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Have fifteen pounds of clean fat to twenty gallons of clear strong ley; let it
boil until thick, when put in half a peck of coarse salt; if it does not curdle
in two hours, put in more salt till it does, then pour it out in a tub to cool
till the next day, when put on your pot with some weak ley, cut the soap out of
the tub and boil it in this an hour; then put it in the tub, let it get cold,
cut it in squares and put it on a board to dry. Unless you have plenty of ashes
and soap-fat, it is much cheaper to buy hard soap than to make it. If you have
but a barrel full of ashes you can make a barrel of soap; bore a hole in the
bottom of a barrel, put a few sticks across, when half full of ashes put in a
quart of lime and some water; keep the hole plugged up till you are ready to
make the soap.
You can have a barrel of ashes put in the cellar in winter to use for washing
and scrubbing; keep a tub under it to hold the ley as it drops.
Potash Soap.
Persons living in cities frequently have grease that would do to make soap, but
are at a loss for ley, in consequence of burning coal instead of wood. Twelve
pounds of pure grease of any kind, put with ten pounds of potash in an oil
barrel, and filled with water, makes good thick soap, and is much cheaper than
buying hard soap. It should be stirred frequently, and if the ingredients are
put together in warm weather, and the barrel stands where it can be exposed to
the heat of the sun, without danger of getting rain in it, it will be fit for
use in a few weeks without the aid of fire;
if you wish to make soap immediately put three pounds of potash, four of grease,
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