@@peacegiver1000 Some people just refer to caustic soda as 'soda.' Caustic soda is the chemical compound sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye. It can be made by leaching hardwood ash (which is mostly potassium carbonate) in water. This is how my husband’s great-grandma procured lye for the soap she made yearly for her family. and the lipids that were used were from the fats of the animals on the farm that were consumed for food. I was successful in making a rudimentary ‘soft’ soap from hardwood ash from our wood-burning stove and lard; I had no quicklime to create a harder soap but was pleased with the results nevertheless. I was shocked that it actually lathered because I had no idea how much lye water I needed for the amount of lard I used. I did check the potency of my lye solution I made by floating an egg in the lye and seeing that only the crown showed while the rest of the egg stayed submerged.
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wonderful! I love the naturally green colour too and good to reduce the carbon footprint by using local olive oil only.
Salam.,
Would you pls share the recipe of 100%olive oil soap.
...great...everybody else forgets the salt 😪. I'm going back in 😎
When they say soda what sodá exactly
sodium hidroxide
Lye
How does Soda mean sodium hydroxide or lye....? I know its lye thats required for soap but wondered why she said SODA.
Caustic soda
@@peacegiver1000 Some people just refer to caustic soda as 'soda.' Caustic soda is the chemical compound sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye. It can be made by leaching hardwood ash (which is mostly potassium carbonate) in water. This is how my husband’s great-grandma procured lye for the soap she made yearly for her family. and the lipids that were used were from the fats of the animals on the farm that were consumed for food.
I was successful in making a rudimentary ‘soft’ soap from hardwood ash from our wood-burning stove and lard; I had no quicklime to create a harder soap but was pleased with the results nevertheless. I was shocked that it actually lathered because I had no idea how much lye water I needed for the amount of lard I used. I did check the potency of my lye solution I made by floating an egg in the lye and seeing that only the crown showed while the rest of the egg stayed submerged.