Granny'S Lye Soap

5 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 can lye
  • 10 c. grease (hog lard)
  • 3 pt. water
  • 1 1/2 c. Borax
  • 1/2 c. ammonia

Directions

  1. 1
    Melt grease and let cool.
  2. 2
    Pour water on lye and let get cool, stirring until dissolved.
  3. 3
    Add Borax to the lye.
  4. 4
    Stir until dissolved.
  5. 5
    Add the lye to the grease and stir 7 minutes.
  6. 6
    Then add ammonia and stir 3 minutes longer.
  7. 7
    (The more you stir the whiter the soap will be.)
  8. 8
    Let set until hard.
  9. 9
    Takes about 1 hour.

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