How Do You Make Lye Soap Using Ashes?
Soap making is a hobby that is both useful and engaging. Making your own soap is a challenge for an inexperienced soap maker. Once you gain soap-making experience, you can even try your hand at making your own soap-making ingredients. Lye is one ingredient you can make yourself using ashes. Add your homemade lye to your next batch of cold process soap. Fill a wooden barrel with water and let it sit overnight to ensure it has no leaks. If no leaks are present, empty the barrel and let it dry out completely. Drill holes into the bottom of the barrel. Place the barrel onto concrete blocks. Place a large glass container beneath the barrel and between the blocks. Place a layer of gravel into the bottom of the barrel. Cover the gravel with a layer of straw. Fill the remaining space in the barrel with your choice of hardwood ash (but leave 2 inches of space at the top of the barrel.) Pour enough rainwater into the barrel to fill it to the top. The rainwater will begin to drip into the glass c
