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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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 Posted - Jul 05 2021 : 10:48:33 AM
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| I have a soap saver hanging in my small laundry room. I got it on eBay years ago. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2021 : 11:31:22 AM
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| Judith, was that from a time when lye soap was used for everything? I remember it cleaned the clothes, and the dishes. But it washed our hair and was our bath soap. It was used for scrubbing floors (back when they were wood floors) and cleaning all around, everything that needed a scrub. |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2021 : 5:24:34 PM
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| I know for dishes and clothes, but not sure what else. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2021 : 6:19:16 PM
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| We still use lye soap for just about everything. I've been making soap for the family for about 25 years. It works well for everything from floors to hair. I make cold process soap with vegetable oils but my parents used to make soap every time they got a half beef for the freezer. They would trim off the fat and make soap with the beef fat. They did hot process and boy did the house smell horrible on those days. |
Judith
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Happiness is Homemade
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2021 : 7:16:10 PM
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| Judith - Is your soap recipe easy? Never have made soap. And I always thought Lye Soap was a harsh soap? |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 05 2021 : 8:51:56 PM
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| I think it's easy now, but I do remember the first time I made it I could have written a comedy skit about it. Lye soap can be gentle enough for your face or as harsh as you want it to be for laundry, etc.; it just depends on the formulation. |
Judith
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Happiness is Homemade
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 06 2021 : 8:11:29 PM
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| My grandma used bacon grease. Of course she strained it. My mother also used bacon grease. She was invited to come to the school, where I was teaching little kids. The teacher who invited her was a Jr. High teacher. She made soap as the kids watched. |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
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Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2021 : 01:49:48 AM
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| Judith, my mom had one of those and used it when she used to do her laundry. She would put the slivers of soap in it and leave it in the wringer washer while she was filling it. Then when the water was filled she would swish it around and take it out to add the clothes. She was never one to waste anything and was always repurposing things. |
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Those Vintage Kitchen Utensils!
