How to make lye

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.

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.

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.

Learn how to make lye from wood ash and rain water. This simple process is fun and educational. We included it in our homeschool pioneer unit study.

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.

How to Make Handmade Soap Without Lye: Can you even make soap without Lye?! Okay, I'll be honest. I planned this blog post because one of the top search results that gets people to my blog is “how to make soap without lye.” I have no idea why. I haven’t posted an article about making soap without lye. So I wanted to address this as people are searching for it. When it comes to DIY and soapmaking there are two popular types of soap that you can make. Lye is called sodium hydroxide. Read more!

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.

Learn how to make homemade soap in simple steps. Natural cold process soap for handmade soap with natural coloring, herbal soap, shampoo bars, essential oil

I started my soap making adventure back in the early 1990s. My first batch was plain lye soap. Back then I could make a year's worth of soap for about $8.

Making Homemade Soap can be a little scary when lye is involved, but it doesn't need to be. This method is a great way to skip the lye and still make wonderful homemade soap--great for gifting too!