Another oxy

I loved my Granny's lye soap. She poured it up in round tubs and let me press quarters and nickels to the top when it was almost set. Once, she let me put my whole palm print into the soap.

That stuff was brown and soft and thick and wonderful. Once it hardened you could grate it into the dishwasher or kitchen sink. And it was nice on your hair.Yes, maybe we can find her recipe and have something safe. I don't know that I would enjoy rendering beef fat until I had enough to make a "mess of soap." Considering how little beef we eat, and how lean it always is, it might take many years to get that much. But I betcha the recipe would make up just fine with that nice white block of pure lard they sell at the grocery store on the "Hispanic Foods" aisle.

Polly my dear, you always give me something to consider. And now I'll be reading the labels on all my kitchen soaps. It'll keep my mind off the swine flu. LOL

Sunny

What about Orvus, made by Proctor and Gamble. I bought a tub at the local feed store, years ago. It's great for washing needlework, quilts, etc. Very gentle. I don't know about your dishes though. Michelle

Hard white vegetable fat would probably do as well for the vegetarians.

I'm a label reader, too, Polly! I have to be to avoid all the 'poisons' for the pads of my cats' and kitten feet. They do wash their feet (most thoroughly; in between toes and everything >gI become more delicate by the year. In just no time at all I could truly

Yes indeed Polly... But just so you all know, I do know how to make that soap :) So if anyone ever wanted to know how, or to try out a bar for themselves, let me know, Id be happy to share. Though I gotta tell you, the "new and improved" from granny's time is actually a good thing tho. We have figured out the lye/fat ratio so the soap is amazing on the skin now as well as the clothes hehe

Carissa

Carissa,

I would love to know how - mainly for skin, but sometimes for clothes.

Thanks

Lizzy

I usually buy Joy dish soap and use it in the hand soap pumps that I reuse for a couple of years.----they clean up with a tooth brush. It doesn't contain the "new" things added to it. I use it for the hand washables, adding Joy to the water so there isn't much soap suds. I sometime use it to ahampoo my hair and rinse well. Does good to mop the floor, too. Barbara in SC

See what happens when I get too busy to use the spell check! I start ampooing my hair instead of shampooing. Ha! Barbara

Hey Polly

I've got a bar of Octagon soap aroung here someplace, want it.

Kate T. South Mississippi

Try it for shampoo, Kate. There's just nothing like it for making red hair shine. With your gorgeous tresses, that ought to be dazzling. That's what I used in my younger days when I had 'real' red hair. Polly

Kate wrote > Hey Polly

Bobbie: If you want to 'make your own foamy soap' here's how. Buy and use any liquid hand soap that comes in the foamy pump bottle and save the bottle when empty. Rinse it out. Pour about 1/3 of your favorite liquid soap and 2/3 of water into the bottle. Shake enough so it blends together. When you pump it, the mixture will foam. HTH. PAT PS: Need to buy a consonant? ;)

Thanks for the tip about the soap foam. Which consonant are you selling that you can do without? Barbara :) :) "Pat in Virginia"

Well, I have an extra Letter S here, thought you'd want to give it to your ampoo!! LOL About the soap foam ... as with any thing, you will want to try different proportions to get result you prefer. PAT