Make lye from ash

If you've ever wanted to learn how to make lye for soap the old-fashioned way with ashes, water, and a wooden barrel, we've got you covered. Check out our step-by-step guide.

Whether you are a prepper, cultivating lost arts, or are really into DIY, making homemade soap from ashes is a great skill to have.

Lye is an alkaline solution that's often used for washing, making soaps, and curing certain foods.

This past school year our family took a deep dive into pioneer life. One fictional pioneer account that we read referred to the making of soap with lye made from wood ash and rain water.

This guide includes evertying you need to know about lye. What is is, is it dangerous, how to make it and where to get it.

By: Gabe Garms On our campus, we constantly have our wood burning stoves going throughout the winter months and we generate quite a lot of ash. This is great because this wood ash can be turned into lye, which is one of the primary ingredients in soap. Lye is also commercially used to clean drains

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Learn how to make lye from ashes for soap-making using a lye-leaching barrel to help filter rainwater through hardwood ashes. Read more.

As a soap maker, people always ask me about lye. Why I use it, is it toxic, and even how to make lye at home. It's actually easy to make it from scratch.

This guide includes evertying you need to know about lye. What is is, is it dangerous, how to make it and where to get it.