"Lye soap" here in North Carolina refers to soap made with pork lard the family rendered when they killed hogs, 12 to 15 a year. It was the soap we used to wash "tobacco gum" off of our hands in the summer when we "put in tobacco." I enjoyed watching the video and remembering times from my childhood. Thanks!
This was so fascinating! I absolutely love watching people explore and recreate historical techniques and this was just brilliant. Thank you so much for taking us on your wacky wood ash lye adventure!
Thank you so much for this soap! I have been planning on doing something like this as a presentation for the Medieval Recreation group I'm a part of. This was been so education, thank you again!
Quite interesting to see how this turned out, you’re actually pretty darn good and fascinating to follow - I love the way you think and act ❤ Thank you for being who you are 🙏🏻
Wow. Very interesting. I've always to make soap the old way, my - grandmother's way - but even seeing what you went thru, I think I will skip it! It's fun to watch at the country fair though! Thank you all your hard work! I love your show and your enthusiasm.❤😊
This was so interesting! I have been making soap for 20 years and always wanted to try to use wood ash for my lye but just never did it. Your method worked very well. Your soap was beautiful and the bubbles and lather do not lie, it was soap. Well done!
I tried this once (and only once!) using the egg method decades ago. Stinky, but fun. The crockpot idea is brilliant! I also tried once with coconut shell & husk, which didn't work quite as well, but was interesting. Yours looks great!
These turned out great -- I don't think you overdid anything at all. It's a mark of how hard it must have been to do this back in the day that it takes modern equipment to get a really great end result.
This was quite interesting. Thank you so much for sharing. One suggestion. Instead of using a hydrometer, I think using PH strips would have been easier. Check the PH of the commercial lye, then of your lye. That would let you know who much you need to concentrate it.
You've got to love a cheeky little experiment, especially when it turns out better than you'd anticipated 🤓 🫧 This was great, and really interesting to watch 😊 Thank you
I really enjoyed this one. I remember watching TV as a kid when they would show pioneers making soap over the fire. Thankfully your version is way more civilized. Nice to know it really works and is possible if necessary. Thanks so much for the demo.
Ah Lisa thanks …. I have done so much research about trying this for fun …. But decided it was out of my time scope …. You however have done as you always do …. The research the maths the soap …. Great job thanks
Just wondering if you took a ph reading of it? I've always wanted to try this only burn the wood and get the ash myself instead of buying prepared wood ash..I might have to give it a go now...thanks for the inspiration Lisa from soap maker to soap maker I appreciate everything you do
Amazing, I have been wanting to make this for a long time but I have found all the videos I have watched and the information not the best. Your video and explanation are brilliant, Lisa, and maybe I will just let the lye solution cook for longer to reduce it more, and try to make both a soft/liquid soap paste and also add the salt and have some hard bars. I find this is a great way to understand the whole process, so thank you ever so much for the video showing us the way🙏❤
Very interesting video Lisa! A kind of journey to the history of soap making. Thank you for sharing this with us. Happy soaping and best wishes from all of us.
While it doesn't beat anything storebought, information is precious, and with just how much soap came out like what, 8 bars? For a few days work? That's fantastic if you ask me!
I think you should multiply instead of divide the grams with the percentage 0.375. Though the soap came out perfectly! Thanks for the video and experiment, Lisa!
Oh, did I say divide when I spoke? I would have actually taken the oils and multiplied by 0.375, which would have been the same as using % so, maybe I misspoke but the calculation I did was correct. Thanks for pointing that out
That's really interesting, thanks for sharing this. I made a "Witches black soap" (it's not actually black) according to a partial recipe, (it was actually Maria Owens' recipe in Practical Magic) and I added my own base recipe to it. It made a beautiful face and body soap, and my skin is amazing after using it so I contacted the author of the original recipe for her permission, which she granted on the condition I credit her, which of course I will, and I'm considering getting it assessed.
Amazing as always! I wonder what a chemist would recommend to take the guesswork out of determining lye concentration. I have been wanting you to do a video on homemade lye solution. ❤🙏
I mean ( the from scratch bare essentials) African black soap from creating the Ash it's made from to the soap . Like getting the leaves, wood and plantain and then proceed with the adventure 😁 it's a job but so worth it ❤
In my country Ghana as well as Nigeria, African black soap is made with ashes from either wood, plantain peel, cocoa pod or sheanut tree.The oil of choice is either palm oil,palm kernel oil,sheabutter or a combination of all of these oils.
@@nanayaaakyaaosei-owusu5884 yes! That's what I would love to learn how to do but it's hard to find those bare essentials here without costing a pretty dollar!! That process reminds me of what my mama and grandparents did years ago in my Granny's couldron!! I'd loved to live in the 1800's! Family was for each other and friends were like family!
I think they used to use lard. But coconut oil is a perfect alternative because of the superfat. If it was lye heavy, elly's everyday just made a video where she fixed lye heavy soap.
So glad you got to this video Lisa! I have been waiting for this since you first mooted the possibility. I was wondering if you would end up with gray soap or black soap… turns out… not so much of either. Looks a beautiful bar! Interesting for me… I actually felt a degree of jeopardy in this process that you don’t exude with other creations. I was with your uncertainties and doubts all the way. Isn’t it amazing - your soapy journey is stellar! PS hope the jacket potato’s were good!😊
after filtering the colour is coming like in your video, but the soap is not forming. is there a specific wood to choose for making the wood ash ???? - can someone help
Lovely! My mama was raised on it and said u definitely got clean with a lot of sting cause of the lye heaviness!! 😅 I've always wanted to learn to do it over a fire!! I know something u may enjoy - from the bare essentials from scratch please try true African black soap!! I'd love to see it!
Hi. Hi, could you repeat? The fat-lye ratio was? Did you say it was one cup of fat to 3/8 of lye? I’m asking because most of the other channels I’ve seen use one cup of fat to 3/4 of lye
Merhaba Yaptıklarınızı beğenerek takip ediyorum Ama İngilizcem zayıf olduğu için anlamakta zorlanıyorum Üstüne Google kendi dilime çevirirken adeta saçmalıyor 🥺 Ve siz tüm video boyunca konuşuyorsunuz 😢 Bu benim için oldukça zor bir durum 😭 Yani sizi anlamaya çalışmak çok yorucu fakat bilgilerinizden faydalanmayı da çok istiyorum 🙂 Umarım Google çok saçma bir çeviri yapmaz ve beni doğru anlarsınız
It is quite literally what killed Ray Charles brother when he fell in the vat and caused Ray to go blind when some splashed in his eyes. Suuuuper caustic!! You have to be sooo careful when you prepare it and I would never ever make it indoors. 😮
Hi. Hi, could you repeat? The fat-lye ratio was? Did you say it was one cup of fat to 3/8 of lye? I’m asking because most of the other channels I’ve seen use one cup of fat to 3/4 of lye
How an enthusiastic generous and genuine person you are! So inspiring and contagious! Thanks for all the energy we receive from you!
;-)
"Lye soap" here in North Carolina refers to soap made with pork lard the family rendered when they killed hogs, 12 to 15 a year. It was the soap we used to wash "tobacco gum" off of our hands in the summer when we "put in tobacco." I enjoyed watching the video and remembering times from my childhood. Thanks!
;-)
Do you have a recipe
This was so fascinating! I absolutely love watching people explore and recreate historical techniques and this was just brilliant. Thank you so much for taking us on your wacky wood ash lye adventure!
Thanks, it was good fun.
Thanks for doing this video, I have been curious about making traditional soap and here you are answering my curiosity❤
Glad it was helpful!
What a marvelous experiment to watch. Always curious how it was done in days gone by. 😊Thank you for sharing.
:-)
Thank you so much for this soap! I have been planning on doing something like this as a presentation for the Medieval Recreation group I'm a part of.
This was been so education, thank you again!
You are so welcome!
Quite interesting to see how this turned out, you’re actually pretty darn good and fascinating to follow - I love the way you think and act ❤ Thank you for being who you are 🙏🏻
Thank you so much!
@@IDreamInSoapBecause of the cold weather in your area, it has hardened
@@IDreamInSoapbut in South asia is it work.because here is now summer.
@@IDreamInSoapin summer area is it become solid.with out sodium hydroxide. Please reply maddam
@@IDreamInSoapif we mix salt this lye is it possible its become solid soap.plese reply maddam.please reply my all question.
That's true dedication to your craft!
It was a good experiment
Hi Lisa! It was great to see you back on the screen! Thank you for showing us this!
;-)
Wow. Very interesting. I've always to make soap the old way, my - grandmother's way - but even seeing what you went thru, I think I will skip it! It's fun to watch at the country fair though! Thank you all your hard work! I love your show and your enthusiasm.❤😊
Thanks so much.
This was excellent! As much of a pain as it was to do, I'd love to see you do just one more, but use tallow instead of coconut oil. 💕
This was so interesting! I have been making soap for 20 years and always wanted to try to use wood ash for my lye but just never did it. Your method worked very well. Your soap was beautiful and the bubbles and lather do not lie, it was soap. Well done!
Thanks, it was a good experiment
What a great experiment !!!! they turned out really well. Thank you for showing us this.
You're welcome
thanks. This is what i wanted, make soap without buying any chemical think
Wow, thanks for trying that!
Thanks for watching. ;-)
I tried this once (and only once!) using the egg method decades ago. Stinky, but fun. The crockpot idea is brilliant! I also tried once with coconut shell & husk, which didn't work quite as well, but was interesting. Yours looks great!
Thank you so much
Very interesting and fun Lisa, appreciate all the research and time it took for this batch 👍👍💕
Glad you enjoyed it!
Guess what... Its an I Dream In Soap marathon kinda night!!!
:-D
What an amazing technique! And they turned out just wonderfully!
Yes they sure did!
This was fun!! Dare i hope for more experiments? Thank you for this video, loved it
This could happen.
What a fun video! You put so much work into this soap, and it came out fabulous💕
Yes, it was a bit faffy, but came out well.
The way you snatch up my attention when I see your videos😍
Glad you like 'em
These turned out great -- I don't think you overdid anything at all. It's a mark of how hard it must have been to do this back in the day that it takes modern equipment to get a really great end result.
Certainly it's much quicker nowadays
I really enjoyed watching this different soap making technique! Lots of work, but a rewarding outcome. Lovely! 😊
Good to hear.
A few years ago, I made a lye still to make lye from my wood ash. It worked great.
Woohoo, that sounds amazing
Brilliant. You do love a challenge don't you? Great results. Please let us know what the skin feel is like after using it for a while.
This was so fun!
Yes it was!
Thank you for taking the time to show us this method. I couldn't help wondering what is smelled like. Always enjoy your content.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing "old fashioned" wood ash lye soapmaking!
Glad you liked it.
Lisa, you are an educator and an inspiration!
;-)
This was quite interesting. Thank you so much for sharing. One suggestion. Instead of using a hydrometer, I think using PH strips would have been easier. Check the PH of the commercial lye, then of your lye. That would let you know who much you need to concentrate it.
I was certain Lisa would use pH strips
You've got to love a cheeky little experiment, especially when it turns out better than you'd anticipated 🤓 🫧 This was great, and really interesting to watch 😊 Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed this one. I remember watching TV as a kid when they would show pioneers making soap over the fire. Thankfully your version is way more civilized. Nice to know it really works and is possible if necessary. Thanks so much for the demo.
You're welcome
Ah Lisa thanks …. I have done so much research about trying this for fun …. But decided it was out of my time scope …. You however have done as you always do …. The research the maths the soap …. Great job thanks
I love maths ;-)
Just wondering if you took a ph reading of it? I've always wanted to try this only burn the wood and get the ash myself instead of buying prepared wood ash..I might have to give it a go now...thanks for the inspiration Lisa from soap maker to soap maker I appreciate everything you do
This was so informative!
;-)
Amazing, I have been wanting to make this for a long time but I have found all the videos I have watched and the information not the best. Your video and explanation are brilliant, Lisa, and maybe I will just let the lye solution cook for longer to reduce it more, and try to make both a soft/liquid soap paste and also add the salt and have some hard bars. I find this is a great way to understand the whole process, so thank you ever so much for the video showing us the way🙏❤
You're welcome.
It was an interesting experiment.
Very interesting video Lisa! A kind of journey to the history of soap making. Thank you for sharing this with us. Happy soaping and best wishes from all of us.
Thank you so much!
While it doesn't beat anything storebought, information is precious, and with just how much soap came out like what, 8 bars? For a few days work? That's fantastic if you ask me!
Excellent Experiment Lisa!
Thanks, good fun.
Fantastic experiment and you made a wonderful soap 💕
Thank you
I think you should multiply instead of divide the grams with the percentage 0.375. Though the soap came out perfectly! Thanks for the video and experiment, Lisa!
Oh, did I say divide when I spoke? I would have actually taken the oils and multiplied by 0.375, which would have been the same as using % so, maybe I misspoke but the calculation I did was correct. Thanks for pointing that out
That's really interesting, thanks for sharing this. I made a "Witches black soap" (it's not actually black) according to a partial recipe, (it was actually Maria Owens' recipe in Practical Magic) and I added my own base recipe to it. It made a beautiful face and body soap, and my skin is amazing after using it so I contacted the author of the original recipe for her permission, which she granted on the condition I credit her, which of course I will, and I'm considering getting it assessed.
Amazing as always! I wonder what a chemist would recommend to take the guesswork out of determining lye concentration. I have been wanting you to do a video on homemade lye solution. ❤🙏
Very entertaining video! Thanks for sharing ❤
;-)
Thanks! This was really interesting!
You're welcome
I mean ( the from scratch bare essentials) African black soap from creating the Ash it's made from to the soap . Like getting the leaves, wood and plantain and then proceed with the adventure 😁 it's a job but so worth it ❤
In my country Ghana as well as Nigeria, African black soap is made with ashes from either wood, plantain peel, cocoa pod or sheanut tree.The oil of choice is either palm oil,palm kernel oil,sheabutter or a combination of all of these oils.
@@nanayaaakyaaosei-owusu5884 yes! That's what I would love to learn how to do but it's hard to find those bare essentials here without costing a pretty dollar!! That process reminds me of what my mama and grandparents did years ago in my Granny's couldron!! I'd loved to live in the 1800's! Family was for each other and friends were like family!
Actually loved this video!
Great, thanks
I think they used to use lard. But coconut oil is a perfect alternative because of the superfat. If it was lye heavy, elly's everyday just made a video where she fixed lye heavy soap.
So glad you got to this video Lisa! I have been waiting for this since you first mooted the possibility.
I was wondering if you would end up with gray soap or black soap… turns out… not so much of either. Looks a beautiful bar!
Interesting for me… I actually felt a degree of jeopardy in this process that you don’t exude with other creations. I was with your uncertainties and doubts all the way. Isn’t it amazing - your soapy journey is stellar!
PS hope the jacket potato’s were good!😊
Those turned out great! ❤
Enjoyed this video very much. 😊
Thank you
What a fun video absolutely loved how your experiment worked out . Did it have a smell to it from the wood ash?
How interesting…. Thanks so much for sharing ❤❤❤
Glad you liked it.
Looks like you made a laundry bar. It turned out really nice. Do you have any ph strips to check the ph level?
What did it smell like?
Wow!!! What a awesome video
Thanks so much!
That was fascinating!
:-)
lisa lacucharadita que pusite en la mescla es sal o hidrosido de sodio gracias
sal
Nice experiment! Love it, yes perhaps too much work.
Yes, we won't be doing it again
Caution Mad Scientist at work.
:-D
Where did you find those molds
This video would make a great drinking game. Every time you hear the words "lye heavy" take a shot. Lol
Lol hic
after filtering the colour is coming like in your video, but the soap is not forming. is there a specific wood to choose for making the wood ash ???? - can someone help
Great job.
I think shea butter or coconut oil add it for wood ash lye is this good or not
Thank you!
This was entertaining!
So how long did it take from "cleaning the rocks" to having soap? Super cool!!!!
the stuff that has come into contact with lye is it safe to use it for food & drinking water etc after cleaning it?
Yes.
Neutralize with vinegar. Always have vinegar on hand in case of spills or contact with skin
hello I make soap and would love to know how to formulate a recipe with this liquid lye
I did this! M problem was, I didn't know what the lye solution concentration was. I hope to find out in your video❤😅
Adding rain water, how much? Who knows🤷🏻♀️🤣 very interesting, good job!❤
He, he, yes there was a bit of guess work
Lovely! My mama was raised on it and said u definitely got clean with a lot of sting cause of the lye heaviness!! 😅 I've always wanted to learn to do it over a fire!! I know something u may enjoy - from the bare essentials from scratch please try true African black soap!! I'd love to see it!
The lye water needs to be strong enough to float a raw egg.
Yes, this is correct
Hi. Hi, could you repeat? The fat-lye ratio was? Did you say it was one cup of fat to 3/8 of lye? I’m asking because most of the other channels I’ve seen use one cup of fat to 3/4 of lye
depends on how concentrated your lye is, also on the oil used may be. trial and error method is better
What country are you from? What accent is that? Howdy from Oklahoma. America.
Thank you isnt wood ash interesting from making soap to glazing pottery
Yes, you are right
Merhaba
Yaptıklarınızı beğenerek takip ediyorum
Ama İngilizcem zayıf olduğu için anlamakta zorlanıyorum
Üstüne Google kendi dilime çevirirken adeta saçmalıyor 🥺
Ve siz tüm video boyunca konuşuyorsunuz 😢
Bu benim için oldukça zor bir durum 😭
Yani sizi anlamaya çalışmak çok yorucu fakat bilgilerinizden faydalanmayı da çok istiyorum 🙂
Umarım Google çok saçma bir çeviri yapmaz ve beni doğru anlarsınız
NEVER BOIL LYE INSIDE YOUR HOME ITS CAUSTIC
It is quite literally what killed Ray Charles brother when he fell in the vat and caused Ray to go blind when some splashed in his eyes. Suuuuper caustic!! You have to be sooo careful when you prepare it and I would never ever make it indoors. 😮
immediately share me now
Hi. Hi, could you repeat? The fat-lye ratio was? Did you say it was one cup of fat to 3/8 of lye? I’m asking because most of the other channels I’ve seen use one cup of fat to 3/4 of lye