Making Bars of SoapPlenty of Information on How to Make Soap Easy!

                                        
Learn how to Make Soap many different ways from Hot and Cold Processes to  Colonial to Modern.

Being able to make soap at home goes back Century”s. Imagine being one of the early pioneers of our Country. Products and services that are readily available today,were not then. If you wanted vegetables, you grew them. If you wanted   firewood you chopped it, and if you desired a decent bath you needed soap. Our early settlers did not buy soap, they Made soap.

The first decision one has to make is what kind of soap would you like to make, and are you willing to put in the time to Make Homemade Soap. There are Glycerin Soaps and Organic Soaps just to name a couple. People have figured out ways to make soap at home out of many different kinds of Plant and Animal  Fats. Some are made with a cold process while others are made with heat. Some use Lye, which is very caustic and others do not.Fragrances are commonly used in some batches, but not all.Make some soapGrandmas soap

The process of Making Soap at a time when everything we use in our day to day lives can be easily bought in a store is very gratifying. I like to think the business of making soap as kind of  a Lost Art, that isn’t lost just yet. Which ever way you decide to go, the event should be memorable. Had it not been for the innovation of Soap, I’m sure the spread of disease in Europe and then the rest of the World would have been much greater.

On a  lighter note, the Soaps of old will contain about 25% Glycerin, which is much easier on the skin. Most of the store bought soaps are petrochemical based. As a rule these soaps are much harsher on the skin. Knowing how to make soap is a skill that could very easily come in handy in the decades to come. Who knows when the day might come when it  wont be as easy as driving to the store, to buy what we need, we might have to make our own.