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Lye Soap (opinions needed)

Posted on 11/21/2013 5:31:18 PM PST by RoosterRedux

A friend makes lye soap several times a year and she gave a few bars to me. All natural (she uses Crisco vegetable oil instead of lard)...and it is great as a bathing product.

Have been thinking of producing this stuff as a bidness. Have lots of connections who would sell it if a market is out there.

Your thoughts please...


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To: DManA

99 and 44/100 th percent pure. Even as a little kid I asked, pure what?


So pure it floats.


61 posted on 11/21/2013 8:15:49 PM PST by DefeatCorruption
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To: DefeatCorruption

It floats because the manufacturer beats air into it. That is also why it melts at a quicker rate than other soaps.


62 posted on 11/21/2013 8:17:14 PM PST by Chickensoup (we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: bigfootbob

Loads of amazing soap shops on Etsy.com - even bacon-scented if you want the dog to love you.


63 posted on 11/21/2013 8:17:46 PM PST by DefeatCorruption
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To: pierrem15

Great points! Thx!


64 posted on 11/21/2013 8:26:33 PM PST by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: RoosterRedux

Lye is potash/sodium hydroxide ( i think you can make a bomb from it) but basically soap and lotions are variations of mayonnaise. oil and water with the stuff that makes em mix together. NaOH is the stuff that makes the lard and water combine. handle with care.


65 posted on 11/21/2013 8:37:05 PM PST by kvanbrunt2 (i don't believe any court in this country is operating lawfully anyway)
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To: RoosterRedux
If I were you, I'd rethink my go-to-market plan around these ideas:


66 posted on 11/21/2013 8:44:45 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: reformedliberal; Jim Robinson; onyx
Incredible...wonderful post!!!

You are what makes Freepers the very best!!!

67 posted on 11/21/2013 8:48:44 PM PST by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: bigheadfred
You know you are one of my heroes!;-)

If I were sealed in a box with no one else but a few friends...I would request my old friend "bigheadfred."

68 posted on 11/21/2013 8:54:02 PM PST by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: RoosterRedux

The other Freepers are right about how you need to brand your soap as something organic, healthy, natural, and good for the skin. Mentioning that it moisturizes with a balance of natural ingredients that leave the skin clean and fresh but not dried out by chemicals.

Also, did you know that real lye soap is fantastic if you run into poison ivy? It washes the oils off. That’s not relevant to your marketing but it’s interesting, and that is why I always keep some on hand. I love the stuff. People always compliment me on my skin.


69 posted on 11/21/2013 8:55:36 PM PST by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: DManA
Our dad was fanatical about two things...his straight-edge razor and Sweetheart soap.


70 posted on 11/21/2013 9:06:26 PM PST by Daffynition (*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
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To: bigheadfred

71 posted on 11/21/2013 9:12:47 PM PST by Daffynition (*$17,000,000,000,000* Fear the beards! GO SOX!)
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To: DManA

It’ll be a hit with the Obamatards!


72 posted on 11/21/2013 9:13:43 PM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: RoosterRedux; reformedliberal; Jim Robinson; TheOldLady
Incredible...wonderful post!!!
You are what makes Freepers the very best!!!

Thanks very much for the ping!
Indeed! reformedliberal's comments are very informative and interesting, too. Thanks very much, reformedliberal!

TOL makes wonderful soap that she brings to us each year at our Memorial Shoots in Texas.

I'm pinging her to your thread.

73 posted on 11/21/2013 9:22:35 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Tucker39

Yup, just like Lava, only soften the name and the uses to removing dry or dead skin to keep your skin clean and healthy!!


74 posted on 11/21/2013 9:24:09 PM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: libertarian27

I would know. So there!


75 posted on 11/21/2013 9:25:54 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: libertarian27

I would know. So there!


76 posted on 11/21/2013 9:27:22 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: DefeatCorruption

Hell, when Ma made it on the farm using pork tailings it had bacon bits IN IT!!


77 posted on 11/21/2013 9:28:10 PM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: DefeatCorruption

That was my point. Yesterday, the wife won some homemade peppermint soap in a nifty little jute/burlap hand wrapped package some Chamber of Commerce member makes for handouts at Chamber meetings. Every shop I go into with the wife has a hand made soap isle. One like you said, for every imaginable shape or flavor.

On the other hand, with coffee being equal to soap, who would have thought Howard Schultz could revolutionize the way people consume coffee? A Freeper soap magnate...stranger things have happened.


78 posted on 11/21/2013 9:53:03 PM PST by bigfootbob
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To: DManA
Here’s something I’ve noticed. When a woman sees a shell she has an irresistible impulse to put it on the back of the toilet.

So, that's what those three seashells are for.....

79 posted on 11/22/2013 1:26:44 AM PST by Sarajevo
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To: DManA

Lie Soap


80 posted on 11/22/2013 6:44:30 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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