Buying things from stores is not that difficult and many prefer it to messing up with things as a do-it-yourselfer. True. DIY advocates often mess up with things. But they do so only in the initial stages and ultimately come out as experts in their art. When you make a product out of a caustic [...]

For all its toxic properties and harmful effects, lye or Sodium Hydroxide in soap form can be made ubiquitous at your home. Lye soap, which was once conceived to be a brutal and rough detergent and not a body soap, has grown to become a bath soap that is soft and gentle on the skin. [...]

Cold process method of soap making is a versatile method when it comes to working with creative recipes which include both oils and fats. It allows you make soaps that are milder and more natural in texture and work better than their commercial cousins. However, you need to follow your recipe to the last detail [...]

Sodium Hydroxide is used variously in all sorts of domestic cleaning and laundry products. The most common use of lye is in the soap making industry. Soap makers simply cannot do without a lye soap, so much so that there are some who say, all soap is lye soap. As an alkali, lye reacts strongly [...]

Yes, you may not be able to do without lye, because it is present all around you – in your soaps, your cleaning products, your leather-making process, in fabric making, metal polishers and almost every other household product that cleans. Even the pretzels, rolls and noodles you take have lye in them. So, what is [...]

Lye is a caustic chemical that requires expert handling. Of course, thousands of people make soaps without mishaps. But there are a few who stumble and meet with several troubles in the process of soap making. If you do not want to be one among the few, read this article to know how to guard [...]