashes to make lye for the soap-making process.
Making Lye From Wood Ash
Making Lye From Wood Ashes – Live The Old Way
Making lye soap
MAKE YOUR OWN LYE
Learn how to make lye from wood ash safely to be used in homemade soaps. You can now make your own entirely from scratch!
Discover the ancient way to make powerful handmade soap using only fireplace ash, fat/oil, and gravity! This detailed guide shows the traditional process: creating lye from hardwood ash, filtration, saponification, and turning waste into natural cleaning bars. Perfect for self-sufficient living, off-grid homesteading, and reducing dependence on industrial products. Learn the lost skill of our ancestors! Save this pin and master traditional soap making! 🧼🌿 #HomemadeSoap #NaturalSoap #Homesteading #SelfSufficiency #OffGridLiving #SustainableLiving #DIYSoap #TraditionalSkills
Making lye from wood ashes and water.