Make soap from bones yourself

First of all, you need to loosen the fat from the bones. To get one kilogram of bone fat, you need a large amount of bone. Get bones that are as rich in fat as possible from the butcher or slaughterhouse - for example marrow bones.

Loosen the fat from the bones

The easiest and safest way to do this is to boil the bones in water. The more fatty the bones, the less bones you need to cook.

1. Put the bones in as large a saucepan as possible.
2. Cover the bones with cold water.
3. Let the bones cook well for several hours.


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4. Let the bone broth cool completely and then skim off the solidified fat.
5. Repeat the process until you have gained a kilogram of fat.
6. You can also replace any large part of the fat required for the soap with vegetable oil - preferably olive oil.

Observe the safety instructions

Because of the use of caustic soda, there are a few safety precautions you need to take when making soap:

• This work is not suitable for children.
• Wear rubber gloves and safety glasses.
• Have fresh water and vinegar ready so that you can wash off and neutralize splashes of lye immediately.
• Make sure there is good ventilation or - even better - work outdoors, because stirring it gives off highly irritating vapors.
• Have old rags or kitchen paper handy to wipe away any smudges of fresh soap, which is also caustic.

Make the soap yourself

After you've extracted the fat, the real soap making begins.

1. Slowly heat the fat to around 60 ° C in a large saucepan.
2. Mix the lye. To do this, the caustic soda is dissolved in a heat-resistant plastic vessel in the distilled water - never the other way around (motto: “First the water, then the lye, otherwise something will splash into you Eye"). The water heats up considerably.
3. Now carefully pour the still hot lye into the pot with the warm fat.
4. The result is a milky mass that you have to mix with the hand blender for a few minutes until you get a pudding-like mass.
5. Now pour the soap mass into the wooden box as quickly as possible before it becomes too firm.
6. Insulate the shape with newspaper or old towels to keep the heat in for as long as possible.
7. Let the soap rest for at least a day, better but longer, and then cut the soap into pieces, which you also let ripen in a cool place for at least several days.

It's a very simple household soap. For finer body soaps, make soap from pure vegetable oil.