I made a batch of this dish soap and I am obsessed! It cleans so well and I love that my hands aren't in toxic soapy water anymore. I've also made your shampoo bar recipe and it, too, is wonderful. I scored 6 gallons of rendered ribeye fat, refined it twice with water and salt. It is the most beautiful tallow and makes glorious skin cream.
I love using castor oil in my skin cream, it's great for old skin. I melt 1/4 cup Shea butter and stir in 3 to 4 tablespoons of castor oil. Then I squeeze in a gel capsule of vitamin E and essential oils like rose hip, lavender, frankincense, geranium ( but never citrus because it can cause sun sensitivity.) It goes on heavy but your skin absorbs it and your skin doesn't feel greasy.
I make a tallow castor oil whipped cream for my face as well. I love it. I use cedarwood, frankincense and geranium for mine. I’m 45 and I’ve used it for just over a year and I look younger than a year ago.
Also: The only thing I would add is that while working with lye and checking for safety to use on skin (I am a retired nurse, mom of 6, and wife of a wounded warrior, and we own a handcrafted body care product business), it is not necessary to cure your soap for weeks before they are safe to use. Checking the ph will usually tell you it is safe within a few days of making it. If you are selling a soap, then the process needs to complete to ensure proper weight of your product. If it’s for your own use, it’s usable a whole lot sooner. The main reason curing is used is to be sure that any leftover moisture is gone from the bars. It will almost never harm you if you use a bat that was made a few days prior and you can verify this with a ph test (look into proper ph levels for soap used on skin or in cleaning when it comes in contact with skin. ) if your ph measures well, curing is first and foremost done to let extra fluid evaporate. If your bars are weighed every day or two over a few weeks, you will notice that they typically lose weight, and then settle at a final weight when excess fluids have evaporated.
I am also a soap maker and I wanted to say the same thing. The only reason to "cure" the soap is to allow the excess water to evaporate (creates a harder bar) and in doing so, makes the bar last longer.
When I was child, my mother would buy her preferred soap brands when they'd go on a great sale. All four of us went to the store and we kids were each given the money ahead of time to buy the maximum number allowed for the sale (usually 5. Then we'd go through the checkout line and head home. My mother unpacked the bars of soap and put them in the stacks of towels and wash cloths, putting them between the towels and even between the folds. She liked the scent it gave the towels and this is how she dried them to make the soap last and last. You had to be careful grabbing a towel from the linen closet and relocate any soap bars! 😂
My husband just made his second batch of soap today and overmixed it. It got all lumpy and clumpy. Using RUclips, we found out we could rescue it by putting it in the crock pot with a little water and, basically, remelting it. It worked well enough for us to pour it into molds. Maybe not sell-worthy, but it saved the batch. I've asked him to make this dish soap bar for me for my birthday later this month. :)
Hi, regarding the laundry soap you asked us to share with you, For years now I’ve been using the Laundry 🧺 Magnets in our washing machine. No need for detergent. I’ll sprinkle a little Borax but that’s it even that is not necessary. The first time using the magnets 🧲 you will need to run the load twice because of all the residue from detergent but after that will be clean and fine. I do a separate load for socks, underwear, and kitchen towels together basically the worst stuff and comes out clean. Our brains are used to perfume so may seem like not clean but they are. The magnets recommend an enzyme cleaner but I’ve never used it. Always pretreat stains. And since using the magnets 🧲 I also spray pretreat (sometimes when I’m in the mood) on the underarms of tops and sears of pants. But usually there’s no need. Either way I’ve made it work just fine. I’m happy and clean. My kids are ashamed of me.
It’s so interesting! I’m using Nellie’s natural soap trying to avoid all the chemicals. I’ve used brand called EGG. It’s a plastic egg with beads inside. I still have them, but use Nellie’s because I just wonder if the beads can really be reused over and over and still clean. I wonder if that’s similar to the magnets you’re talking about. Will you share what they are and where to buy it? If you say it cleans your clothes well, I’m interested in trying it. Thanks so much for sharing.
Made it and can't wait until the 8th of December to be able to use it. Couldn't help myself after 4 days, put gloves on just in case and did a lather test. Amazing!
@@FromScratchFarmstead Couldn't wait til the 8th and jumped the gun on the 4th. We cook a lot of meat so we've put it to the greasy test and we're thrilled!! For soaking greasy pans we just rubbed the bar in our hands under water, over the cooled off pan to soak. Also it works so well on really greasy baking pans, no soakin just squeaky clean. As time goes on I'm looking forward to getting use to using less, it works so well with just a simple wipe. I used 20 drops of frankincense. It doesn't smell but it doesn't smell bad either so we're all good with that, it's soap here one moment and this one gone the other. My hands have a history with hives so time will tell but I can already feel after every wash my hands retaining moisture or just not feeling like a Brillo pad. Really do think I'm all good there too. Thank you so much!
Thanks for showing how it suds and including a clip of you using the soap. So many videos I've seen but don't show how well it suds or provide a clip of them using the soap they've made. I've been buying Miyoshi Japanese "Additive Free' Dishwashing bar soap which is also made with beef tallow and just a few other ingredients, very similar to your recipe. They really do better than any liquid detergent I've used and do a better job at cutting grease, leave no residue on my glass, help eliminate odors from plastic and lather up soooo well (2-3 swipes and it's enough to provide a really good lather) than any dishwashing liquid I have used plus I love using them! I can vouch for these bar soaps to be the best thing I've washed dishes with and don't dry my hands out.. no more peeling cuticles!!! and I have over 40 different soaps to compare from, from different countries, trust me I've tried them all. Products from Korea, China, India, Mexico, Costa Rica and more, and in all forms (liquid, castille soap, bars, creams, and pastes, such as Axion, Vim Bar, Pattanjali, and so many more) but the best has been the Miyoshi bar which appears to be discontinued. Hence, how I ended up here seeking a recipe to try and reproduce it. I really miss it. I saw how well your recipe lathers and it is very similar to Miyoshi - I can't wait to try making it. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
I make my own laundry soap and I start by making a small batch of 100% coconut oil soap. It is very important that you unmold that soap after a few hours (usually around 4-5 hours tops). If you don't, you won't be able to cut the soap as it gets way too hard. Then you want to shred the soap as finely as possible. I use borax, washing soda, a small amount of baking soda and my homemade, shredded soap. It works very well. Takes as little as 1 TBS per load (use a bit more for large or extra soiled clothing)
Thank you! I been thinking about buying soap bars for dish washing, I want to stop buying plastic containers, this looks doable and thanks for answering the questions about lye. ❤️
Hi, nice video. I did the same thing a few years ago, but with a slightly different twist. I use old bacon and hamburger grease to avoid wasting it. I like actually submerging the dishes in soapy water so I grate about 1/2 bar and boil it to dissolve it and it keeps the sink water sudsy and soapy all the way to the end. Great minds must think alike!!
I make my own solid dish soap with a very similar recipe and I love it. I customize it with sweet orange essential oil or one of the mint essential oils. I don’t have a dishwasher either (I actually do, but I hate them and they have never done the job for me) it’s really simple to make and coconut oil makes a hard bar and it lasts So long, and is pretty cost efficient! I also use it for stain removal on Lyn laundry as well. Thank you for sharing your recipe.❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this video. I tried making soap about 15 years ago early on in my natural journey and then stopped after we kept having babies. I think I’ll try your recipe. I’ve been reluctant to use just any recipe but trust your content. So thank you for inspo!
The main thing about lye soap is making it as a hot batch and make sure you cure for at least 12 weeks to allow the lye to break down. I use just plain lard, lye, water, and salt. I use cup measures because I was taught to do this in the fall when we butcher the hogs. I have been doing this as long as I can rremember. I also use either the egg or feather method to test the lye. I use our well water to make it. I make it in a caldron over a campfire in the yard. We also use the hot water to scald the hair off the dead hogs. So we already have everything out to use at the same time.
As a kid I watched my grandma do this every year… same thing when they butchered the hogs, in a big ole cauldron in the yard and she made her own lye from a little wood ash, hickory fire I think and rain water. I can’t wait to try your recipe for dish soap! Thank you!
Hoorah!!! This is exciting. I made your recipe for shampoo bars and I love it. I’ve also shared it with family members and they love it, also. Thank you for sharing these with us. 😁
Love your content. Here’s a laundry detergent recipe I found that I’ve been using for over a year now and love it! It works great! 1/2 cup Epsom salt 1 1/2 cup Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) 1 1/2 cup Washing soda (sodium carbonate) 1/4 sea salt ( can add a few drops of essential oils) Use 1-2 Tbsp per load I don’t add essential oils and only use about 1 Tbsp per load unless it is an unusually dirty load.
@@FromScratchFarmstead Are you that clueless? There’s no surfactant in it! And magnesium in ES reacts instantly with WS to precipitate chalk. It’s a prank recipe, dear!
We love dish soap here too. I use an essential oil blend of lime, orange and lemon. It’s so bright and refreshing. Love citrus in the kitchen! Thank you
I'm so glad I found you today. I'm definitely going to try your dish soap and also going to look for your shampoo bars. I have just started making soap. I am 64 and from South Africa and am loving the process. Great that you are sharing everything so beautifully.
This is an amazing video. The only thing I would like to add is if you are making a soap that is almost all coconut oil, it will harden very fast ... you don't need to wait 24 hours to cut it, depending on your mold you can cut within 2-4 hours. I have a 2lb loaf mold that I will make up my 0% SF coconut oil soap (I grate it down for laundry soap) and will always cut it in about 3 hours from the time I pour it ... otherwise it is too hard to cut.
I live in an apartment, but anywhere you live, people say don’t use coconut oil because it will solidify in the pipes, can anyone help me with this question, I’m new here but always wanting better soap options. Love and blessings to all 🙏🏻💖🙋🏻♀️🌷
The process of soapmaking saponifies the oils (turns them into soap). This recipe is 0% superfat which means there are no excess oils that come off when used. All that to say, there shouldn't be any issues with drains clogging :).
Love your video. I have been making body soap for a couple of years now and would like to expand to eliminate toxic dish soap. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Those soap molds are adorable.
What a lovely video , pleasure to watch, very calming and everything explained thoroughly and clearly , love all of your content, thank you for all your hard work and thank you for sharing these important videos to save people and our children from the toxic world 🌍🙏❤
I have made your tallow shampoo bar. Took me a while to get used to it. Now, my husband and I do not wash our hair without it. I have made small size mold for when we travel. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️ do you have a solid natural conditioner bar to share. Thanks in advance. 🙏💕🙏💕
Hi! So glad you are liking it!! I do an apple cider vinegar rinse with the bars and really like how my hair feels with that. In a squirt bottle I put a few table spoons of apple cider vinegar and fill it the rest of the way with water. Then after washing my hair, I rinse with the apple cider vinegar mixture. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
I see lots of misunderstanding here in the comments, though some have understood once you explained to them, about coconut oil clogging pipes. Yes, fat can clog pipes, but soap has been made with fat and lye from before indoor plumbing, and continued long after indoor plumbing became common. There's a chemical reaction between the lye water and the fat that changes the product so that it is no longer lye and no longer fat. Even "super-fat" soap cannot clog plumbing pipes from what I've seen (and I'm really close to 70 years old. I remember my mother making soap when I was a kid, and I promise you, we had indoor plumbing and no money to pay a plumber).
I absolutely love how joyful your kids were to come help put away the dishes. You are one of the many Missouri families I love watching. I’m out here on the CA coast thinking I’d love to homestead in MO one day but truthfully I don’t think I could handle the humidity! Thanks for helping me gain more tools in my CA “urban homestead”
I very much appreciate their help! It’s just been built in to our family culture that we wash and they dry and put away so it’s part of the routine 😊. Thanks for watching!!
I use the same spoon and knives for food. I just use a mix of vinegar and water. I let them soak in water for a few minutes then wash thoroughly, then I rinse very well and either dip into a vinegar mix for a few seconds or spray it onto them and let it sit for a few minutes while washing other things and finally rinse very well again. The vinegar mis is about 3 parts vinegar and 1part water. If you have some traces of the lye left after washing the vinegar will neutralize it then the final rinse will remove the mix. Remember lye (usually potassium hydroxide) is used to make hominy which is a favorite food in the south (usually as grits).
Hi! First of all, I want to say THANK YOU for all of your amazing content and recipes. You are very appreciated in our house! :) I am planning to make this dish soap soon and was wondering if I need to get separate "equipment" for the items that will come in contact with lye? Such as mixing bowls, immersion blender, spoons, etc..
Great question! Many people do have a separate collection of dedicated soap making supplies. Maybe I'm a bit of a rebel but I don't and I've lived to tell the tale. I just make sure to wash everything very thoroughly when I'm done. Definitely do what you feel most comfortable with! :)
Coconut oil makes for a very sudsy soap! but keep in mind that the more bubbles, the more cleansing (and therefore drying to the skin) the bar. The added tallow to the recipe is a boon for the skin.
I just made the vegetarian version of these dish soap bars, thank you for recipe! I also made your shampoo bars, I had to make adjustment for the tallow, I think they are going to be good, they are drying too. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this 😀 it was exactly was a was looking for! I'm so fed up of wasting plastic containers and using harsh chemicals on my hands everytime I was dishes... I'm definitely going to make these dish soap bars soon!
Thank you for sharing this, I will be making it this weekend. I have been making your shampoo bar (use it as a body bar instead) for about a year now and love it so I’m sure this too will be a success. On a different topic, I was wondering if you have a recipe for bread loaves using freshly milled flour? I have been trying to switch to 100% FMF for the health benefits, but my loaves have not been coming out great.
Perfect Loaf has a great recipe for 50/50 whole wheat loaf. Any AP flour in a recipe is half hard wheat and half soft wheat, so you can take that recipe and milk 75% hard wheat and 25% soft wheat, and you’ll get good consistent loaves. (Unless your starter is really young.)
Hi! I use the basic sourdough bread recipe from Jill Winger's site (the prairie homestead). I tried to link it but the site must be down temporarily because I couldn't get it to load but that recipe has always worked well for us.
I’m a new subscriber…I’m so impressed by all that you do! I do make some homemade items (laundry detergent) but would buy your dish soap if it was made for sale! Love your channel.
Amazing!! 🤔 I wonder if you make it a rectangle and cut a small slit into the sponge, then slide the bar in, and you would always have it frothy on the dishes .. wonder if that would work?
Thank you for the recipe! I made dish soap bars from a similar recipe but it used olive oil as one of the oils. I have noticed that olive oil leaves a very unpleasant smell in soap….is it just me? It reminds me of antiseptic hospital soap smell. I had to throw away the bars………so sad. Do you find these bars maintain a pleasant smell? I’d love to hear if anyone else has noticed this smell of Castile soap products. Thanks again!!
Remember that the lye comes in a plastic bottle. So you're not down to zero plastic waste, but .. agreed .. it's a lot less for sure! Great idea to make a 0% overfat soap for washing dishes! I have a (homemade) handsoap at the sink using almond oil, castor oil (I agree on your choice) and coconut oil which has a little bit of overfat and I don't notice any residue on dishes. Then again, I rinse and teatoweldry dishes after washing. Finally, remember that when you find you need to work with 'hard soaps' as you explained you needed to for work, that's an excellent opportunity to use those same protective gloves that you used in this video when handling your lye solution. 🙂
I am very interested to know what kind of cookstove you have as I have seen that in different homes now and it looks like more old-fashioned wood type kitchen stove, but apparently it isn’t wood, but would like to know where you can get them and what kind they are?
Hi! It's an AGA. They are from the UK so less common in the US. Ours runs on gas but they have ways to convert the fuel source. We found ours on Facebook marketplace for a steal, otherwise they can be quite pricey new. Thanks for watching!
I LOVE THIS RECIPE. I’ve made it twice. Do you know if you could use this recipe and switch out the lye to make a liquid paste? My son keeps asking me to make a liquid.
I've seen homemade dish soap poured into small stoneware bowls. Would it cure properly in the bowls, or would I have to pour into the bowls, and unmold and cure before putting back into bowls?
Not silly at all! I get asked this all the time :). Some people would say that yes, you should definitely have dedicated soapmaking supplies and not use them for preparing food. That being said, maybe I'm a rebel but we use our immersion blender for both and it's been fine. I just make sure that it's washed very thoroughly after making soap. Thanks for watching!
@FromScratchFarmstead: I have a question: This soap doenst have any harmful ingredients, right? I tried your recipe and love it... but my dad come over last weekend and we build some things. He taught it was normal soap and used it for the shower (he was rly dirty 🙂). He loves it and took some with home. I told him to not use it for hair and use bodylotion afterwards...🤣 but now I am curious, we can use it right? We have in germany something like a bodyscrup for people who get rly dirty during their workdays, but this stuff is rly aggressiv on the skin and he always complains about it - it would be good if he can use this (it worked but i am unsure bc of the skin )
It's completely safe for your skin, the only thing that could come up is that all of the coconut oil makes it a pretty harsh soap. As long as he does ok with it, you may need something a bit more gentle for those with sensitive skin. Glad you're liking this recipe :).
For most of my cleaning purposes I tend to lean more towards lard. To this end, I will make a 100% lard bar of soap, no superfatting, to make up my laundry soap. This would be the soap I grate to add to my borax and washing soda. My wife has allergies to aroma additives, so I do not add that to any batches that we will end up using. The lard bars also make for a wonderful spot cleaner / stain remover that we keep in the laundry area as well. You will find that it works wonders. Thanks for sharing all your time and effort to make and produce all these videos, most generous and most wonderful!!
Hi. I just found myself with an abundance of pig fat that I am working on rendering. If you wouldn't mind sharing, I'd love your recipe or something similar to put all this lard to good use in some soap. Thanks!
@@kimtaylor7544 This recipe is for cold processing 40 ozs of Lard, water being 25% of the oil weight, no super fatting and no fragrance: 10 oz Filtered or distilled water 5.65 oz Lye - NaOH 40 oz Lard Use for spot cleaner / stain remover, dish bar, or grate, to be used as the soap part of your laundry soap. Enjoy!!
Yay! I have been waiting and excited for this video I remember you mentioning it a while ago! What laundry detergent do yall use? Currently on the hunt for an effective one that's not overpowering on the scent.
I have become more and more upset at how many plastic bottles we are throwing away ( laundry, dish soap, shampoo etc.) My daughter in law makes her own soaps and laundry detergent, so I will try to get that recipe and send it to you (they have four young children too!) Our scale just stopped working, so I purchased the one you had in the description box. I'm ready to make the move to create less plastic waste! Thank you for these recipes!! PS I just found out how to make washing soda from baking soda. We want to make an Oxiclean product to help with stains, and it calls for it.
Thanks for sharing and checking on that for us! I'd love to learn how she makes them if you are able to get that recipe. That's good to know with the oxiclean too!
@@ciaragracelewis Baking soda can be baked in the oven spread on a baking sheet, and will turn into washing soda. I started this because I had a large amount of baking soda to use up. (There is actually scientific process that happens!) Mixed with hydrogen peroxide it will perform like Oxiclean. The exact recipe is on Google!
@@FromScratchFarmstead My husband and I are actually visiting my son and his family, so I was able to take a picture of the original recipe. Here it is: Homemade Laundry Detergent 1 bar of soap, grated (Dr. Bronners, Kirk's, Fels Naptha...) 3 cups washing soda 3 cups Borax Use 2 tablespoons per regualar load. To make your own washing soda, spread baking soda onto a large baking pan and bake at 475 for 45 minutes to an hour. Stir often. This causes a chemical reaction to the baking soda and turns it into washing soda. I did this because we had so much baking soda, and I wanted to use it up!! If anyone has any suggestions, please share!!
@@FromScratchFarmstead As for an Oxiclean type product, mix equal parts washing soda and hydrogen peroxide 3% and add to the washing machine water as needed ( 1/4-1/2 cup of each.) It is great for soaking clothes prior to washing, like my husband's work shirts that have stained collars. It needs to be used within a few hours of making it. If the washing soda doesn't dissolve in the peroxide, you can mix in some warm/hot water first.
You can and it may help a little. Crumbling is a sign of over mixing. I've definitely done that a few times. I've always just left them and the bars still turned out fine just not as pretty.
I also really want to try this. I am a visionary and was shown to wash my dishes with just vinegar. Which I plan to do. I have received a lot of really great natural ideas from visions I would have never thought of. As a vegan… I can’t use tallow but wonder if you have ever tried any recipes without that ingredient as you said something about having tried many recipes. I have loved your recipes the best as I venture out to try to make soap. But just can’t use animal products. Thank you for any suggestions you may have for alternative options.
Hi! On our website there’s a version of the recipe without tallow - just coconut oil and castor oil! Here’s the link to the recipe! fromscratchfarmstead.com/dish-soap-bar-recipe/
Can you wash and use the bowls, measuring cups, immersion blender, etc with foods afterwards? Or do you only use those supplies for product making and nothing else?
You can do it either way but if you use them for food, make sure you wash them thoroughly. Another commenter left her vinegar rinse routine for her soap making supplies which was very helpful! Thanks for watching!
Does the high saturated fat content not clog your pipes or drains if you use this as your everyday dish soap? I would use the soap especially as i have sensitive skin. But would be terrified of clogging pipes or drains.
I save my frying oils, which is primarily canola, avocado and olive oil. I never use my frying oils more than 3x. I strain the oil to remove all sediments. I add coconut oil as much as 60%. I use that to make my kitchen soap. It has a amazing cleaning properties. I use it to wash dishes, dish clothes, counters etc. It cleans up wonderfully after soapmaking. No grease is left.
Hi there, I came across your video, I like your recipe and i have a question, when you wash dishes with that soap, does it leaves a white film in the zinc, and if it does, what do you use to clean up the pipes? the reason am asking you is cause i make soaps, i have been doing for years, I make all types of soaps and i have made cleaning soap with just coconut oil, I use to use it for washing clothes, but after a while it left a white hard stuff in my washer and I stop making it, even after mixing it with different products like wash soda, baking soda etc, then I try castile liquid coconut soap and again it left a white film and it clog my sink, as for now I just made a batch of liquid olive oil castile soap and it doesn't leave a greasy film in the zinc, i use that soap for dish washing also, but i would like to make your soap, I know it cleans, I just want to know the difference between the soap that you are making and the one with only coconut oil, does the tallow makes a difference? thank you in advance.
Interesting! We haven't had that issue. It doesn't leave a residue on dishes at all and it is a 0% superfat soap. You'll have to let me know if you try it! Thanks for watching!
@@privilegiada1 I'm guessing the tallow alone wouldn't make that big of a difference from an all coconut oil soap. But what would make a difference is the superfat percentage the recipe produces. 0% superfat is your best bet to not leave any white film. Hope that helps!
Will try. I have heard that homemade laundry soap isn't great because it doesn't contain a detergent, which is different from a soap. So, eventually there will be build up on the clothes over time and in the machine. Most don't notice this for close to a year for the build up and then the clothes need to be stripped. Can you also make a liquid soap from this bar soap the same as for body soap? So one gallon water to one bar and heat till combined?
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt Not for a water softener (although it still helps - I have very bad hard water) but borax "brightens"/removes stains better, and washing soda cuts grease, so I use both.
Okay, don’t know if you’re still checking comments, but how do you clean the dishes you used to make the soap? I’m guessing you have to be careful about washing the bowls that have touched the lye? Do you just wash them with your other dishes? And do you use the same bowls/blender attachment to make your family’s meals? Or are these tools dedicated to soap making?
Love this recipe and will be trying it! This is my Homemade Laundry Soap recipe we’ve really liked. I’ll be curious what you decide on! 5 GALLONS · 5-gallon bucket with cover · 1 cup Borax · 1 cup washing soda · Grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha · Hot/Boiling tap water 1. Place 4 cups of water on the stove to heat. 2. While the water is heating, grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha. It grates easy! 3. Add the shredded Fels-Naptha to the water and stir until soap is dissolved. (takes about 10 min) 4. Take the 5 gallon pail and fill it halfway with hot water (use your shower for this). 5. Add 1 cup Borax and 1 cup Washing Soda. Stir to dissolve. 6. Add the dissolved soap and stir with a big metal spoon or paint stir stick. 7. If you want to add some fragrance to your laundry soap you can add a couple of drops of essential oils at this time. 8. Fill the remainder of the bucket with hot water. Give it one final stir. 9. Divide the mixture into smaller containers at this time if you plan to have multiple containers. It’s easier before it gels. 10. Let it sit overnight. The finished soap will be more of a watery gel that is described as an “egg noodle soup” look. It’s a low sudsing soap, so if you don’t see much, that’s ok. Suds are not what cleans, it’s the ingredients in the soap. 11. Store in smaller containers, ideally, plastic with larger openings, since the gelled soap won’t fit through the openings made for ultra-liquid detergent. Use 1/2 cup of laundry soap for each load of laundry. · For HE front loading washers, use 1/2 cup for a large load. For regular top-loading washers, use ½ cup to 1 cup for a large load.
Hi Joelle, do you have an Amazon storefront with products you use? I do see the links but wondering if you have a whole storefront I can follow too. Thanks!
I came across your videos and would love to try them; however, I've heard that a lot of oils, especially coconut oil, are bad for pipes and septic systems.
In soap making the oils change in the saponification process when mixed with the lye. This is a 0% super fat recipe so no extra oils should be released because they are all converted in soap. All that to say, we haven’t had any issues using this soap 😊. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead I've been reading the comments. You must get tired of repeating this over and over again. Bless you for being so patient with people who don't understand that lye water plus fat no longer equals pipe-clogging fat. Even super-fat soaps don't harm pipes nor clog them.
Hi! Do you sell your bars? I just don't have the funds to invest in all these different things right now, but would love to try some of this dish soap!!! Thanks and binged many of your videos!!!
No. Coconut makes harder soap bars. And consider doing the math calculations all over again if you change anything in the recipe. Soapmaking is a very precise science, The amount of lye would be different if you change the oil or the amount of oil.
Look for YT videos on using soapcalc. That's a site that will help you create a soap recipe. The calculator has oils and butters on it I have never heard of, let alone those I have. I don't know if clicking on my name will show you my channel, but if it does, I have a public playlist of videos on making soap. The first few videos in that list are on using soapcalc (none of the videos are mine; I don't make YT videos). You definitely can make soap without coconut oil.
I love seeing young people keeping the old ways alive. I was raised making so many things. Thank you and God bless.
I made a batch of this dish soap and I am obsessed! It cleans so well and I love that my hands aren't in toxic soapy water anymore. I've also made your shampoo bar recipe and it, too, is wonderful. I scored 6 gallons of rendered ribeye fat, refined it twice with water and salt. It is the most beautiful tallow and makes glorious skin cream.
Yay!! So glad you are enjoying these recipes! That makes me so happy!
I love using castor oil in my skin cream, it's great for old skin. I melt 1/4 cup Shea butter and stir in 3 to 4 tablespoons of castor oil. Then I squeeze in a gel capsule of vitamin E and essential oils like rose hip, lavender, frankincense, geranium ( but never citrus because it can cause sun sensitivity.) It goes on heavy but your skin absorbs it and your skin doesn't feel greasy.
That sounds lovely! Thanks for sharing!
Hello, can i use Cocoa butter instead of Shea butter? Thank you.
Just any vitamin e oil?
Can you add coloring to this?
I make a tallow castor oil whipped cream for my face as well. I love it. I use cedarwood, frankincense and geranium for mine. I’m 45 and I’ve used it for just over a year and I look younger than a year ago.
Also: The only thing I would add is that while working with lye and checking for safety to use on skin (I am a retired nurse, mom of 6, and wife of a wounded warrior, and we own a handcrafted body care product business), it is not necessary to cure your soap for weeks before they are safe to use. Checking the ph will usually tell you it is safe within a few days of making it. If you are selling a soap, then the process needs to complete to ensure proper weight of your product. If it’s for your own use, it’s usable a whole lot sooner. The main reason curing is used is to be sure that any leftover moisture is gone from the bars. It will almost never harm you if you use a bat that was made a few days prior and you can verify this with a ph test (look into proper ph levels for soap used on skin or in cleaning when it comes in contact with skin. ) if your ph measures well, curing is first and foremost done to let extra fluid evaporate. If your bars are weighed every day or two over a few weeks, you will notice that they typically lose weight, and then settle at a final weight when excess fluids have evaporated.
Thanks for sharing! Interesting!
Used to make soaps,(health reasons slowed me down), but fully agree with you 💝
I am also a soap maker and I wanted to say the same thing. The only reason to "cure" the soap is to allow the excess water to evaporate (creates a harder bar) and in doing so, makes the bar last longer.
When I was child, my mother would buy her preferred soap brands when they'd go on a great sale. All four of us went to the store and we kids were each given the money ahead of time to buy the maximum number allowed for the sale (usually 5. Then we'd go through the checkout line and head home. My mother unpacked the bars of soap and put them in the stacks of towels and wash cloths, putting them between the towels and even between the folds. She liked the scent it gave the towels and this is how she dried them to make the soap last and last. You had to be careful grabbing a towel from the linen closet and relocate any soap bars! 😂
Sure, but if you cure the soap it will last longer so you don't have to constantly make more batches.
My husband just made his second batch of soap today and overmixed it. It got all lumpy and clumpy. Using RUclips, we found out we could rescue it by putting it in the crock pot with a little water and, basically, remelting it. It worked well enough for us to pour it into molds. Maybe not sell-worthy, but it saved the batch. I've asked him to make this dish soap bar for me for my birthday later this month. :)
I have made this recipe and I am very happy with it! It cuts grease and works great! You should be proud of yourself! Thanks!
Awesome! So glad you like these!
Hi, regarding the laundry soap you asked us to share with you, For years now I’ve been using the Laundry 🧺 Magnets in our washing machine. No need for detergent. I’ll sprinkle a little Borax but that’s it even that is not necessary. The first time using the magnets 🧲 you will need to run the load twice because of all the residue from detergent but after that will be clean and fine. I do a separate load for socks, underwear, and kitchen towels together basically the worst stuff and comes out clean. Our brains are used to perfume so may seem like not clean but they are. The magnets recommend an enzyme cleaner but I’ve never used it. Always pretreat stains. And since using the magnets 🧲 I also spray pretreat (sometimes when I’m in the mood) on the underarms of tops and sears of pants. But usually there’s no need. Either way I’ve made it work just fine. I’m happy and clean. My kids are ashamed of me.
It’s so interesting! I’m using Nellie’s natural soap trying to avoid all the chemicals. I’ve used brand called EGG. It’s a plastic egg with beads inside. I still have them, but use Nellie’s because I just wonder if the beads can really be reused over and over and still clean. I wonder if that’s similar to the magnets you’re talking about. Will you share what they are and where to buy it? If you say it cleans your clothes well, I’m interested in trying it. Thanks so much for sharing.
Interesting! I've never heard of this!
Made it and can't wait until the 8th of December to be able to use it. Couldn't help myself after 4 days, put gloves on just in case and did a lather test. Amazing!
Yay! I hope you love it!
@@FromScratchFarmstead Couldn't wait til the 8th and jumped the gun on the 4th. We cook a lot of meat so we've put it to the greasy test and we're thrilled!!
For soaking greasy pans we just rubbed the bar in our hands under water, over the cooled off pan to soak. Also it works so well on really greasy baking pans, no soakin just squeaky clean.
As time goes on I'm looking forward to getting use to using less, it works so well with just a simple wipe.
I used 20 drops of frankincense. It doesn't smell but it doesn't smell bad either so we're all good with that, it's soap here one moment and this one gone the other.
My hands have a history with hives so time will tell but I can already feel after every wash my hands retaining moisture or just not feeling like a Brillo pad. Really do think I'm all good there too.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for showing how it suds and including a clip of you using the soap. So many videos I've seen but don't show how well it suds or provide a clip of them using the soap they've made.
I've been buying Miyoshi Japanese "Additive Free' Dishwashing bar soap which is also made with beef tallow and just a few other ingredients, very similar to your recipe. They really do better than any liquid detergent I've used and do a better job at cutting grease, leave no residue on my glass, help eliminate odors from plastic and lather up soooo well (2-3 swipes and it's enough to provide a really good lather) than any dishwashing liquid I have used plus I love using them!
I can vouch for these bar soaps to be the best thing I've washed dishes with and don't dry my hands out.. no more peeling cuticles!!! and I have over 40 different soaps to compare from, from different countries, trust me I've tried them all. Products from Korea, China, India, Mexico, Costa Rica and more, and in all forms (liquid, castille soap, bars, creams, and pastes, such as Axion, Vim Bar, Pattanjali, and so many more) but the best has been the Miyoshi bar which appears to be discontinued. Hence, how I ended up here seeking a recipe to try and reproduce it. I really miss it. I saw how well your recipe lathers and it is very similar to Miyoshi - I can't wait to try making it. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
I really appreciate this information. This is a project I intend to tackle at some point.
Hope you enjoy this recipe!
I make my own laundry soap and I start by making a small batch of 100% coconut oil soap. It is very important that you unmold that soap after a few hours (usually around 4-5 hours tops). If you don't, you won't be able to cut the soap as it gets way too hard. Then you want to shred the soap as finely as possible. I use borax, washing soda, a small amount of baking soda and my homemade, shredded soap. It works very well. Takes as little as 1 TBS per load (use a bit more for large or extra soiled clothing)
Thank you!!! Very helpful!
Great idea!
Thank you. Will you share your recipe please?
I have used a similar recipe for mine before.
Could I pour directly into dishes to cure?
Thank you! I been thinking about buying soap bars for dish washing, I want to stop buying plastic containers, this looks doable and thanks for answering the questions about lye. ❤️
You're welcome! Glad this was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Hi, nice video. I did the same thing a few years ago, but with a slightly different twist. I use old bacon and hamburger grease to avoid wasting it. I like actually submerging the dishes in soapy water so I grate about 1/2 bar and boil it to dissolve it and it keeps the sink water sudsy and soapy all the way to the end. Great minds must think alike!!
Thanks for sharing! 🙌
U don’t cook with ur animal greases??!??
I make my own solid dish soap with a very similar recipe and I love it. I customize it with sweet orange essential oil or one of the mint essential oils. I don’t have a dishwasher either (I actually do, but I hate them and they have never done the job for me) it’s really simple to make and coconut oil makes a hard bar and it lasts So long, and is pretty cost efficient! I also use it for stain removal on Lyn laundry as well. Thank you for sharing your recipe.❤❤❤
You're welcome! I agree, they last surprisingly long and hold up so well! Thanks for sharing and watching!
Thank you so much for this video. I tried making soap about 15 years ago early on in my natural journey and then stopped after we kept having babies. I think I’ll try your recipe. I’ve been reluctant to use just any recipe but trust your content. So thank you for inspo!
The main thing about lye soap is making it as a hot batch and make sure you cure for at least 12 weeks to allow the lye to break down. I use just plain lard, lye, water, and salt. I use cup measures because I was taught to do this in the fall when we butcher the hogs. I have been doing this as long as I can rremember. I also use either the egg or feather method to test the lye. I use our well water to make it. I make it in a caldron over a campfire in the yard. We also use the hot water to scald the hair off the dead hogs. So we already have everything out to use at the same time.
Thanks for sharing!
As a kid I watched my grandma do this every year… same thing when they butchered the hogs, in a big ole cauldron in the yard and she made her own lye from a little wood ash, hickory fire I think and rain water. I can’t wait to try your recipe for dish soap! Thank you!
What are the egg and feather methods?
Hoorah!!! This is exciting. I made your recipe for shampoo bars and I love it. I’ve also shared it with family members and they love it, also. Thank you for sharing these with us. 😁
Thanks for sharing in our excitement!! I hope you love this one too!!
Love your content.
Here’s a laundry detergent recipe I found that I’ve been using for over a year now and love it! It works great!
1/2 cup Epsom salt
1 1/2 cup Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)
1 1/2 cup Washing soda (sodium carbonate)
1/4 sea salt
( can add a few drops of essential oils)
Use 1-2 Tbsp per load
I don’t add essential oils and only use about 1 Tbsp per load unless it is an unusually dirty load.
Is the sea salt 1/4 cup
Thanks so much!! That seems really doable!
@@FromScratchFarmstead
Are you that clueless? There’s no surfactant in it! And magnesium in ES reacts instantly with WS to precipitate chalk. It’s a prank recipe, dear!
Ridiculous.
No surfactants: can’t dissolve grease and oil.
ES + WS -> chalk instantly.
It’s a prank, dear. You’re not fooling anyone…
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jtno need to be so mean
We love dish soap here too. I use an essential oil blend of lime, orange and lemon. It’s so bright and refreshing. Love citrus in the kitchen! Thank you
Love that! 🙌 Thanks for watching!
Exceptional soap making instructions - thanks for the video!
You're welcome!!
I'm so glad I found you today. I'm definitely going to try your dish soap and also going to look for your shampoo bars. I have just started making soap. I am 64 and from South Africa and am loving the process. Great that you are sharing everything so beautifully.
Aw! Thanks for sharing that! I hope that you love this recipe!
I absolutely love your channel and your way of life thank you so much for sharing with us all…stay blessed
Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe! I made your shampoo bar and have been loving it! Im making this tomorrow!
Hooray!! I hope you love these!
This is an amazing video. The only thing I would like to add is if you are making a soap that is almost all coconut oil, it will harden very fast ... you don't need to wait 24 hours to cut it, depending on your mold you can cut within 2-4 hours. I have a 2lb loaf mold that I will make up my 0% SF coconut oil soap (I grate it down for laundry soap) and will always cut it in about 3 hours from the time I pour it ... otherwise it is too hard to cut.
I live in an apartment, but anywhere you live, people say don’t use coconut oil because it will solidify in the pipes, can anyone help me with this question, I’m new here but always wanting better soap options. Love and blessings to all 🙏🏻💖🙋🏻♀️🌷
The process of soapmaking saponifies the oils (turns them into soap). This recipe is 0% superfat which means there are no excess oils that come off when used. All that to say, there shouldn't be any issues with drains clogging :).
Coconut oil will solidify, but the process of making soap chemically changes the coconut oil. Soap will not solidify in the pipes.
Love your video. I have been making body soap for a couple of years now and would like to expand to eliminate toxic dish soap. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Those soap molds are adorable.
So glad this was helpful! ☺️
What a lovely video , pleasure to watch, very calming and everything explained thoroughly and clearly , love all of your content, thank you for all your hard work and thank you for sharing these important videos to save people and our children from the toxic world 🌍🙏❤
Thank you for the detailed explaination! I was wondering how coconut oil and tallow would wash, but with the lye reaction makes so much more sense!
I have made your tallow shampoo bar. Took me a while to get used to it. Now, my husband and I do not wash our hair without it. I have made small size mold for when we travel. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️ do you have a solid natural conditioner bar to share. Thanks in advance. 🙏💕🙏💕
Hi! So glad you are liking it!! I do an apple cider vinegar rinse with the bars and really like how my hair feels with that. In a squirt bottle I put a few table spoons of apple cider vinegar and fill it the rest of the way with water. Then after washing my hair, I rinse with the apple cider vinegar mixture. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
I see lots of misunderstanding here in the comments, though some have understood once you explained to them, about coconut oil clogging pipes.
Yes, fat can clog pipes, but soap has been made with fat and lye from before indoor plumbing, and continued long after indoor plumbing became common. There's a chemical reaction between the lye water and the fat that changes the product so that it is no longer lye and no longer fat.
Even "super-fat" soap cannot clog plumbing pipes from what I've seen (and I'm really close to 70 years old. I remember my mother making soap when I was a kid, and I promise you, we had indoor plumbing and no money to pay a plumber).
Thanks for sharing! It can be hard to understand how so much fat wouldn't clog drains but that's part of the beauty of soapmaking!
I absolutely love how joyful your kids were to come help put away the dishes. You are one of the many Missouri families I love watching. I’m out here on the CA coast thinking I’d love to homestead in MO one day but truthfully I don’t think I could handle the humidity! Thanks for helping me gain more tools in my CA “urban homestead”
I believe they're in Illinois?
I very much appreciate their help! It’s just been built in to our family culture that we wash and they dry and put away so it’s part of the routine 😊. Thanks for watching!!
Yep, Illinois!
MO is a mess. Hellhole of a red state. Avoid!!
I spend half my time in Cali Mojave desert and half in Southern Illinois… you get used the humidity.. This way I get the best of both states!
Once again you amaze me. I love you doing the older ways of life and teaching them to me. You make it look so easy. Ty so much for all you do for us.
So glad this was helpful!! I’m learning right alongside you! This was new to us until 6 months ago too ☺️
Thank you for yet another fantastic helpful video. I will give this a try! ❤ cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
Wonderful! Enjoy!
We're in Victoria and love her ideas.
I use the same spoon and knives for food. I just use a mix of vinegar and water. I let them soak in water for a few minutes then wash thoroughly, then I rinse very well and either dip into a vinegar mix for a few seconds or spray it onto them and let it sit for a few minutes while washing other things and finally rinse very well again. The vinegar mis is about 3 parts vinegar and 1part water. If you have some traces of the lye left after washing the vinegar will neutralize it then the final rinse will remove the mix. Remember lye (usually potassium hydroxide) is used to make hominy which is a favorite food in the south (usually as grits).
Thanks for sharing your routine! That's really helpful!
Much less time to just wash my separate set of tools for crafts
Grits are simply coarse ground corn
They’re “steel cut” corn
Not cooked at all
Hominy is a dish made from corn
I use and sell Melaleuca which is great but I plan on making these for many reasons. Thank you!
Awesome! I hope you like this recipe!
Looking for the percentage rates of this recipe, would love to give it a try but on a smaller scale
Hi! First of all, I want to say THANK YOU for all of your amazing content and recipes. You are very appreciated in our house! :)
I am planning to make this dish soap soon and was wondering if I need to get separate "equipment" for the items that will come in contact with lye? Such as mixing bowls, immersion blender, spoons, etc..
Great question! Many people do have a separate collection of dedicated soap making supplies. Maybe I'm a bit of a rebel but I don't and I've lived to tell the tale. I just make sure to wash everything very thoroughly when I'm done. Definitely do what you feel most comfortable with! :)
@@FromScratchFarmstead Thank you!
Wow! That's super foamy. I love it.
It has such a nice lather!
Coconut oil makes for a very sudsy soap! but keep in mind that the more bubbles, the more cleansing (and therefore drying to the skin) the bar. The added tallow to the recipe is a boon for the skin.
I just made the vegetarian version of these dish soap bars, thank you for recipe! I also made your shampoo bars, I had to make adjustment for the tallow, I think they are going to be good, they are drying too. 🙂
Yay!! That's great! I hope you love them!
I was waiting on this video! I want to try it! My husband does a lot of the dishes and loves dawn...to see if i can get him to like it!
Show him the ingredients in a bottle of dawn and maybe he'll rethink it :). I hope you both love these!!
@@FromScratchFarmstead I think with time and a decent alternative and he might!!
Love how you explain as you make! Subscribed 😊
Oooh! An AGA in action. My dream kitchen will have an AGA. Learned so much in this video…thank you!
You're so welcome!
Thank you for sharing this 😀 it was exactly was a was looking for! I'm so fed up of wasting plastic containers and using harsh chemicals on my hands everytime I was dishes... I'm definitely going to make these dish soap bars soon!
Awesome! I hope you love this recipe!
Thank you for sharing, I am definitely giving this a try 💕
You're welcome! I hope you like these bars!
Thanks for sharing! I'm excited to try it. 🙂
You’re welcome! I hope you love it!
Thank you for sharing this, I will be making it this weekend. I have been making your shampoo bar (use it as a body bar instead) for about a year now and love it so I’m sure this too will be a success. On a different topic, I was wondering if you have a recipe for bread loaves using freshly milled flour? I have been trying to switch to 100% FMF for the health benefits, but my loaves have not been coming out great.
Perfect Loaf has a great recipe for 50/50 whole wheat loaf. Any AP flour in a recipe is half hard wheat and half soft wheat, so you can take that recipe and milk 75% hard wheat and 25% soft wheat, and you’ll get good consistent loaves. (Unless your starter is really young.)
Thanks for sharing! This is helpful!
Hi! I use the basic sourdough bread recipe from Jill Winger's site (the prairie homestead). I tried to link it but the site must be down temporarily because I couldn't get it to load but that recipe has always worked well for us.
Thank you. I’ll search for it
@@ciaragracelewisthank you
I’m a new subscriber…I’m so impressed by all that you do! I do make some homemade items (laundry detergent) but would buy your dish soap if it was made for sale! Love your channel.
Hi! Stay tuned - selling our soap bars is one of our goals for 2025!
Thank you for sharing! I'm waiting for all of supplies to arrive so i can make your shampoo bar and now I'll be making this dish soap as well.
Yay!! I hope you love them!
Amazing!!
🤔 I wonder if you make it a rectangle and cut a small slit into the sponge, then slide the bar in, and you would always have it frothy on the dishes .. wonder if that would work?
That's a creative thought! Thanks for watching!
Any recommendations for safe clean-up afterwards?
Thank you for the recipe! I made dish soap bars from a similar recipe but it used olive oil as one of the oils. I have noticed that olive oil leaves a very unpleasant smell in soap….is it just me? It reminds me of antiseptic hospital soap smell. I had to throw away the bars………so sad. Do you find these bars maintain a pleasant smell? I’d love to hear if anyone else has noticed this smell of Castile soap products. Thanks again!!
You can put some essential oils in them to mask the smell of olive oil
I haven't noticed a smell in these bars. Essential oils can help as well. Thanks for watching!
Remember that the lye comes in a plastic bottle. So you're not down to zero plastic waste, but .. agreed .. it's a lot less for sure!
Great idea to make a 0% overfat soap for washing dishes! I have a (homemade) handsoap at the sink using almond oil, castor oil (I agree on your choice) and coconut oil which has a little bit of overfat and I don't notice any residue on dishes. Then again, I rinse and teatoweldry dishes after washing.
Finally, remember that when you find you need to work with 'hard soaps' as you explained you needed to for work, that's an excellent opportunity to use those same protective gloves that you used in this video when handling your lye solution. 🙂
Even things packaged in glass are originally shipped in bigger plastic containers 🤷♀️
Agreed - not truly zero waste but much better than the alternative! Thanks for sharing.
Great video! We grow our own food and are building our off grid house ❤❤ we're a family of 6 😊
That's awesome!! Keep it up!
I am very interested to know what kind of cookstove you have as I have seen that in different homes now and it looks like more old-fashioned wood type kitchen stove, but apparently it isn’t wood, but would like to know where you can get them and what kind they are?
Hi! It's an AGA. They are from the UK so less common in the US. Ours runs on gas but they have ways to convert the fuel source. We found ours on Facebook marketplace for a steal, otherwise they can be quite pricey new. Thanks for watching!
I LOVE THIS RECIPE. I’ve made it twice. Do you know if you could use this recipe and switch out the lye to make a liquid paste? My son keeps asking me to make a liquid.
So glad you like this one!! I don't think the coconut oil would work well as a liquid paste, unfortunately.
I've seen homemade dish soap poured into small stoneware bowls. Would it cure properly in the bowls, or would I have to pour into the bowls, and unmold and cure before putting back into bowls?
I believe it would be the second one. Pour into the bowls and then unmold and cure. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!!
Amazing video and very well explained. Where do you buy the soda at?
Thanks you! We use this lye - amzn.to/3SSXih3.
Stupid question but can you use the immersion blender for food again? Or do the oils and lye come off since they are all.mixed?
Not silly at all! I get asked this all the time :). Some people would say that yes, you should definitely have dedicated soapmaking supplies and not use them for preparing food. That being said, maybe I'm a rebel but we use our immersion blender for both and it's been fine. I just make sure that it's washed very thoroughly after making soap. Thanks for watching!
@FromScratchFarmstead: I have a question: This soap doenst have any harmful ingredients, right?
I tried your recipe and love it... but my dad come over last weekend and we build some things. He taught it was normal soap and used it for the shower (he was rly dirty 🙂). He loves it and took some with home. I told him to not use it for hair and use bodylotion afterwards...🤣
but now I am curious, we can use it right? We have in germany something like a bodyscrup for people who get rly dirty during their workdays, but this stuff is rly aggressiv on the skin and he always complains about it - it would be good if he can use this (it worked but i am unsure bc of the skin )
It's completely safe for your skin, the only thing that could come up is that all of the coconut oil makes it a pretty harsh soap. As long as he does ok with it, you may need something a bit more gentle for those with sensitive skin. Glad you're liking this recipe :).
For most of my cleaning purposes I tend to lean more towards lard. To this end, I will make a 100% lard bar of soap, no superfatting, to make up my laundry soap. This would be the soap I grate to add to my borax and washing soda. My wife has allergies to aroma additives, so I do not add that to any batches that we will end up using. The lard bars also make for a wonderful spot cleaner / stain remover that we keep in the laundry area as well. You will find that it works wonders. Thanks for sharing all your time and effort to make and produce all these videos, most generous and most wonderful!!
Hi. I just found myself with an abundance of pig fat that I am working on rendering. If you wouldn't mind sharing, I'd love your recipe or something similar to put all this lard to good use in some soap. Thanks!
@@kimtaylor7544 This recipe is for cold processing 40 ozs of Lard, water being 25% of the oil weight, no super fatting and no fragrance:
10 oz Filtered or distilled water
5.65 oz Lye - NaOH
40 oz Lard
Use for spot cleaner / stain remover, dish bar, or grate, to be used as the soap part of your laundry soap.
Enjoy!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Yay! I have been waiting and excited for this video I remember you mentioning it a while ago! What laundry detergent do yall use? Currently on the hunt for an effective one that's not overpowering on the scent.
We currently do the fragrance free Ecos brand! Thanks for watching! 😊
I have become more and more upset at how many plastic bottles we are throwing away ( laundry, dish soap, shampoo etc.) My daughter in law makes her own soaps and laundry detergent, so I will try to get that recipe and send it to you (they have four young children too!) Our scale just stopped working, so I purchased the one you had in the description box. I'm ready to make the move to create less plastic waste! Thank you for these recipes!!
PS I just found out how to make washing soda from baking soda. We want to make an Oxiclean product to help with stains, and it calls for it.
How do you make your own?! So cool
Thanks for sharing and checking on that for us! I'd love to learn how she makes them if you are able to get that recipe. That's good to know with the oxiclean too!
@@ciaragracelewis Baking soda can be baked in the oven spread on a baking sheet, and will turn into washing soda. I started this because I had a large amount of baking soda to use up. (There is actually scientific process that happens!) Mixed with hydrogen peroxide it will perform like Oxiclean. The exact recipe is on Google!
@@FromScratchFarmstead My husband and I are actually visiting my son and his family, so I was able to take a picture of the original recipe. Here it is:
Homemade Laundry Detergent
1 bar of soap, grated (Dr. Bronners, Kirk's, Fels Naptha...)
3 cups washing soda
3 cups Borax
Use 2 tablespoons per regualar load.
To make your own washing soda, spread baking soda onto a large baking pan and bake at 475 for 45 minutes to an hour. Stir often. This causes a chemical reaction to the baking soda and turns it into washing soda. I did this because we had so much baking soda, and I wanted to use it up!!
If anyone has any suggestions, please share!!
@@FromScratchFarmstead As for an Oxiclean type product, mix equal parts washing soda and hydrogen peroxide 3% and add to the washing machine water as needed ( 1/4-1/2 cup of each.) It is great for soaking clothes prior to washing, like my husband's work shirts that have stained collars. It needs to be used within a few hours of making it. If the washing soda doesn't dissolve in the peroxide, you can mix in some warm/hot water first.
Can you make this to use on a dishwasher?
Interesting. 🤔
Hii thanks for your video 😊 may I ask you if we can use lard instead ? And will the outcome be different ?
Hi! I haven’t tried with lard but it should swap just fine without changing much in the outcome of the bar! Thanks for watching! 😊
Good morning. Have you ever made goat milk lotion? If so could you help me with what i will need?
Hi! I've never made goat milk lotion, sorry!
do you use a separate pot/bowl for exclusively making items with lye? or is it fine after washing those cookware items?
Hi,
If i mess up with making soap and it just crumbles when cutting, can i remelt it and try again?
You can and it may help a little. Crumbling is a sign of over mixing. I've definitely done that a few times. I've always just left them and the bars still turned out fine just not as pretty.
Your dish soap recipe is worth hundreds thank you so much!!!!
You're welcome!
❤ Thank you
You’re welcome!
I also really want to try this. I am a visionary and was shown to wash my dishes with just vinegar. Which I plan to do. I have received a lot of really great natural ideas from visions I would have never thought of. As a vegan… I can’t use tallow but wonder if you have ever tried any recipes without that ingredient as you said something about having tried many recipes. I have loved your recipes the best as I venture out to try to make soap. But just can’t use animal products. Thank you for any suggestions you may have for alternative options.
Hi! On our website there’s a version of the recipe without tallow - just coconut oil and castor oil! Here’s the link to the recipe! fromscratchfarmstead.com/dish-soap-bar-recipe/
Thank you, cant wait to make these..!!
You're welcome! I hope you love them!
Hi, great video. Any suggestions on what tallow brand to use? Thanks
Thanks! Good question. We've always gotten beef fat and rendered it ourselves so I don't have any recommendations for already rendered tallow. Sorry!
Thanks for this recipe. Can i use commercial lard instead of rendering my own tallow?
You could!
Is there any soap residue left on the dishes after rinsing with this recipe?
Not at all!
Can you wash and use the bowls, measuring cups, immersion blender, etc with foods afterwards? Or do you only use those supplies for product making and nothing else?
You can do it either way but if you use them for food, make sure you wash them thoroughly. Another commenter left her vinegar rinse routine for her soap making supplies which was very helpful! Thanks for watching!
hello, please can you tell me were can i get the recipe. also iwant to make it in hot process thank you.
Here you go! fromscratchfarmstead.com/dish-soap-bar-recipe/
Do you think fractionated coconut oil would work in place of the regular coconut oil in your recipe? I just happen to have it on hand
Hi! I haven't used it personally but from doing a little bit of quick research, I think it should work just fine in these dish soap bars!
@ thank you so much. I’ll give it a try and see what happens. I always love a good experiment. ✨
Does the high saturated fat content not clog your pipes or drains if you use this as your everyday dish soap? I would use the soap especially as i have sensitive skin. But would be terrified of clogging pipes or drains.
The saponification reaction changes the oil into soap and this is a 0% super fat recipe so there isn't extra oils that are release. Hope this helps!
@@FromScratchFarmstead thanks, understood!
I save my frying oils, which is primarily canola, avocado and olive oil. I never use my frying oils more than 3x. I strain the oil to remove all sediments. I add coconut oil as much as 60%. I use that to make my kitchen soap. It has a amazing cleaning properties. I use it to wash dishes, dish clothes, counters etc. It cleans up wonderfully after soapmaking. No grease is left.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi there, I came across your video, I like your recipe and i have a question, when you wash dishes with that soap, does it leaves a white film in the zinc, and if it does, what do you use to clean up the pipes? the reason am asking you is cause i make soaps, i have been doing for years, I make all types of soaps and i have made cleaning soap with just coconut oil, I use to use it for washing clothes, but after a while it left a white hard stuff in my washer and I stop making it, even after mixing it with different products like wash soda, baking soda etc, then I try castile liquid coconut soap and again it left a white film and it clog my sink, as for now I just made a batch of liquid olive oil castile soap and it doesn't leave a greasy film in the zinc, i use that soap for dish washing also, but i would like to make your soap, I know it cleans, I just want to know the difference between the soap that you are making and the one with only coconut oil, does the tallow makes a difference? thank you in advance.
Interesting! We haven't had that issue. It doesn't leave a residue on dishes at all and it is a 0% superfat soap. You'll have to let me know if you try it! Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead you didn't really read my question.
@@privilegiada1 I'm guessing the tallow alone wouldn't make that big of a difference from an all coconut oil soap. But what would make a difference is the superfat percentage the recipe produces. 0% superfat is your best bet to not leave any white film. Hope that helps!
That's what we are doing too!
Awesome! 🙌
Will try. I have heard that homemade laundry soap isn't great because it doesn't contain a detergent, which is different from a soap. So, eventually there will be build up on the clothes over time and in the machine. Most don't notice this for close to a year for the build up and then the clothes need to be stripped. Can you also make a liquid soap from this bar soap the same as for body soap? So one gallon water to one bar and heat till combined?
Interesting about the laundry soap! I’ve never tried to make a liquid soap out of it so I’m not sure! Thanks for watching!
You are correct! Soap is obsolete. It’s not been used to wash laundry for over 70 years! No modern washer is designed to use it.
I've been making laundry detergent from laundry soap bars for several years and never had an issue. I do add washing soda and borax.
@@cee-emm
They’re both alkaline water softeners. You don’t need both. WS will suffice.
@@FrankGutowski-ls8jt Not for a water softener (although it still helps - I have very bad hard water) but borax "brightens"/removes stains better, and washing soda cuts grease, so I use both.
Okay, don’t know if you’re still checking comments, but how do you clean the dishes you used to make the soap? I’m guessing you have to be careful about washing the bowls that have touched the lye? Do you just wash them with your other dishes?
And do you use the same bowls/blender attachment to make your family’s meals? Or are these tools dedicated to soap making?
Do you sell your products? I'm interested in a few items.
Love this recipe and will be trying it!
This is my Homemade Laundry Soap recipe we’ve really liked. I’ll be curious what you decide on!
5 GALLONS
· 5-gallon bucket with cover
· 1 cup Borax
· 1 cup washing soda
· Grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha
· Hot/Boiling tap water
1. Place 4 cups of water on the stove to heat.
2. While the water is heating, grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha. It grates easy!
3. Add the shredded Fels-Naptha to the water and stir until soap is dissolved. (takes about 10 min)
4. Take the 5 gallon pail and fill it halfway with hot water (use your shower for this).
5. Add 1 cup Borax and 1 cup Washing Soda. Stir to dissolve.
6. Add the dissolved soap and stir with a big metal spoon or paint stir stick.
7. If you want to add some fragrance to your laundry soap you can add a couple of drops of essential oils at this time.
8. Fill the remainder of the bucket with hot water. Give it one final stir.
9. Divide the mixture into smaller containers at this time if you plan to have multiple containers. It’s easier before it gels.
10. Let it sit overnight. The finished soap will be more of a watery gel that is described as an “egg noodle soup” look. It’s a low sudsing soap, so if you don’t see much, that’s ok. Suds are not what cleans, it’s the ingredients in the soap.
11. Store in smaller containers, ideally, plastic with larger openings, since the gelled soap won’t fit through the openings made for ultra-liquid detergent.
Use 1/2 cup of laundry soap for each load of laundry.
· For HE front loading washers, use 1/2 cup for a large load.
For regular top-loading washers, use ½ cup to 1 cup for a large load.
We don't have Naptha soap in South Africa. We have a sunlight basic soap bar. Do you think I could use that
This is so helpful!! Thanks for those very clear directions!!
I’m not sure. I know some people try basic soap but I haven’t. Fels Naptha is a laundry soap I order online, if that helps.
Hi Joelle, do you have an Amazon storefront with products you use? I do see the links but wondering if you have a whole storefront I can follow too. Thanks!
Hi! We don’t. It’s been on my list for a long time but I haven’t gotten around to doing it. This is a good reminder! Hopefully soon! 😊
We can use pork lard?
That should work!
How can I buy, or order this dish soap
We are hoping to have a shop in 2025! Stay tuned!
I came across your videos and would love to try them; however, I've heard that a lot of oils, especially coconut oil, are bad for pipes and septic systems.
In soap making the oils change in the saponification process when mixed with the lye. This is a 0% super fat recipe so no extra oils should be released because they are all converted in soap. All that to say, we haven’t had any issues using this soap 😊. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead Thank you for clarifying!
@@FromScratchFarmstead I've been reading the comments. You must get tired of repeating this over and over again. Bless you for being so patient with people who don't understand that lye water plus fat no longer equals pipe-clogging fat. Even super-fat soaps don't harm pipes nor clog them.
can i use lard instead of tallow?
Yes! 👍
Hi! Do you sell your bars? I just don't have the funds to invest in all these different things right now, but would love to try some of this dish soap!!! Thanks and binged many of your videos!!!
Hi! Not yet but we are planning to soon! It's one of our top of the list goals for 2025. Thanks for watching :)
Hon, u deserve a dishwater
Truly
Plus it cuts down infection spreading to nil
I put toothbrushes in it, sponges, baby toys, all sorts of things!
I love your video ❤❤❤ but I make soap and I don't use lie and it works without it
Do you use melt and pour soap
@ingweking8748 yes ...
Sounds good! Thanks for watching!
Would a simple, cold process lard soap work for this?
You can try it and see how you like it. The coconut oil is more cleansing than lard or tallow, which is why I use mostly that. Thanks for watching!
Could this be made as liquid soap. Using Potassium Hydroxide?
I've never tried! Thanks for watching!
Could I sub the coconut oil for jojoba oil instead?
No. Coconut makes harder soap bars. And consider doing the math calculations all over again if you change anything in the recipe. Soapmaking is a very precise science, The amount of lye would be different if you change the oil or the amount of oil.
Do you have a recipe without coconut? My son is allergic to
Unfortunately I haven't made a recipe without coconut oil. Sorry!
Look for YT videos on using soapcalc. That's a site that will help you create a soap recipe. The calculator has oils and butters on it I have never heard of, let alone those I have. I don't know if clicking on my name will show you my channel, but if it does, I have a public playlist of videos on making soap. The first few videos in that list are on using soapcalc (none of the videos are mine; I don't make YT videos). You definitely can make soap without coconut oil.
Do you guys have an etsy shop where you sell your products? Thanks!
Not yet! But stay tuned. We are trying to figure out how to make this happen! ☺️