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All soap is lye soap. You cannot create anything that is soap without lye. If you are having a problem with head lice I would either suggest the shampoo they sell at the store for it or a shampoo that contains tea tree essential oil. ( Please do not put tea tree essential oil undiluted on your skin. It can cause irritation and burning if not properly diluted.) There are many online websites where you can buy shampoo that contains tea tree essential oil but I still strongly suggest you use the shampoo from the store.
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What is lye soap?
Lye soap is soap that is made using lye (sodium hydroxide) as one of its main ingredients. It is known for its strong cleansing properties and can be harsh on the skin due to its high pH level. Lye soap is typically made by mixing lye with fats or oils to create a chemical reaction known as saponification, which turns the ingredients into soap.
How do you make lye soap?
mix lye, water, and fat in large pot. heat and stir. you will get soap.
Does lye kill mice?
If a mouse injests lye, it will usually kill it. Lye is a strong caustic and it doesn't take a lot of it to cause severe damage to the mucus membranes (think throat, stomach and intestines) and other sensitive tissues of living organisms. That's one reason lye soap is pretty effective as a disinfectant.
Is lye soap safe to use?
Yes, lye soap is safe to use in fact that is what I use every day. When I was a child, my father used to make lye soap which we all used regularly. Except that it didn't have perfume, it was no different from 'store bought' soap. In previous centuries, many people made and used lye soap.
What makes the best soap?
lye
What is purpose of lye in soap?
Lye, or sodium hydroxide, is a key ingredient in soap making as it reacts with fats/oils to create a chemical process called saponification, which converts them into soap. This process helps to ensure that the soap is effective at cleansing by breaking down dirt and oils on the skin. Lye is essential for creating solid bars of soap that are safe and suitable for use.
What are the main two ingredients in industrial soap making?
Fat and lye.
What ingredients are in both fertilizer and soap?
lye.
Are all soaps made with lye?
Traditional soap-making processes involve using lye (sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) to react with fats to create soap. However, there are now alternative methods to make soap without lye, such as melt-and-pour soap bases that have already undergone the saponification process.
What is a three letter word that is an ingredient in soap?
lye
Is glycerin a lotion or a soap?
You cannot make soap without lye. Even glycerin soap is not free of lye. The Lye is a naturally occurring chemical that can be produced using simple rainwater and wood or plant ash. Soap has been made with some form of lye for thousands of years and can be traced back as far as 2800 BC. Here is a website that gives a summary of the history of soap. http://www.cleaning101.com/cleaning/history/ The glycerin is the byproduct that is left over after the commercial soapmakers skim the soap off the top. What is left is then distilled and becomes what we know as glycerin, but the glycerin results from the original process to make the soap which invariably uses lye. The removal of the glycerin from the soap along with the addition of other, God knows what, chemicals added in the commercial soap is what is harmful or drying to your skin. Lye soap (there REALLY is no other kind)is not harmful to your skin IF the soap is properly made. If too much lye is used for the fat content, it may retain some of they lye's caustic properties. Some soapmakers (homemade soap, not commercial) will "super fat" their mixture to avoid any chance that the lye's caustic properties were not neutralized. If you worry about the "chemical" use of lye in your soap, don't be. Without lye, there is no soap. Water, Lye and Fat are the ingredients in any soap. The only alternative is detergent which is made with phosphates. Phosphates are carcenogenic and are known to cause cancer. Also, don't forget the potential for chemical harm attributable to glycerin either. Nitroglycerin is made from glycerin! When used and handled properly, lye is very safe. Here is another article about the soap making process. http://www.pioneerthinking.com/glycerin.html
Why can't soap be used right away?
Soap has to cure for a while, or it will be caustic. It can make chemical burns on the skin. When soap is first prepared it usually contains residues of unreacted fat and lye. If used immediately and you get a piece of the unreacted lye on your skin it will cause a chemical burn, turning the fats in your skin into soap! If you wait before using the soap the unreacted lye will slowly turn unreacted fat into soap. This waiting time can be reduced or eliminated if you give the original fat and lye mixture longer to "cook" before making the bars of soap. To verify that the reaction is complete, take samples of the soap mixture in water and test for neutral pH 7, when it is neutral all the lye is used up.
