I was in the survival bunker and restocking on supplies, when I thought why not get some of these chemical weapons I have accumulated such as pure sodium hydroxide to make soap?... Seriously, I made alot and it's a neat hobby that works and it is neat to experiment with... The best, but most expensive is to use olive oil, combined with water and sodium hydroxide (lye) There is actually a way to do so without making a mess and heating everything up... 1. Get a stainless steel pot and add 3.5 to 4 cups of very cold water... 2. slowly stir in 10 ounces of sodium hydroxide (which is Lye) (use gloves and a mask, the mixture can cause severe burns at this point...) Be careful because the water instantly gets boiling hot through a chemical reaction... 3. wait for 1 hour 4. In a plastic container (a bit larger than shoe box size) have 2.5 to 3 quarts of olive oil 5. Carefully pour in the Lye solution, and stir it in... 6. Stir until it starts to thicken a bit and you are sure the solution has been mixed well. 7. Come back to it in 3 days, it should naturally harden to the point of being able to slice it in bars...after 1 1/2 to 2 weeks, you can then package it contractor paper to cure for a couple weeks... 8. After this time, the best soap...! Just make sure you don't tell the women the lye comes from ROEBIC brand crystal drain opener... Have fun if you wish to try this, and let me know!
It is actually an incredible pain in the rear to find lye for sale anymore, because it is one of the prime ingredients to neutralize acids when making crystal meth. Essentially every brand of drain opener used to use it but 'the man' has convinced them to change to other ingredients. DEA has made retailers seriously paranoid about it so be warned that the cops might follow you home after you buy some at the hardware store.
It doesn't smell great...(especially if you go cheap and use lard instead of say olive oil)...Still it works dandy... The best compromise though is to use a blend, such as 30% lard, 70% olive oil because it will cure faster and won't seem so "oily"... The cool thing is it really suds up well like commercial soap. You can add pleasent smelling oils (I heard peppermint does really well for instance), but I had bad luck on the batch I tried when I tried to get fancy...
why waste the time? from what it sounds like you and the guy who is scared of people farting in the men's room should start a club or something.
This is seriously an awesome first line for your thread. The rest wanes in comparison, but man was I hooked right from the start.
