Bar soap slowly plugs up bath and shower drains or makes them drain slow until you take care of it.
Does anyone here make their own homemade soap?
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I've made a few batches of soap from making biodiesel. Use the waste glycerin to make the soap, cleans really nice.
Never had that issue .
Homemade soap? No, I've never done that but homemade soup is a different story.
Home
Made SOAP!
I’m liking the bars I got from
Lady in Hermotage. They clean like no others.
Enzymatic/bacterial drain treatments should take care of that. However, it's more likely that fats are going to create a mess. I took apart a kitchen trap once and found a mess of black, gooey sludge that was taking up about half the opening.
The biggest issue I have with soap is soap scum.
Would bleach overnight in P trap keep the sludge away ?
Highly doubt this is true. Skyactiv doesn’t know half what he’s ever saying anyways. My friends back home use Amish made lye soap and ZERO drain issues. Old wives tales never ever die.
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About every 4 months I will pour floral scented bleach in kitchen drain to keep it clean.
I have been making soap for three years now. My formula is 1/2 cup dry measure of lye dissolved in 10 oz of distilled water and let cool until it get down to near 110 degrees. One cup of coconut oil (melts outdoors this time of year), one cup of olive oil and two cups of vegetable oil. This is the one known use for canola oil. After it turns into vanilla pudding I add an ounce of tea tree oil, fragrance or just oil (that extra oil keeps it from being harsh). It goes into the mold and I cut it the next morning and let it set for a month.
I bought my molds and fancy soap cutter from Amazon. I get the lye at the local True Value. From what I understand, most of their drain cleaner sales are to people making soap.
I use my soap from head to toe when showering but still use liquid hand soap for hand washing. I prefer my soap either plain or with tea tree oil. My wife prefers it made with lavender. My youngest daughter comes over to make soap with me sometimes.
Anecdote: I was at my brother's house in San Ramon last month. He pointed to a gallon bottle of canola oil and asked if I knew of any use for it. I told him it works great for making soap. With price of oils going up, that was nice.
I bought my molds and fancy soap cutter from Amazon. I get the lye at the local True Value. From what I understand, most of their drain cleaner sales are to people making soap.
I use my soap from head to toe when showering but still use liquid hand soap for hand washing. I prefer my soap either plain or with tea tree oil. My wife prefers it made with lavender. My youngest daughter comes over to make soap with me sometimes.
Anecdote: I was at my brother's house in San Ramon last month. He pointed to a gallon bottle of canola oil and asked if I knew of any use for it. I told him it works great for making soap. With price of oils going up, that was nice.
Still enjoying my “grandmas ole lye soap” from The Soap Shed out of North Caroline. Cleans way better than any hand cleaners ever will.
My maternal grandmother, a PA. German, was very skilled in all sorts of home production and food preservation. The last time I can recall that she made a batch of soap was about the early 1960's. I know that it involved saved bacon renderings and lye. Perhaps other items. Prepared with a kettle outdoors. It was the hardest soap that you could ever imagine. She used it solely as handwashing soap. One bar seemed to last a very long time.
As an aside, she also home canned every imaginable fruit, vegetable and even meats. My favorite was the concentrated grape juice she canned. Then reconstitute it with some water for a great summer drink.
As an aside, she also home canned every imaginable fruit, vegetable and even meats. My favorite was the concentrated grape juice she canned. Then reconstitute it with some water for a great summer drink.
I buy One With Nature bars...3 for $5 and very high quality all natural mineral soap. Way easier than trying to make my own and way better than the garbage in most store isles.
