How do you make a soap base without lye?

Chop the soap base into large pieces. Put it in your Pyrex and melt it in the microwave or in a double boiler over low heat. Once melted, add your herbs and oils (about 30 drops essential oil and 1/2 teaspoon herbs per pound of soap base). Mix thoroughly and pour into your mold.

What is a natural source of lye?

To make this type of lye, you need the white ashes from hardwood fires. Collect ash from fires that burned wood such as ash, hickory, or beech. Softwoods, such as pine, spruce, or fir, do not contain enough potassium, which is necessary for making lye.

What can I substitute for lye?

Baked Baking Soda! A common home alternative to lye when making pretzels or bagels is to use a baking soda solution.

Can you make glycerin without lye?

Lye is necessary to make soap, but you can still make soap at home without using lye by using glycerin or melt and pour soap. You can get so creative with this kind of soap, so have some fun with the different melt and pour soap additives!

How do you make soap from nature?

Ingredients

1. ⅔ cup unrefined coconut oil (to produce good lather)
2. ⅔ cup olive oil (which makes a hard and mild bar)
3. ⅔ cup almond oil (grapeseed, sunflower, or safflower oil will also work, just make sure it’s a liquid oil)
4. ¼ cup lye (100\% sodium hydroxide … you can also find at local hardware stores)

How do you make Castile soap?

To make a liquid Castile soap, dissolve some of the paste in distilled water. I ususally use a ratio of one part soap paste to 2-3 parts distilled water. It can be left overnight to dissolve on its own, stirring ocassionally, as needed. You can also use heat to speed up the process.

How do you make olive oil soap without lye?

1. Grate 1 1/2 cups of unscented, white soap with a cheese grater.
2. Add 2 inches of water to the bottom portion of the double boiler, and melt the grated soap over medium heat.
3. Remove the melted soap mixture from the heat.
4. Pour your olive oil soap mixture into soap molds.
5. Remove the soap bars from the mold.

Is lye the same as baking soda?

Originally Answered: Is baking soda same as lye? No. baking soda is sodium (hence the “soda” in the name) bicarbonate (NaHCO3), while lye (also known as “caustic soda”) is sodium hydroxide (NaOH).