All preferences aside against doing things this way, if you were required to make woodash soap without sophisticating measuring methods, how would you determine the concentration/amount of lye water to use?
I know it won't be super quality, but I want something serviceable.
not giving up
The simple mold sounds just my speed....
As for giving up on homemade lye, no way! People did it for centuries, it can't be that hard. :-) I'm sure I can figureout how to make usable soap, I just need a little guidance.
Last year I tried my first batch of soap and turned out with a slightly saponified jar of lard, or so it appeared. I had trouble finding instructions that covered all my variables: esp. using homemade lye crystals and lard. Here are some questions I have:
I boiled my leachate from the...