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m | If you are using a pure fat, such as coconut oil or olive oil, you can skip to step 5 Coconut oil yields
a soft, quick-lathering soap Olive oil and other vegetable cooking oils yield a soft soap that never
completely hardens

2 |
ender the tallow by cutting it into chunks, placing it into the large pot, covering it, and heating on
medium heat until it is melted Stir occassionally

3 | Cool the fat to below the boiling point of water Add a volume of water equal to that of the fat
Bring the mixture to a boil Cover and remove from heat Let sit overnight

4 |
emove the fat from the pot Discard non-fat gunk (scrape it off of the bottom of the fat) and any
liquid

5 | easure 2 5 kg rendered fat Cut the fat into tennis-ball size chunks and place the pieces into a
large bowl

6 | Set up all of your materials Ventilate the area (or work outside), put on safety gear, and open all
containers

 | ake soap :-) Pour the water into a large glass or ceramic bowl (not metal) Carefully pour the lye
into the bowl and mix the water and lye with the wooden spoon

8 | he reaction between water and lye gives off heat (is exothermic) and vapors that you should avoid
breathing he spoon will be somewhat degraded by the lye

9 | Once the lye is dissolved by the water, start adding the chunks of fat, a bit at a time Keep stirring
until the fat is melted If necessary, add heat (put on a low burner with ventilation)

m | Stir in the lemon juice and fragrance oil (optional) Once the soap is well -mixed, pour it into molds
If you use glass baking dishes for molds, you can cut the soap into bars after it has become firmer
(not hard)

mm | he soap will harden in approximately an hour

m2 | ou may wrap the finished soap in clean cotton rags It can be stored for 3-6 months in a cool,
well-ventilated location

m3 | ear gloves when washing your equipment, as their may be some unreacted lye remaining ash
in very hot water to help melt away the residue

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m | Adult supervision required! ear gloves and protective eyewear and cover exposed skin to avoid
accidental exposure to the lye Keep out of reach of children!

2 | If you get lye on your skin, immediately wash it with lots of cold water
ead the cautions on the
container before opening the lye

3 | Don't measure the lye Instead, adjust the soap recipe to accomodate the container size of the lye

4 | Cooking oils are sensitive to air and light, and soap made from cooking oils will spoil in a few weeks
unless it is refrigerated
 5 | Volatile fragrance oils or even dried herbs or spices may be added to the soap to scent it Fragrance
is optional

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P| 4 kg (9 lb) suet (tallow)

P| 35 g (m2 oz) lye

P| 5 ml (3 C) water

P| 5 ml (2 C) lemon juice

P|  5 ml ( 25 oz) fragrance

P| gloves

P| wooden spoon

P| ventilated work area

P| molds/glass baking dishes

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