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Lye soap? #8434611
07/12/25 09:20 AM
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Where do you buy lye for making soap?

Re: Lye soap? [Re: nate] #8434650
07/12/25 11:18 AM
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Home Cheapo carries it in the plumbing section with the drain cleaners.


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Re: Lye soap? [Re: nate] #8434701
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We mail order ours from Amazon

Re: Lye soap? [Re: nate] #8434704
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My wife orders it.

Re: Lye soap? [Re: nate] #8434774
07/12/25 02:21 PM
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You can make your own with wood ash, but it's not as strong.


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Re: Lye soap? [Re: BigBob] #8434831
07/12/25 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBob
You can make your own with wood ash, but it's not as strong.



I was reading up on this in one of our fox fire books and wanting to try it. seems like geting it consistency/ strength the same batch to batch would have a learning curve and be dependent on things like wood type.

Re: Lye soap? [Re: nate] #8434860
07/12/25 05:15 PM
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Hardware store has it behind the counter by me


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