... Every time I use this soap, I want lemon pie. Awesome ��
 
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(This is the same soap as the round one pictured; a different mold was used)
 
Oatmeal is a natural humectant that helps skin retain its natural moisture, and  helps reduce irritation from inflamed, dry, itchy skin. It softens, keeps skin soft, and is even safe for babies. 
 
Uses for Pure Soap

Foot soak for calluses

¼ cup Pure Soap; 1 tablespoon chlorine laundry bleach; 1 gallon warm water

Combine the ingredients and soak your feet as long as desired.

Jewelry cleaner

1 tablespoon Pure Soap; ¼ cup household ammonia; ¼ cup water

Combine the ingredients and let the mixture stand until the soap dissolves. Soak jewelry in the cleaner for twenty minutes; rinse it and wipe it dry.

Soap for delicate washables

½ cup grated Pure Soap; 1 tablespoon household ammonia; 2 quarts hot water

Combine the ingredients in hot water to dissolve the soap. Add delicate washables when the water is warm.

Soap for delicate hand washables

¼ cup borax; 1/3 cup grated Pure Soap

Add the ingredients to a basin of warm water. Soak the washables for then minutes; rinse and blot dry with a towel.

Soft-scrub cleanser

2 tablespoons baking soda; 1 tablespoon Pure Soap; 1 tablespoon water or chlorine laundry bleach (optional to kill mildew)

Make a paste of the ingredients and use it to clean bathtubs, tiles, sinks and counters; rinse with clear water. This cleanser will not scratch fiberglass.

Soft-scrub cleanser II

½ cup borax; ½ cup grated Pure Soap

Mix the ingredients. Sprinkle the mixture onto a wet surface and rub to clean it; rinse with clear water.

Sanitizer (for nonporous food contact surfaces such as sinks and counter tops)

1 tablespoon grated Pure Soap; 2 tablespoons chlorine bleach; 1 gallon warm water

Mix the ingredients. Apply the sanitizer to a clean surface. Maintain wet surface contact for at least two minutes. It is convenient to apply this mixture from a spray bottle.

 

 

Garbage container cleanser and sanitizer

3 tablespoons chlorine laundry bleach; ¼ cup grated Pure Soap; 4 cups hot water

Mix the ingredients. Clean the container with the mixture and keep the surface wet for ten minutes; rinse.

Dish soap

Grate Pure Soap and use it for washing dishes. Instead of grating soap, you can put a bar of soap in a bowl and run hot water over it. When the bowl fills, empty it and fill it again. This makes enough liquid soap for one sink of dishes and makes grating the soap unnecessary.

Laundry powder

1 cup grated Pure Soap; ½ cup borax

Combine the ingredients and use 1 ½ cups per wash load. Add ¼ cup vinegar to the fabric softener dispenser to remove soap residue and leave clothes soft and fluffy. The smell of vinegar disappears as the clothes dry.

Floor and wall cleaner

½ cup Pure Soap; 1 teaspoon lemon grass or fir needle oil; 1 gallon hot water

Blend the ingredients in a bucket. Saturate a mop or sponge with the mixture to clean floors and walls.

Floor and wall cleaner II

1 cup household ammonia;  ¼ cup grated Pure Soap;  ½ cup borax;  2 gallons warm water

Mix ingredients and clean walls and floors. It is not necessary to rinse.

Spray cleanser

1 tablespoon Pure Soap; 2 tablespoons household ammonia; 1 cup hot water

Combine ingredients in a spray bottle and leave it until the soap dissolves. Spray the cleanser onto dirty surfaces and wipe the area clean.

Toilet bowl cleanser and deodorizer

¼ cup borax; 2 tablespoons grated Pure Soap; ¼ cup chlorine laundry bleach

Add the ingredients to one toilet bowl and swish to mix. Let stand at least 30 minutes; overnight is best.

 

 
A quick note about saponification: Soap, in it's most basic form, was probably discovered a few thousand years ago by ancient priests.  In those days, priests made sacrifices by burning the carcass of an animal on an altar built out of rocks. Wood was used to build the fire.  As the carcass burned, fats would have dripped down to the bottom of the altar, and the ashes would have also fallen down to the bottom. Rain water mixed with wood ash creates sodium hydroxide, also called "lye".  Fats saponify when mixed with lye and water.  That is, a chemical reaction occurs, creating soap. So the soap found at the bottom of the altar was primitive, but it was soap - a basic necessity gift from God.  How cool.