Lye from charcoal

[Tirediron]

Is lye even necessary for soap to be effective? the reason I ask this is that Coconut oil is an excellent hand cleaner for removing mechanic type grease/ dirt, where as soap kind of only takes part of it off, the need for something to soften the water so that it makes dirt soluble, I get, but sometimes humans just tend to do what they have always done just 'cause that's what they have always done

 

[Neb]

Is lye even necessary for soap to be effective? the reason I ask this is that Coconut oil is an excellent hand cleaner for removing mechanic type grease/ dirt, where as soap kind of only takes part of it off, the need for something to soften the water so that it makes dirt soluble, I get, but sometimes humans just tend to do what they have always done just 'cause that's what they have always done

Didn't the Romans rub themselves wirh oil then scape it off?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z38w2hv
Ben

 

[joel]

Question is can you get coconut oil, olive oil or Avocado oil after the FALL. Will we have to use pork & beef fat with Lye, because that is all we can get to make soap. There is bee's wax also, but do you know how to keep bees?
https://lovelygreens.com/9-natural-soap-plants-for-making-lye-free-soap/
https://gardentherapy.ca/handmade-soap-recipes/

 

[Tirediron]

we have a shrub,that is referred to as soap berry here,I don't think it is the buffalo berry as in the article, but it could be, when you crush the berries they make a lather, but it is best rinsed off with warm water. Probably any fat will act as a cleaner.

 

[Shawn Burkett]

Is lye even necessary for soap to be effective?

You won't have soap without the lye. Lye + oil/fat = soap.

 

[Magus]

Granny mixed in some white river sand in her soap. poof. instant lava.