This is posted for your education and enjoyment and not for actual use. This dates from the 1800s and would not be used today.
Mom's Mother's Soap
Dissolve 1 can lye in 1 quart of luke warm rain water. Cool. Melt 5 pounds of fat and pour lye water into it and mix. Then add 1/4 c Ammonia, 1/2 c gasoline, 1/2 c bleach, 3 T borax, 1 T honey, 1 t canning salt. Dissolve and pour into above mixture.
DO NOT PUT BACK ON THE STOVE!
Stir 15 to 20-minutes. Let stand 24 hours. Cut into bars. Bars should cure 2 weeks before using. Best to use glass pans not metal. Glass will make white soap, if you use metal be sure it is cast iron.
Dated: 1896
With those ingredients you probably would not have any skin left to clean!! LOL.....
