Making soap from wood ash

DIY soap is easier than you think, but it takes some time and requires some caution. Here's how to make soap using fat and ashes.

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.

It may sound intimidating, but making soap from scratch using wood ash and fat isn't as difficult as you might imagine. Here's how.

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

How To Make Lye Soap From Fat and Wood Ashes: Low-Cost Survival Hygiene. Lye soap is actually a really old way of making soap. Easy and cheap to make.

Recipe & instructions for making natural Castile soap with the simplest of ingredients. Includes tips on how to harden it up and cure olive oil soap faster.

Step by step instructions on how to make wood ash soap, including two methods for making lye, best woods to use, ratio of fat to lye, using salt to harden ash soap, and troubleshooting DIY soapmaking.

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.

Easy, step-by-step directions for making lye from wood ashes. Homemade lye is indispensable on the homestead for making soap, stripping hides and bleaching linens when store-bought products are not available.

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.