How to Make Soap

Basic technique for how to make soap

Ingredients required for how to make soap

A small plastic dishpan, about 10" x 12" 
A glass or enamel 2-quart saucepan 
1 can of lye (sodium hydroxide), 12 ounces 
3 pounds of lard 
Plastic gloves [really; use eye-protection too] 
Water

Method for how to make soap

1.    Pour 3 cups of very chilly water (refrigerate water overnight first) into the 2-quart saucepan. 

2.    Slowly and cautiously add the lye, a little bit at a time, stirring it with the wooden or plastic utensil. (Use plastic fashion accessory for this; test them for holes first.) Do not breathe the vapor or lean in excess of the urn or have children nearby. Above all use no metal).

3.    The mixture will get very burning. In olden days, a sassafras branch was used to stir, imparting a heady scent and insect prevention for mosquitoes, lice, fleas and ticks. 

4.    Let cool at least one hour in a secure place. Meanwhile, the unwrapped lard should be warming up to room warmth in the plastic dishpan. 

5.    Slowly and cautiously, pour the lye solution into the dishpan with the lard. The fat will melt. Mix methodically, at least 15 minutes, until it looks like broad pudding.

6.    Let it set awaiting the next morning, then cut it into bars. It will obtain harder after a few days. Then package this complete your how to make soap guide. If you wish how to make soap base on olive oil, use about 48 ounces. It may require to harden for a week.