HOUSEHOLD SOAP.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1749, 13 September 1905, Page 26

HOUSEHOLD SOAP.

A capital soap for house-cleaning and clothes-washing purposes is made in the following way:—Procure a half-pound tin |of 98 per cent, caustic soda, and put in a large basin, or other earthenware vessel containing 1 quart of cold water. By stirring it will instantly get very hot. Let it stand till cool. That is called the “soda-lye.” In a larger earthenware vessel melt three pounds of any kind of fat (without salt). Allow it to cool down until it just begins to set, and pour tlie soda-lye into it-'in a continuous stream, stirring until it becomes like honey. Then pour the mixture into a wooden box, capable of holding 61b ox soap. The box should previously be lined with a piece of damp calico. Well cover it with a piece of old blanket, and let it stand until next day m a cool place to set, when you will have bib of pure soap at a trifling cost.