Comments on: Home Made Soap

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:30:29 +0000

Hi Fady,

Lard, animal fats and coconut oil have extremely beneficial properties for the body. People cut out these precious nutrients due to marketing industry ploys. The membranes of every cell in our body is made up of glycerophosholipids which are fats, so these must still be included in our diet to help maintain the integrity of our cells. Coconut Oil is, I believe the best of them all. It has a high melting point of 43 degrees and a smoking point of 180 degrees therefore it is one of the safer oils to cook with as it does not oxidize easily. Coconut Oil contains lauric acid and it has many beneficial properties for the body…here is a link below that helps explain the properties of different fats.

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/index.html

By: Fady Ayoub

Fady Ayoub — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:44:00 +0000

Hi, i’m a yr 12 student and i’am studying Senior Science. My teacher is wandering if insteasd of lard or animal fats, what can we use as a subtitute. Would scented oils or natural oils such as coconut oil be okay to use. Your help s much aprreciated.

Thanks;
Yours Scincerely:
Fady Ayoub

St Marks Coptic Orhodox College, Sydney-Australia.

By: Joanne Hay

Joanne Hay — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:39:35 +0000

Read a little further Gordon for the more traditional wood ash AKA pot ash or Lye recipe. The company Nancy suggests above will sell it also. It’s good to have a recipe that doesn’t need imputs from outside though. For those who want to be completely self sufficient. Our ancestors were amazing. They went to all this trouble to make soap, then washed their clothes by hand. Amazing.

By: Gordon Rouse

Gordon Rouse — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:01:05 +0000

I would have thought that you would be using Pot-ash (from the fire-place) instead of sodium hydroxide, a far more natural ingredient and less sodium, which means your grey water is safer to use on the garden.

Don’t suppose anyone knows how to make pot-ash soap?

By: Nancy C

Nancy C — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:06:39 +0000

Please don’t even try to use this recipe for handmade soap. Check out soap recipes online. This url has recipes and a lye calculator. I’m not affiliated with this company. I’ve just made my own soap for years now. I started with this recipe and it is so strong you can clean floors with it. Nice handmade soap isn’t this hard to make, guaranteed.

http://www.the-sage.com/index.html