I made a batch of this dish soap and I am obsessed! It cleans so well and I love that my hands aren't in toxic soapy water anymore. I've also made your shampoo bar recipe and it, too, is wonderful. I scored 6 gallons of rendered ribeye fat, refined it twice with water and salt. It is the most beautiful tallow and makes glorious skin cream.
Also: The only thing I would add is that while working with lye and checking for safety to use on skin (I am a retired nurse, mom of 6, and wife of a wounded warrior, and we own a handcrafted body care product business), it is not necessary to cure your soap for weeks before they are safe to use. Checking the ph will usually tell you it is safe within a few days of making it. If you are selling a soap, then the process needs to complete to ensure proper weight of your product. If it’s for your own use, it’s usable a whole lot sooner. The main reason curing is used is to be sure that any leftover moisture is gone from the bars. It will almost never harm you if you use a bat that was made a few days prior and you can verify this with a ph test (look into proper ph levels for soap used on skin or in cleaning when it comes in contact with skin. ) if your ph measures well, curing is first and foremost done to let extra fluid evaporate. If your bars are weighed every day or two over a few weeks, you will notice that they typically lose weight, and then settle at a final weight when excess fluids have evaporated.
I am also a soap maker and I wanted to say the same thing. The only reason to "cure" the soap is to allow the excess water to evaporate (creates a harder bar) and in doing so, makes the bar last longer.
When I was child, my mother would buy her preferred soap brands when they'd go on a great sale. All four of us went to the store and we kids were each given the money ahead of time to buy the maximum number allowed for the sale (usually 5. Then we'd go through the checkout line and head home. My mother unpacked the bars of soap and put them in the stacks of towels and wash cloths, putting them between the towels and even between the folds. She liked the scent it gave the towels and this is how she dried them to make the soap last and last. You had to be careful grabbing a towel from the linen closet and relocate any soap bars! 😂
I make my own laundry soap and I start by making a small batch of 100% coconut oil soap. It is very important that you unmold that soap after a few hours (usually around 4-5 hours tops). If you don't, you won't be able to cut the soap as it gets way too hard. Then you want to shred the soap as finely as possible. I use borax, washing soda, a small amount of baking soda and my homemade, shredded soap. It works very well. Takes as little as 1 TBS per load (use a bit more for large or extra soiled clothing)
I love using castor oil in my skin cream, it's great for old skin. I melt 1/4 cup Shea butter and stir in 3 to 4 tablespoons of castor oil. Then I squeeze in a gel capsule of vitamin E and essential oils like rose hip, lavender, frankincense, geranium ( but never citrus because it can cause sun sensitivity.) It goes on heavy but your skin absorbs it and your skin doesn't feel greasy.
Thank you! I been thinking about buying soap bars for dish washing, I want to stop buying plastic containers, this looks doable and thanks for answering the questions about lye. ❤️
I make my own solid dish soap with a very similar recipe and I love it. I customize it with sweet orange essential oil or one of the mint essential oils. I don’t have a dishwasher either (I actually do, but I hate them and they have never done the job for me) it’s really simple to make and coconut oil makes a hard bar and it lasts So long, and is pretty cost efficient! I also use it for stain removal on Lyn laundry as well. Thank you for sharing your recipe.❤❤❤
I’m a new subscriber…I’m so impressed by all that you do! I do make some homemade items (laundry detergent) but would buy your dish soap if it was made for sale! Love your channel.
The main thing about lye soap is making it as a hot batch and make sure you cure for at least 12 weeks to allow the lye to break down. I use just plain lard, lye, water, and salt. I use cup measures because I was taught to do this in the fall when we butcher the hogs. I have been doing this as long as I can rremember. I also use either the egg or feather method to test the lye. I use our well water to make it. I make it in a caldron over a campfire in the yard. We also use the hot water to scald the hair off the dead hogs. So we already have everything out to use at the same time.
As a kid I watched my grandma do this every year… same thing when they butchered the hogs, in a big ole cauldron in the yard and she made her own lye from a little wood ash, hickory fire I think and rain water. I can’t wait to try your recipe for dish soap! Thank you!
Love your content. Here’s a laundry detergent recipe I found that I’ve been using for over a year now and love it! It works great! 1/2 cup Epsom salt 1 1/2 cup Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) 1 1/2 cup Washing soda (sodium carbonate) 1/4 sea salt ( can add a few drops of essential oils) Use 1-2 Tbsp per load I don’t add essential oils and only use about 1 Tbsp per load unless it is an unusually dirty load.
@@FromScratchFarmstead Are you that clueless? There’s no surfactant in it! And magnesium in ES reacts instantly with WS to precipitate chalk. It’s a prank recipe, dear!
I live in an apartment, but anywhere you live, people say don’t use coconut oil because it will solidify in the pipes, can anyone help me with this question, I’m new here but always wanting better soap options. Love and blessings to all 🙏🏻💖🙋🏻♀️🌷
The process of soapmaking saponifies the oils (turns them into soap). This recipe is 0% superfat which means there are no excess oils that come off when used. All that to say, there shouldn't be any issues with drains clogging :).
I save my frying oils, which is primarily canola, avocado and olive oil. I never use my frying oils more than 3x. I strain the oil to remove all sediments. I add coconut oil as much as 60%. I use that to make my kitchen soap. It has a amazing cleaning properties. I use it to wash dishes, dish clothes, counters etc. It cleans up wonderfully after soapmaking. No grease is left.
Hi, nice video. I did the same thing a few years ago, but with a slightly different twist. I use old bacon and hamburger grease to avoid wasting it. I like actually submerging the dishes in soapy water so I grate about 1/2 bar and boil it to dissolve it and it keeps the sink water sudsy and soapy all the way to the end. Great minds must think alike!!
Coconut oil makes for a very sudsy soap! but keep in mind that the more bubbles, the more cleansing (and therefore drying to the skin) the bar. The added tallow to the recipe is a boon for the skin.
I have made your tallow shampoo bar. Took me a while to get used to it. Now, my husband and I do not wash our hair without it. I have made small size mold for when we travel. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️ do you have a solid natural conditioner bar to share. Thanks in advance. 🙏💕🙏💕
Hi! So glad you are liking it!! I do an apple cider vinegar rinse with the bars and really like how my hair feels with that. In a squirt bottle I put a few table spoons of apple cider vinegar and fill it the rest of the way with water. Then after washing my hair, I rinse with the apple cider vinegar mixture. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
We love dish soap here too. I use an essential oil blend of lime, orange and lemon. It’s so bright and refreshing. Love citrus in the kitchen! Thank you
Hoorah!!! This is exciting. I made your recipe for shampoo bars and I love it. I’ve also shared it with family members and they love it, also. Thank you for sharing these with us. 😁
I absolutely love how joyful your kids were to come help put away the dishes. You are one of the many Missouri families I love watching. I’m out here on the CA coast thinking I’d love to homestead in MO one day but truthfully I don’t think I could handle the humidity! Thanks for helping me gain more tools in my CA “urban homestead”
I very much appreciate their help! It’s just been built in to our family culture that we wash and they dry and put away so it’s part of the routine 😊. Thanks for watching!!
I'm so glad I found you today. I'm definitely going to try your dish soap and also going to look for your shampoo bars. I have just started making soap. I am 64 and from South Africa and am loving the process. Great that you are sharing everything so beautifully.
Love your video. I have been making body soap for a couple of years now and would like to expand to eliminate toxic dish soap. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Those soap molds are adorable.
What a lovely video , pleasure to watch, very calming and everything explained thoroughly and clearly , love all of your content, thank you for all your hard work and thank you for sharing these important videos to save people and our children from the toxic world 🌍🙏❤
I use the same spoon and knives for food. I just use a mix of vinegar and water. I let them soak in water for a few minutes then wash thoroughly, then I rinse very well and either dip into a vinegar mix for a few seconds or spray it onto them and let it sit for a few minutes while washing other things and finally rinse very well again. The vinegar mis is about 3 parts vinegar and 1part water. If you have some traces of the lye left after washing the vinegar will neutralize it then the final rinse will remove the mix. Remember lye (usually potassium hydroxide) is used to make hominy which is a favorite food in the south (usually as grits).
I just made the vegetarian version of these dish soap bars, thank you for recipe! I also made your shampoo bars, I had to make adjustment for the tallow, I think they are going to be good, they are drying too. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this 😀 it was exactly was a was looking for! I'm so fed up of wasting plastic containers and using harsh chemicals on my hands everytime I was dishes... I'm definitely going to make these dish soap bars soon!
I also really want to try this. I am a visionary and was shown to wash my dishes with just vinegar. Which I plan to do. I have received a lot of really great natural ideas from visions I would have never thought of. As a vegan… I can’t use tallow but wonder if you have ever tried any recipes without that ingredient as you said something about having tried many recipes. I have loved your recipes the best as I venture out to try to make soap. But just can’t use animal products. Thank you for any suggestions you may have for alternative options.
Hi! On our website there’s a version of the recipe without tallow - just coconut oil and castor oil! Here’s the link to the recipe! fromscratchfarmstead.com/dish-soap-bar-recipe/
Amazing!! 🤔 I wonder if you make it a rectangle and cut a small slit into the sponge, then slide the bar in, and you would always have it frothy on the dishes .. wonder if that would work?
I LOVE THIS RECIPE. I’ve made it twice. Do you know if you could use this recipe and switch out the lye to make a liquid paste? My son keeps asking me to make a liquid.
Thank you for the recipe! I made dish soap bars from a similar recipe but it used olive oil as one of the oils. I have noticed that olive oil leaves a very unpleasant smell in soap….is it just me? It reminds me of antiseptic hospital soap smell. I had to throw away the bars………so sad. Do you find these bars maintain a pleasant smell? I’d love to hear if anyone else has noticed this smell of Castile soap products. Thanks again!!
Thank you for sharing this, I will be making it this weekend. I have been making your shampoo bar (use it as a body bar instead) for about a year now and love it so I’m sure this too will be a success. On a different topic, I was wondering if you have a recipe for bread loaves using freshly milled flour? I have been trying to switch to 100% FMF for the health benefits, but my loaves have not been coming out great.
Perfect Loaf has a great recipe for 50/50 whole wheat loaf. Any AP flour in a recipe is half hard wheat and half soft wheat, so you can take that recipe and milk 75% hard wheat and 25% soft wheat, and you’ll get good consistent loaves. (Unless your starter is really young.)
Hi! I use the basic sourdough bread recipe from Jill Winger's site (the prairie homestead). I tried to link it but the site must be down temporarily because I couldn't get it to load but that recipe has always worked well for us.
I have become more and more upset at how many plastic bottles we are throwing away ( laundry, dish soap, shampoo etc.) My daughter in law makes her own soaps and laundry detergent, so I will try to get that recipe and send it to you (they have four young children too!) Our scale just stopped working, so I purchased the one you had in the description box. I'm ready to make the move to create less plastic waste! Thank you for these recipes!! PS I just found out how to make washing soda from baking soda. We want to make an Oxiclean product to help with stains, and it calls for it.
Thanks for sharing and checking on that for us! I'd love to learn how she makes them if you are able to get that recipe. That's good to know with the oxiclean too!
@@ciaragracelewis Baking soda can be baked in the oven spread on a baking sheet, and will turn into washing soda. I started this because I had a large amount of baking soda to use up. (There is actually scientific process that happens!) Mixed with hydrogen peroxide it will perform like Oxiclean. The exact recipe is on Google!
@@FromScratchFarmstead My husband and I are actually visiting my son and his family, so I was able to take a picture of the original recipe. Here it is: Homemade Laundry Detergent 1 bar of soap, grated (Dr. Bronners, Kirk's, Fels Naptha...) 3 cups washing soda 3 cups Borax Use 2 tablespoons per regualar load. To make your own washing soda, spread baking soda onto a large baking pan and bake at 475 for 45 minutes to an hour. Stir often. This causes a chemical reaction to the baking soda and turns it into washing soda. I did this because we had so much baking soda, and I wanted to use it up!! If anyone has any suggestions, please share!!
@@FromScratchFarmstead As for an Oxiclean type product, mix equal parts washing soda and hydrogen peroxide 3% and add to the washing machine water as needed ( 1/4-1/2 cup of each.) It is great for soaking clothes prior to washing, like my husband's work shirts that have stained collars. It needs to be used within a few hours of making it. If the washing soda doesn't dissolve in the peroxide, you can mix in some warm/hot water first.
Remember that the lye comes in a plastic bottle. So you're not down to zero plastic waste, but .. agreed .. it's a lot less for sure! Great idea to make a 0% overfat soap for washing dishes! I have a (homemade) handsoap at the sink using almond oil, castor oil (I agree on your choice) and coconut oil which has a little bit of overfat and I don't notice any residue on dishes. Then again, I rinse and teatoweldry dishes after washing. Finally, remember that when you find you need to work with 'hard soaps' as you explained you needed to for work, that's an excellent opportunity to use those same protective gloves that you used in this video when handling your lye solution. 🙂
Yay! I have been waiting and excited for this video I remember you mentioning it a while ago! What laundry detergent do yall use? Currently on the hunt for an effective one that's not overpowering on the scent.
For most of my cleaning purposes I tend to lean more towards lard. To this end, I will make a 100% lard bar of soap, no superfatting, to make up my laundry soap. This would be the soap I grate to add to my borax and washing soda. My wife has allergies to aroma additives, so I do not add that to any batches that we will end up using. The lard bars also make for a wonderful spot cleaner / stain remover that we keep in the laundry area as well. You will find that it works wonders. Thanks for sharing all your time and effort to make and produce all these videos, most generous and most wonderful!!
Hi. I just found myself with an abundance of pig fat that I am working on rendering. If you wouldn't mind sharing, I'd love your recipe or something similar to put all this lard to good use in some soap. Thanks!
@@kimtaylor7544 This recipe is for cold processing 40 ozs of Lard, water being 25% of the oil weight, no super fatting and no fragrance: 10 oz Filtered or distilled water 5.65 oz Lye - NaOH 40 oz Lard Use for spot cleaner / stain remover, dish bar, or grate, to be used as the soap part of your laundry soap. Enjoy!!
Love this recipe and will be trying it! This is my Homemade Laundry Soap recipe we’ve really liked. I’ll be curious what you decide on! 5 GALLONS · 5-gallon bucket with cover · 1 cup Borax · 1 cup washing soda · Grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha · Hot/Boiling tap water 1. Place 4 cups of water on the stove to heat. 2. While the water is heating, grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha. It grates easy! 3. Add the shredded Fels-Naptha to the water and stir until soap is dissolved. (takes about 10 min) 4. Take the 5 gallon pail and fill it halfway with hot water (use your shower for this). 5. Add 1 cup Borax and 1 cup Washing Soda. Stir to dissolve. 6. Add the dissolved soap and stir with a big metal spoon or paint stir stick. 7. If you want to add some fragrance to your laundry soap you can add a couple of drops of essential oils at this time. 8. Fill the remainder of the bucket with hot water. Give it one final stir. 9. Divide the mixture into smaller containers at this time if you plan to have multiple containers. It’s easier before it gels. 10. Let it sit overnight. The finished soap will be more of a watery gel that is described as an “egg noodle soup” look. It’s a low sudsing soap, so if you don’t see much, that’s ok. Suds are not what cleans, it’s the ingredients in the soap. 11. Store in smaller containers, ideally, plastic with larger openings, since the gelled soap won’t fit through the openings made for ultra-liquid detergent. Use 1/2 cup of laundry soap for each load of laundry. · For HE front loading washers, use 1/2 cup for a large load. For regular top-loading washers, use ½ cup to 1 cup for a large load.
Can you wash and use the bowls, measuring cups, immersion blender, etc with foods afterwards? Or do you only use those supplies for product making and nothing else?
You can do it either way but if you use them for food, make sure you wash them thoroughly. Another commenter left her vinegar rinse routine for her soap making supplies which was very helpful! Thanks for watching!
Will try. I have heard that homemade laundry soap isn't great because it doesn't contain a detergent, which is different from a soap. So, eventually there will be build up on the clothes over time and in the machine. Most don't notice this for close to a year for the build up and then the clothes need to be stripped. Can you also make a liquid soap from this bar soap the same as for body soap? So one gallon water to one bar and heat till combined?
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt Not for a water softener (although it still helps - I have very bad hard water) but borax "brightens"/removes stains better, and washing soda cuts grease, so I use both.
@FromScratchFarmstead: I have a question: This soap doenst have any harmful ingredients, right? I tried your recipe and love it... but my dad come over last weekend and we build some things. He taught it was normal soap and used it for the shower (he was rly dirty 🙂). He loves it and took some with home. I told him to not use it for hair and use bodylotion afterwards...🤣 but now I am curious, we can use it right? We have in germany something like a bodyscrup for people who get rly dirty during their workdays, but this stuff is rly aggressiv on the skin and he always complains about it - it would be good if he can use this (it worked but i am unsure bc of the skin )
It's completely safe for your skin, the only thing that could come up is that all of the coconut oil makes it a pretty harsh soap. As long as he does ok with it, you may need something a bit more gentle for those with sensitive skin. Glad you're liking this recipe :).
You can and it may help a little. Crumbling is a sign of over mixing. I've definitely done that a few times. I've always just left them and the bars still turned out fine just not as pretty.
I want to make my own dishwashing soap. I have some plastic containers(hold outs from previous wasteful purchases) that get so greasy. Dawn will not take it off. It’s so frustrating. I live in a camper and do not have a dishwasher.
Hi there, I came across your video, I like your recipe and i have a question, when you wash dishes with that soap, does it leaves a white film in the zinc, and if it does, what do you use to clean up the pipes? the reason am asking you is cause i make soaps, i have been doing for years, I make all types of soaps and i have made cleaning soap with just coconut oil, I use to use it for washing clothes, but after a while it left a white hard stuff in my washer and I stop making it, even after mixing it with different products like wash soda, baking soda etc, then I try castile liquid coconut soap and again it left a white film and it clog my sink, as for now I just made a batch of liquid olive oil castile soap and it doesn't leave a greasy film in the zinc, i use that soap for dish washing also, but i would like to make your soap, I know it cleans, I just want to know the difference between the soap that you are making and the one with only coconut oil, does the tallow makes a difference? thank you in advance.
Interesting! We haven't had that issue. It doesn't leave a residue on dishes at all and it is a 0% superfat soap. You'll have to let me know if you try it! Thanks for watching!
@@privilegiada1 I'm guessing the tallow alone wouldn't make that big of a difference from an all coconut oil soap. But what would make a difference is the superfat percentage the recipe produces. 0% superfat is your best bet to not leave any white film. Hope that helps!
I can’t wait to try this! I made the shampoo bars and have been waiting for them to cure for the last 3 weeks. I’m the dingus who misunderstood the instructions and measured the liquids as fluid ounces and the dry ingredients as regular ounces 🤦♀️ But now I know the difference and will be making the shampoo bars again next week using the correct weights this time. Thanks for sharing another great soap recipe! (And for specifying about fluid vs dry ounces 😂)
Hi Joelle, do you have an Amazon storefront with products you use? I do see the links but wondering if you have a whole storefront I can follow too. Thanks!
I came across your videos and would love to try them; however, I've heard that a lot of oils, especially coconut oil, are bad for pipes and septic systems.
In soap making the oils change in the saponification process when mixed with the lye. This is a 0% super fat recipe so no extra oils should be released because they are all converted in soap. All that to say, we haven’t had any issues using this soap 😊. Thanks for watching!
Hi! Do you sell your bars? I just don't have the funds to invest in all these different things right now, but would love to try some of this dish soap!!! Thanks and binged many of your videos!!!
Does the high saturated fat content not clog your pipes or drains if you use this as your everyday dish soap? I would use the soap especially as i have sensitive skin. But would be terrified of clogging pipes or drains.
I would love to make my own dish soap, but have not attempted it because I'm concerned about it's grease cutting ability. I've been making shampoo bars and body soap for a few years now. How well does this soap work on cleaning a greasy pan? Say something you just cooked hamburgers in.
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Thanks for watching! There are certain bulk things we get from them that are definitely worth the 30 min drive time for pick up but every situation is different!
For my laundry soap: Recipe: * 1 box Borax, 65 ounce * 1 box washing soda, 55 ounce * 1 box baking soda, 4 pound box * 2 bars Fels-Naptha, 5 ounce grated (use Zote if you can’t find Fels-Naptha) * Essential oil of choice a few drops - I use lavender or lemon Grate the fels-naptha and mix all ingredients. I store in glass jars. I use a couple Tablespoons to a scant 1/4 cup on a regular load of clothes. Less on small loads.
I make my own bulk powdered Laundry detergent by mixing one large box of borax, one large box of washing soda, one large box of baking soda, and 2 bars of grated castile soap! I'd add some essential oils if I wanted it scented. I only use 2 Tbsp per load. If I have an especially large or especially dirty load I use more but I don't think its necessarily that necessary to use more. It works great and will last us a long time. I like how easy it is to make and it isn't expensive either.
I make my laundry soap as a 100% Coconut oil bar, 0% superfat. As soon as it's ready to cut, I grate it. It's much harder to grate later. Then by weight, I put equal parts soap flakes, borax, baking soda, and washing soda. 2 heaping tablespoons per load of laundry. Just blend the powders in a food processor to powder those soap flakes. Works wonderfully.
I haven't tried that! I think it's more common to use a bar soap that's just coconut oil shredded for washing clothes but I haven't experimented with it yet. Thanks for watching!
Hey mum, here is our laundry soap recipe. It is easily converted to your soap bars. 400g zote soap shredded (tallow:coconut; 80:20), 5 zip lock bags, washing soda. Weigh out 87.5g shredded soap and put in ziplock. Add 1/2c washing soda to zip lock. (this is your base). Next, bring 1 gallon water to a boil. Add contents of 1 ziplock to boiling water and turn temp down to simmer. Stir every 5 minutes x 3. Let cool over night. In the AM, mash the now gelatinous soap to break it up some. Blend in blender for no more than 1 minute on low. Pour solution into 1 gallon jug and you are finished. We use 1/2c soap per load. That's it! I'll make another video of my making it and post it soon. 80:20 at 5% superfat makes for a great bath bar. 7mL rose 7mL speremint. ❤ We also use 1 scoop oxyclean per load.
Question: would the coconut oils cause problems for the plumbing? I've heard if you use it for oil pulling to spit in the trash, not down the sink, so I'm wondering if the saponification changes it and makes it safe to use in the plumbing?
Yes, the saponification reaction changes it so it's the same as any other soap. It's also a 0% super fat recipe so there should be excess oils released. We haven't had plumbing issues. Thanks for watching!
A long time ago I researched soap making. When I say researched it, I mean to the nth degree. One interesting factoid I ran across was the purported origins of soap. Most of us know that most of the world didn’t make or use soap in ancient times. The Romans, who were among the most advanced civilations at the time didn’t use soap. They soaked in a bath then scraped their skin with an instrument called a strigil, essentially scraping the dirt & dead skin cells off in that manner. Anyway, the invention of soap was attributed to the ancient Greeks. (Probably not supported by archaeological evidence) It was said that when they sacrificed animals at their temples they then burned them to offer up as a burnt offering. It's said that the fat of the animals dripped onto the ashes of those fires & when it rained, the fat occasionally somehow saponified & solidified under the altars. A lot of archaeologists cried BS! So, true or not, that's one of the legends of how soap was invented.
Being an African American female we were told how dangerous lye is and that's why they took it out of our hair products. Is this a different type of lye?
The lye is neutralized in the soap making process so it’s completely safe. Lye is also sodium hydroxide but it’s the only lye I’m aware of. Thanks for watching!
Can you help me write a recipe with sheabutter (and castoroil) instead of coconut and tallow? I didn’t figure it out either the calculator :( Thank you so much
Hi there! Would that be for a dish soap? You want to make sure you are using an oil very high in cleansing properties, which is why we use coconut oil. I'm not sure where shea butter falls. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead hi, thank you. Yes as dishwashing soap. But I understand. Unfortunately my try of making your recipe with coconut oil, didn’t turn out usable. The lye separated while cooling down, to a crystallised part and then an oily part.
I love seeing young people keeping the old ways alive. I was raised making so many things. Thank you and God bless.
I made a batch of this dish soap and I am obsessed! It cleans so well and I love that my hands aren't in toxic soapy water anymore. I've also made your shampoo bar recipe and it, too, is wonderful. I scored 6 gallons of rendered ribeye fat, refined it twice with water and salt. It is the most beautiful tallow and makes glorious skin cream.
Yay!! So glad you are enjoying these recipes! That makes me so happy!
Also: The only thing I would add is that while working with lye and checking for safety to use on skin (I am a retired nurse, mom of 6, and wife of a wounded warrior, and we own a handcrafted body care product business), it is not necessary to cure your soap for weeks before they are safe to use. Checking the ph will usually tell you it is safe within a few days of making it. If you are selling a soap, then the process needs to complete to ensure proper weight of your product. If it’s for your own use, it’s usable a whole lot sooner. The main reason curing is used is to be sure that any leftover moisture is gone from the bars. It will almost never harm you if you use a bat that was made a few days prior and you can verify this with a ph test (look into proper ph levels for soap used on skin or in cleaning when it comes in contact with skin. ) if your ph measures well, curing is first and foremost done to let extra fluid evaporate. If your bars are weighed every day or two over a few weeks, you will notice that they typically lose weight, and then settle at a final weight when excess fluids have evaporated.
Thanks for sharing! Interesting!
Used to make soaps,(health reasons slowed me down), but fully agree with you 💝
I am also a soap maker and I wanted to say the same thing. The only reason to "cure" the soap is to allow the excess water to evaporate (creates a harder bar) and in doing so, makes the bar last longer.
When I was child, my mother would buy her preferred soap brands when they'd go on a great sale. All four of us went to the store and we kids were each given the money ahead of time to buy the maximum number allowed for the sale (usually 5. Then we'd go through the checkout line and head home. My mother unpacked the bars of soap and put them in the stacks of towels and wash cloths, putting them between the towels and even between the folds. She liked the scent it gave the towels and this is how she dried them to make the soap last and last. You had to be careful grabbing a towel from the linen closet and relocate any soap bars! 😂
Sure, but if you cure the soap it will last longer so you don't have to constantly make more batches.
I make my own laundry soap and I start by making a small batch of 100% coconut oil soap. It is very important that you unmold that soap after a few hours (usually around 4-5 hours tops). If you don't, you won't be able to cut the soap as it gets way too hard. Then you want to shred the soap as finely as possible. I use borax, washing soda, a small amount of baking soda and my homemade, shredded soap. It works very well. Takes as little as 1 TBS per load (use a bit more for large or extra soiled clothing)
Thank you!!! Very helpful!
Great idea!
I love using castor oil in my skin cream, it's great for old skin. I melt 1/4 cup Shea butter and stir in 3 to 4 tablespoons of castor oil. Then I squeeze in a gel capsule of vitamin E and essential oils like rose hip, lavender, frankincense, geranium ( but never citrus because it can cause sun sensitivity.) It goes on heavy but your skin absorbs it and your skin doesn't feel greasy.
That sounds lovely! Thanks for sharing!
Hello, can i use Cocoa butter instead of Shea butter? Thank you.
Thank you! I been thinking about buying soap bars for dish washing, I want to stop buying plastic containers, this looks doable and thanks for answering the questions about lye. ❤️
You're welcome! Glad this was helpful. Thanks for watching!
I make my own solid dish soap with a very similar recipe and I love it. I customize it with sweet orange essential oil or one of the mint essential oils. I don’t have a dishwasher either (I actually do, but I hate them and they have never done the job for me) it’s really simple to make and coconut oil makes a hard bar and it lasts So long, and is pretty cost efficient! I also use it for stain removal on Lyn laundry as well. Thank you for sharing your recipe.❤❤❤
You're welcome! I agree, they last surprisingly long and hold up so well! Thanks for sharing and watching!
I’m a new subscriber…I’m so impressed by all that you do! I do make some homemade items (laundry detergent) but would buy your dish soap if it was made for sale! Love your channel.
Hi! Stay tuned - selling our soap bars is one of our goals for 2025!
The main thing about lye soap is making it as a hot batch and make sure you cure for at least 12 weeks to allow the lye to break down. I use just plain lard, lye, water, and salt. I use cup measures because I was taught to do this in the fall when we butcher the hogs. I have been doing this as long as I can rremember. I also use either the egg or feather method to test the lye. I use our well water to make it. I make it in a caldron over a campfire in the yard. We also use the hot water to scald the hair off the dead hogs. So we already have everything out to use at the same time.
Thanks for sharing!
As a kid I watched my grandma do this every year… same thing when they butchered the hogs, in a big ole cauldron in the yard and she made her own lye from a little wood ash, hickory fire I think and rain water. I can’t wait to try your recipe for dish soap! Thank you!
Love your content.
Here’s a laundry detergent recipe I found that I’ve been using for over a year now and love it! It works great!
1/2 cup Epsom salt
1 1/2 cup Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
1 1/2 cup Washing soda (sodium carbonate)
1/4 sea salt
( can add a few drops of essential oils)
Use 1-2 Tbsp per load
I don’t add essential oils and only use about 1 Tbsp per load unless it is an unusually dirty load.
Is the sea salt 1/4 cup
Thanks so much!! That seems really doable!
@@FromScratchFarmstead
Are you that clueless? There’s no surfactant in it! And magnesium in ES reacts instantly with WS to precipitate chalk. It’s a prank recipe, dear!
Ridiculous.
No surfactants: can’t dissolve grease and oil.
ES + WS -> chalk instantly.
It’s a prank, dear. You’re not fooling anyone…
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jtno need to be so mean
I live in an apartment, but anywhere you live, people say don’t use coconut oil because it will solidify in the pipes, can anyone help me with this question, I’m new here but always wanting better soap options. Love and blessings to all 🙏🏻💖🙋🏻♀️🌷
The process of soapmaking saponifies the oils (turns them into soap). This recipe is 0% superfat which means there are no excess oils that come off when used. All that to say, there shouldn't be any issues with drains clogging :).
I save my frying oils, which is primarily canola, avocado and olive oil. I never use my frying oils more than 3x. I strain the oil to remove all sediments. I add coconut oil as much as 60%. I use that to make my kitchen soap. It has a amazing cleaning properties. I use it to wash dishes, dish clothes, counters etc. It cleans up wonderfully after soapmaking. No grease is left.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi, nice video. I did the same thing a few years ago, but with a slightly different twist. I use old bacon and hamburger grease to avoid wasting it. I like actually submerging the dishes in soapy water so I grate about 1/2 bar and boil it to dissolve it and it keeps the sink water sudsy and soapy all the way to the end. Great minds must think alike!!
Thanks for sharing! 🙌
U don’t cook with ur animal greases??!??
Wow! That's super foamy. I love it.
It has such a nice lather!
Coconut oil makes for a very sudsy soap! but keep in mind that the more bubbles, the more cleansing (and therefore drying to the skin) the bar. The added tallow to the recipe is a boon for the skin.
Thank you for yet another fantastic helpful video. I will give this a try! ❤ cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Wonderful! Enjoy!
We're in Victoria and love her ideas.
I have made your tallow shampoo bar. Took me a while to get used to it. Now, my husband and I do not wash our hair without it. I have made small size mold for when we travel. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️ do you have a solid natural conditioner bar to share. Thanks in advance. 🙏💕🙏💕
Hi! So glad you are liking it!! I do an apple cider vinegar rinse with the bars and really like how my hair feels with that. In a squirt bottle I put a few table spoons of apple cider vinegar and fill it the rest of the way with water. Then after washing my hair, I rinse with the apple cider vinegar mixture. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe! I made your shampoo bar and have been loving it! Im making this tomorrow!
Hooray!! I hope you love these!
We love dish soap here too. I use an essential oil blend of lime, orange and lemon. It’s so bright and refreshing. Love citrus in the kitchen! Thank you
Love that! 🙌 Thanks for watching!
Hoorah!!! This is exciting. I made your recipe for shampoo bars and I love it. I’ve also shared it with family members and they love it, also. Thank you for sharing these with us. 😁
Thanks for sharing in our excitement!! I hope you love this one too!!
Thank you for sharing, I am definitely giving this a try 💕
You're welcome! I hope you like these bars!
I was waiting on this video! I want to try it! My husband does a lot of the dishes and loves dawn...to see if i can get him to like it!
Show him the ingredients in a bottle of dawn and maybe he'll rethink it :). I hope you both love these!!
@@FromScratchFarmstead I think with time and a decent alternative and he might!!
Oooh! An AGA in action. My dream kitchen will have an AGA. Learned so much in this video…thank you!
You're so welcome!
I absolutely love how joyful your kids were to come help put away the dishes. You are one of the many Missouri families I love watching. I’m out here on the CA coast thinking I’d love to homestead in MO one day but truthfully I don’t think I could handle the humidity! Thanks for helping me gain more tools in my CA “urban homestead”
I believe they're in Illinois?
I very much appreciate their help! It’s just been built in to our family culture that we wash and they dry and put away so it’s part of the routine 😊. Thanks for watching!!
Yep, Illinois!
MO is a mess. Hellhole of a red state. Avoid!!
I spend half my time in Cali Mojave desert and half in Southern Illinois… you get used the humidity.. This way I get the best of both states!
I'm so glad I found you today. I'm definitely going to try your dish soap and also going to look for your shampoo bars. I have just started making soap. I am 64 and from South Africa and am loving the process. Great that you are sharing everything so beautifully.
Aw! Thanks for sharing that! I hope that you love this recipe!
Love your video. I have been making body soap for a couple of years now and would like to expand to eliminate toxic dish soap. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Those soap molds are adorable.
So glad this was helpful! ☺️
What a lovely video , pleasure to watch, very calming and everything explained thoroughly and clearly , love all of your content, thank you for all your hard work and thank you for sharing these important videos to save people and our children from the toxic world 🌍🙏❤
I use the same spoon and knives for food. I just use a mix of vinegar and water. I let them soak in water for a few minutes then wash thoroughly, then I rinse very well and either dip into a vinegar mix for a few seconds or spray it onto them and let it sit for a few minutes while washing other things and finally rinse very well again. The vinegar mis is about 3 parts vinegar and 1part water. If you have some traces of the lye left after washing the vinegar will neutralize it then the final rinse will remove the mix. Remember lye (usually potassium hydroxide) is used to make hominy which is a favorite food in the south (usually as grits).
Thanks for sharing your routine! That's really helpful!
Much less time to just wash my separate set of tools for crafts
Grits are simply coarse ground corn
They’re “steel cut” corn
Not cooked at all
Hominy is a dish made from corn
Love how you explain as you make! Subscribed 😊
I just made the vegetarian version of these dish soap bars, thank you for recipe! I also made your shampoo bars, I had to make adjustment for the tallow, I think they are going to be good, they are drying too. 🙂
Yay!! That's great! I hope you love them!
Thank you for sharing this 😀 it was exactly was a was looking for! I'm so fed up of wasting plastic containers and using harsh chemicals on my hands everytime I was dishes... I'm definitely going to make these dish soap bars soon!
Awesome! I hope you love this recipe!
Thanks for sharing! I'm excited to try it. 🙂
You’re welcome! I hope you love it!
Once again you amaze me. I love you doing the older ways of life and teaching them to me. You make it look so easy. Ty so much for all you do for us.
So glad this was helpful!! I’m learning right alongside you! This was new to us until 6 months ago too ☺️
I also really want to try this. I am a visionary and was shown to wash my dishes with just vinegar. Which I plan to do. I have received a lot of really great natural ideas from visions I would have never thought of. As a vegan… I can’t use tallow but wonder if you have ever tried any recipes without that ingredient as you said something about having tried many recipes. I have loved your recipes the best as I venture out to try to make soap. But just can’t use animal products. Thank you for any suggestions you may have for alternative options.
Hi! On our website there’s a version of the recipe without tallow - just coconut oil and castor oil! Here’s the link to the recipe! fromscratchfarmstead.com/dish-soap-bar-recipe/
Amazing!!
🤔 I wonder if you make it a rectangle and cut a small slit into the sponge, then slide the bar in, and you would always have it frothy on the dishes .. wonder if that would work?
That's a creative thought! Thanks for watching!
Great video! We grow our own food and are building our off grid house ❤❤ we're a family of 6 😊
That's awesome!! Keep it up!
I LOVE THIS RECIPE. I’ve made it twice. Do you know if you could use this recipe and switch out the lye to make a liquid paste? My son keeps asking me to make a liquid.
So glad you like this one!! I don't think the coconut oil would work well as a liquid paste, unfortunately.
Thank you for sharing! I'm waiting for all of supplies to arrive so i can make your shampoo bar and now I'll be making this dish soap as well.
Yay!! I hope you love them!
Thank you for the recipe! I made dish soap bars from a similar recipe but it used olive oil as one of the oils. I have noticed that olive oil leaves a very unpleasant smell in soap….is it just me? It reminds me of antiseptic hospital soap smell. I had to throw away the bars………so sad. Do you find these bars maintain a pleasant smell? I’d love to hear if anyone else has noticed this smell of Castile soap products. Thanks again!!
You can put some essential oils in them to mask the smell of olive oil
I haven't noticed a smell in these bars. Essential oils can help as well. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing this, I will be making it this weekend. I have been making your shampoo bar (use it as a body bar instead) for about a year now and love it so I’m sure this too will be a success. On a different topic, I was wondering if you have a recipe for bread loaves using freshly milled flour? I have been trying to switch to 100% FMF for the health benefits, but my loaves have not been coming out great.
Perfect Loaf has a great recipe for 50/50 whole wheat loaf. Any AP flour in a recipe is half hard wheat and half soft wheat, so you can take that recipe and milk 75% hard wheat and 25% soft wheat, and you’ll get good consistent loaves. (Unless your starter is really young.)
Thanks for sharing! This is helpful!
Hi! I use the basic sourdough bread recipe from Jill Winger's site (the prairie homestead). I tried to link it but the site must be down temporarily because I couldn't get it to load but that recipe has always worked well for us.
Thank you. I’ll search for it
@@ciaragracelewisthank you
Hon, u deserve a dishwater
Truly
Plus it cuts down infection spreading to nil
I put toothbrushes in it, sponges, baby toys, all sorts of things!
I have become more and more upset at how many plastic bottles we are throwing away ( laundry, dish soap, shampoo etc.) My daughter in law makes her own soaps and laundry detergent, so I will try to get that recipe and send it to you (they have four young children too!) Our scale just stopped working, so I purchased the one you had in the description box. I'm ready to make the move to create less plastic waste! Thank you for these recipes!!
PS I just found out how to make washing soda from baking soda. We want to make an Oxiclean product to help with stains, and it calls for it.
How do you make your own?! So cool
Thanks for sharing and checking on that for us! I'd love to learn how she makes them if you are able to get that recipe. That's good to know with the oxiclean too!
@@ciaragracelewis Baking soda can be baked in the oven spread on a baking sheet, and will turn into washing soda. I started this because I had a large amount of baking soda to use up. (There is actually scientific process that happens!) Mixed with hydrogen peroxide it will perform like Oxiclean. The exact recipe is on Google!
@@FromScratchFarmstead My husband and I are actually visiting my son and his family, so I was able to take a picture of the original recipe. Here it is:
Homemade Laundry Detergent
1 bar of soap, grated (Dr. Bronners, Kirk's, Fels Naptha...)
3 cups washing soda
3 cups Borax
Use 2 tablespoons per regualar load.
To make your own washing soda, spread baking soda onto a large baking pan and bake at 475 for 45 minutes to an hour. Stir often. This causes a chemical reaction to the baking soda and turns it into washing soda. I did this because we had so much baking soda, and I wanted to use it up!!
If anyone has any suggestions, please share!!
@@FromScratchFarmstead As for an Oxiclean type product, mix equal parts washing soda and hydrogen peroxide 3% and add to the washing machine water as needed ( 1/4-1/2 cup of each.) It is great for soaking clothes prior to washing, like my husband's work shirts that have stained collars. It needs to be used within a few hours of making it. If the washing soda doesn't dissolve in the peroxide, you can mix in some warm/hot water first.
Remember that the lye comes in a plastic bottle. So you're not down to zero plastic waste, but .. agreed .. it's a lot less for sure!
Great idea to make a 0% overfat soap for washing dishes! I have a (homemade) handsoap at the sink using almond oil, castor oil (I agree on your choice) and coconut oil which has a little bit of overfat and I don't notice any residue on dishes. Then again, I rinse and teatoweldry dishes after washing.
Finally, remember that when you find you need to work with 'hard soaps' as you explained you needed to for work, that's an excellent opportunity to use those same protective gloves that you used in this video when handling your lye solution. 🙂
Even things packaged in glass are originally shipped in bigger plastic containers 🤷♀️
Agreed - not truly zero waste but much better than the alternative! Thanks for sharing.
Yay! I have been waiting and excited for this video I remember you mentioning it a while ago! What laundry detergent do yall use? Currently on the hunt for an effective one that's not overpowering on the scent.
We currently do the fragrance free Ecos brand! Thanks for watching! 😊
Amazing video and very well explained. Where do you buy the soda at?
Thanks you! We use this lye - amzn.to/3SSXih3.
Your dish soap recipe is worth hundreds thank you so much!!!!
You're welcome!
Enjoyed this video, your tutorial was very clear and easy to understand, thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
For most of my cleaning purposes I tend to lean more towards lard. To this end, I will make a 100% lard bar of soap, no superfatting, to make up my laundry soap. This would be the soap I grate to add to my borax and washing soda. My wife has allergies to aroma additives, so I do not add that to any batches that we will end up using. The lard bars also make for a wonderful spot cleaner / stain remover that we keep in the laundry area as well. You will find that it works wonders. Thanks for sharing all your time and effort to make and produce all these videos, most generous and most wonderful!!
Hi. I just found myself with an abundance of pig fat that I am working on rendering. If you wouldn't mind sharing, I'd love your recipe or something similar to put all this lard to good use in some soap. Thanks!
@@kimtaylor7544 This recipe is for cold processing 40 ozs of Lard, water being 25% of the oil weight, no super fatting and no fragrance:
10 oz Filtered or distilled water
5.65 oz Lye - NaOH
40 oz Lard
Use for spot cleaner / stain remover, dish bar, or grate, to be used as the soap part of your laundry soap.
Enjoy!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you for this dish soap recipe! I've made bath bars, shampoo bars, laundry detergent & THIS was next on my list. 😁
Awesome! I hope you like this one!
Love this recipe and will be trying it!
This is my Homemade Laundry Soap recipe we’ve really liked. I’ll be curious what you decide on!
5 GALLONS
· 5-gallon bucket with cover
· 1 cup Borax
· 1 cup washing soda
· Grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha
· Hot/Boiling tap water
1. Place 4 cups of water on the stove to heat.
2. While the water is heating, grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha. It grates easy!
3. Add the shredded Fels-Naptha to the water and stir until soap is dissolved. (takes about 10 min)
4. Take the 5 gallon pail and fill it halfway with hot water (use your shower for this).
5. Add 1 cup Borax and 1 cup Washing Soda. Stir to dissolve.
6. Add the dissolved soap and stir with a big metal spoon or paint stir stick.
7. If you want to add some fragrance to your laundry soap you can add a couple of drops of essential oils at this time.
8. Fill the remainder of the bucket with hot water. Give it one final stir.
9. Divide the mixture into smaller containers at this time if you plan to have multiple containers. It’s easier before it gels.
10. Let it sit overnight. The finished soap will be more of a watery gel that is described as an “egg noodle soup” look. It’s a low sudsing soap, so if you don’t see much, that’s ok. Suds are not what cleans, it’s the ingredients in the soap.
11. Store in smaller containers, ideally, plastic with larger openings, since the gelled soap won’t fit through the openings made for ultra-liquid detergent.
Use 1/2 cup of laundry soap for each load of laundry.
· For HE front loading washers, use 1/2 cup for a large load.
For regular top-loading washers, use ½ cup to 1 cup for a large load.
We don't have Naptha soap in South Africa. We have a sunlight basic soap bar. Do you think I could use that
This is so helpful!! Thanks for those very clear directions!!
I’m not sure. I know some people try basic soap but I haven’t. Fels Naptha is a laundry soap I order online, if that helps.
Thank you, cant wait to make these..!!
You're welcome! I hope you love them!
Thanks for this recipe. Can i use commercial lard instead of rendering my own tallow?
You could!
That's what we are doing too!
Awesome! 🙌
Hi, great video. Any suggestions on what tallow brand to use? Thanks
Thanks! Good question. We've always gotten beef fat and rendered it ourselves so I don't have any recommendations for already rendered tallow. Sorry!
Can you wash and use the bowls, measuring cups, immersion blender, etc with foods afterwards? Or do you only use those supplies for product making and nothing else?
You can do it either way but if you use them for food, make sure you wash them thoroughly. Another commenter left her vinegar rinse routine for her soap making supplies which was very helpful! Thanks for watching!
Hii thanks for your video 😊 may I ask you if we can use lard instead ? And will the outcome be different ?
Hi! I haven’t tried with lard but it should swap just fine without changing much in the outcome of the bar! Thanks for watching! 😊
Will try. I have heard that homemade laundry soap isn't great because it doesn't contain a detergent, which is different from a soap. So, eventually there will be build up on the clothes over time and in the machine. Most don't notice this for close to a year for the build up and then the clothes need to be stripped. Can you also make a liquid soap from this bar soap the same as for body soap? So one gallon water to one bar and heat till combined?
Interesting about the laundry soap! I’ve never tried to make a liquid soap out of it so I’m not sure! Thanks for watching!
You are correct! Soap is obsolete. It’s not been used to wash laundry for over 70 years! No modern washer is designed to use it.
I've been making laundry detergent from laundry soap bars for several years and never had an issue. I do add washing soda and borax.
@@cee-emm
They’re both alkaline water softeners. You don’t need both. WS will suffice.
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt Not for a water softener (although it still helps - I have very bad hard water) but borax "brightens"/removes stains better, and washing soda cuts grease, so I use both.
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!!
I love your video ❤❤❤ but I make soap and I don't use lie and it works without it
Do you use melt and pour soap
@ingweking8748 yes ...
Sounds good! Thanks for watching!
@FromScratchFarmstead: I have a question: This soap doenst have any harmful ingredients, right?
I tried your recipe and love it... but my dad come over last weekend and we build some things. He taught it was normal soap and used it for the shower (he was rly dirty 🙂). He loves it and took some with home. I told him to not use it for hair and use bodylotion afterwards...🤣
but now I am curious, we can use it right? We have in germany something like a bodyscrup for people who get rly dirty during their workdays, but this stuff is rly aggressiv on the skin and he always complains about it - it would be good if he can use this (it worked but i am unsure bc of the skin )
It's completely safe for your skin, the only thing that could come up is that all of the coconut oil makes it a pretty harsh soap. As long as he does ok with it, you may need something a bit more gentle for those with sensitive skin. Glad you're liking this recipe :).
Hi,
If i mess up with making soap and it just crumbles when cutting, can i remelt it and try again?
You can and it may help a little. Crumbling is a sign of over mixing. I've definitely done that a few times. I've always just left them and the bars still turned out fine just not as pretty.
❤ Thank you
You’re welcome!
I want to make my own dishwashing soap. I have some plastic containers(hold outs from previous wasteful purchases) that get so greasy. Dawn will not take it off. It’s so frustrating. I live in a camper and do not have a dishwasher.
I hope this recipe works great for you! Thanks for watching!
Hi there, I came across your video, I like your recipe and i have a question, when you wash dishes with that soap, does it leaves a white film in the zinc, and if it does, what do you use to clean up the pipes? the reason am asking you is cause i make soaps, i have been doing for years, I make all types of soaps and i have made cleaning soap with just coconut oil, I use to use it for washing clothes, but after a while it left a white hard stuff in my washer and I stop making it, even after mixing it with different products like wash soda, baking soda etc, then I try castile liquid coconut soap and again it left a white film and it clog my sink, as for now I just made a batch of liquid olive oil castile soap and it doesn't leave a greasy film in the zinc, i use that soap for dish washing also, but i would like to make your soap, I know it cleans, I just want to know the difference between the soap that you are making and the one with only coconut oil, does the tallow makes a difference? thank you in advance.
Interesting! We haven't had that issue. It doesn't leave a residue on dishes at all and it is a 0% superfat soap. You'll have to let me know if you try it! Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead you didn't really read my question.
@@privilegiada1 I'm guessing the tallow alone wouldn't make that big of a difference from an all coconut oil soap. But what would make a difference is the superfat percentage the recipe produces. 0% superfat is your best bet to not leave any white film. Hope that helps!
Interesting. 🤔
I can’t wait to try this! I made the shampoo bars and have been waiting for them to cure for the last 3 weeks. I’m the dingus who misunderstood the instructions and measured the liquids as fluid ounces and the dry ingredients as regular ounces 🤦♀️ But now I know the difference and will be making the shampoo bars again next week using the correct weights this time.
Thanks for sharing another great soap recipe! (And for specifying about fluid vs dry ounces 😂)
Oh! I'm so sorry that happened! You aren't the only one I've heard that from so I wanted to make sure to specify this time. I hope you love these!!
Great Naturals cleaning dishes
Thank you for the explanation of how the lye becomes safe. It has been a long-time concern I've had and held me back from making my own soaps.
You’re welcome!!
Hi Joelle, do you have an Amazon storefront with products you use? I do see the links but wondering if you have a whole storefront I can follow too. Thanks!
Hi! We don’t. It’s been on my list for a long time but I haven’t gotten around to doing it. This is a good reminder! Hopefully soon! 😊
I came across your videos and would love to try them; however, I've heard that a lot of oils, especially coconut oil, are bad for pipes and septic systems.
In soap making the oils change in the saponification process when mixed with the lye. This is a 0% super fat recipe so no extra oils should be released because they are all converted in soap. All that to say, we haven’t had any issues using this soap 😊. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead Thank you for clarifying!
Hi! Do you sell your bars? I just don't have the funds to invest in all these different things right now, but would love to try some of this dish soap!!! Thanks and binged many of your videos!!!
Hi! Not yet but we are planning to soon! It's one of our top of the list goals for 2025. Thanks for watching :)
Is there any soap residue left on the dishes after rinsing with this recipe?
Not at all!
Does the high saturated fat content not clog your pipes or drains if you use this as your everyday dish soap? I would use the soap especially as i have sensitive skin. But would be terrified of clogging pipes or drains.
The saponification reaction changes the oil into soap and this is a 0% super fat recipe so there isn't extra oils that are release. Hope this helps!
@@FromScratchFarmstead thanks, understood!
Do you have a recipe without coconut? My son is allergic to
Unfortunately I haven't made a recipe without coconut oil. Sorry!
I would love to make my own dish soap, but have not attempted it because I'm concerned about it's grease cutting ability. I've been making shampoo bars and body soap for a few years now. How well does this soap work on cleaning a greasy pan? Say something you just cooked hamburgers in.
I've been really please with its ability to cut grease! Warm water + soap has been able to take care of everything for us. Thanks for watching!
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hello, please can you tell me were can i get the recipe. also iwant to make it in hot process thank you.
Here you go! fromscratchfarmstead.com/dish-soap-bar-recipe/
AZURE charges 70 dollars in shipping and they use USPS. Which we all know that USPS is slow and expensive. Like in my area, usps says they will deliver to my address but doesn’t so suppliers will think they can ship USPS and then I have to drive 1hr to pick it up. Unless your local that company probably isnt the solution
Thanks for watching! There are certain bulk things we get from them that are definitely worth the 30 min drive time for pick up but every situation is different!
I came from the UA-cam channel, Mammabear2many… she recommended your channel in making dish soap bar. I amazed at what you can make!
Yes! Thanks so much for watching!
Do you guys have an etsy shop where you sell your products? Thanks!
Not yet! But stay tuned. We are trying to figure out how to make this happen! ☺️
Could this be made as liquid soap. Using Potassium Hydroxide?
I've never tried! Thanks for watching!
can i use lard instead of tallow?
Yes! 👍
I make my own dish bar soap too but it’s at 0% sf and a bit too harsh for our hands. What sf % are you liking?
This is 0% too. I think the tallow and castor oil in there really help so this doesn't feel to harsh on skin. Thanks for watching!
For my laundry soap:
Recipe:
* 1 box Borax, 65 ounce
* 1 box washing soda, 55 ounce
* 1 box baking soda, 4 pound box
* 2 bars Fels-Naptha, 5 ounce grated (use Zote if you can’t find Fels-Naptha)
* Essential oil of choice a few drops - I use lavender or lemon
Grate the fels-naptha and mix all ingredients. I store in glass jars.
I use a couple Tablespoons to a scant 1/4 cup on a regular load of clothes. Less on small loads.
THANK YOU!!!
I make my own bulk powdered Laundry detergent by mixing one large box of borax, one large box of washing soda, one large box of baking soda, and 2 bars of grated castile soap! I'd add some essential oils if I wanted it scented. I only use 2 Tbsp per load. If I have an especially large or especially dirty load I use more but I don't think its necessarily that necessary to use more. It works great and will last us a long time. I like how easy it is to make and it isn't expensive either.
Very helpful! Thank you!!
I make my laundry soap as a 100% Coconut oil bar, 0% superfat. As soon as it's ready to cut, I grate it. It's much harder to grate later. Then by weight, I put equal parts soap flakes, borax, baking soda, and washing soda. 2 heaping tablespoons per load of laundry. Just blend the powders in a food processor to powder those soap flakes. Works wonderfully.
Thanks for sharing!! Very helpful!!
Wow can I buy some from you?
Hopefully we will be shipping in the future. Stay tuned!
Would a simple, cold process lard soap work for this?
You can try it and see how you like it. The coconut oil is more cleansing than lard or tallow, which is why I use mostly that. Thanks for watching!
Can I use this for washing clothes?
I haven't tried that! I think it's more common to use a bar soap that's just coconut oil shredded for washing clothes but I haven't experimented with it yet. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead thanks I'll do some experimenting! God bless! 🙏
Hey mum, here is our laundry soap recipe. It is easily converted to your soap bars. 400g zote soap shredded (tallow:coconut; 80:20), 5 zip lock bags, washing soda. Weigh out 87.5g shredded soap and put in ziplock. Add 1/2c washing soda to zip lock. (this is your base). Next, bring 1 gallon water to a boil. Add contents of 1 ziplock to boiling water and turn temp down to simmer. Stir every 5 minutes x 3. Let cool over night. In the AM, mash the now gelatinous soap to break it up some. Blend in blender for no more than 1 minute on low. Pour solution into 1 gallon jug and you are finished. We use 1/2c soap per load. That's it! I'll make another video of my making it and post it soon. 80:20 at 5% superfat makes for a great bath bar. 7mL rose 7mL speremint. ❤ We also use 1 scoop oxyclean per load.
Thank you!!!
Use this recipe
Question: would the coconut oils cause problems for the plumbing? I've heard if you use it for oil pulling to spit in the trash, not down the sink, so I'm wondering if the saponification changes it and makes it safe to use in the plumbing?
Yes, the saponification reaction changes it so it's the same as any other soap. It's also a 0% super fat recipe so there should be excess oils released. We haven't had plumbing issues. Thanks for watching!
How many drops of essential oils?
I've always done around 15-20 drops but you could do a bit more if you really want to smell it. I go on the lighter side. Thanks for watching! :)
Does it really matter if the coconut oil is extra virgin or not?
Either should work! Thanks for watching!
Where do you buy the molds? Your method is great!
These are the sunflower molds we are using! amzn.to/3y50WgA
A long time ago I researched soap making. When I say researched it, I mean to the nth degree.
One interesting factoid I ran across was the purported origins of soap. Most of us know that most of the world didn’t make or use soap in ancient times. The Romans, who were among the most advanced civilations at the time didn’t use soap. They soaked in a bath then scraped their skin with an instrument called a strigil, essentially scraping the dirt & dead skin cells off in that manner.
Anyway, the invention of soap was attributed to the ancient Greeks. (Probably not supported by archaeological evidence) It was said that when they sacrificed animals at their temples they then burned them to offer up as a burnt offering. It's said that the fat of the animals dripped onto the ashes of those fires & when it rained, the fat occasionally somehow saponified & solidified under the altars. A lot of archaeologists cried BS! So, true or not, that's one of the legends of how soap was invented.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!!
Being an African American female we were told how dangerous lye is and that's why they took it out of our hair products. Is this a different type of lye?
The lye is neutralized in the soap making process so it’s completely safe. Lye is also sodium hydroxide but it’s the only lye I’m aware of. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead thank you for responding. Yes I've been researching lye since your video 💜
Does it leave a film? I’ve tried different handmade soaps and it left a film on the sink and dishes.
I haven't experienced that with this one! Thanks for watching!
Link to the sunflower molds?
amzn.to/46FzCSY Here you go!
- You're so smart. How did you learn all of this !?
Lots of experimentation over time! Thanks for the encouragement and for watching!
Can you help me write a recipe with sheabutter (and castoroil) instead of coconut and tallow? I didn’t figure it out either the calculator :(
Thank you so much
Hi there! Would that be for a dish soap? You want to make sure you are using an oil very high in cleansing properties, which is why we use coconut oil. I'm not sure where shea butter falls. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead hi, thank you. Yes as dishwashing soap. But I understand. Unfortunately my try of making your recipe with coconut oil, didn’t turn out usable. The lye separated while cooling down, to a crystallised part and then an oily part.