How Do You Make Homemade Cold-Processed Lye Soap?
Making homemade soap is fun and easy. This is cold-processed which means no heat is actually used on the soap mixture itself and you aren’t actually making your own lye. This soap is great for hunters to wash clothes in, as well as people with skin allergies because it contains no perfumes or additives. Prepare your molds by lightly greasing the inside with petroleum jelly or lining them with plastic wrap. In the smaller bowl mix ½ cup of soft water with 2 tablespoons of lye, stir with wooden spoon until lye is completely dissolved. In the larger bowl add 1 cup melted and strained beef fat.(see tip below) Allow both to cool until the outside of the bowl feels lukewarm to the touch. When both have cooled sufficiently, slowly pour the lye mixture into the tallow, stirring constantly. Continue to stir the lye and tallow mixture until it reaches the consistency of honey. The mixture will turn cloudy at first then get grainy looking but will eventually smooth out. The stirring process may t
