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Thanks Soapygirl...I get it now; you flavor it! After your post i tried to brush my teeth with Irish Spring and that didn't work out so well. Do you make tooth soap?

Really? I don’t think I could do that, I have a very sensitive gag reflex. Have you tried this? Is there any extra whitening effect with regular soap?

That’s right MissMori! Anything can happen and you have to be prepared! I also stockpiled a boatload of toothpaste. THAT’S going to be valuable too. I wonder if I can learn to make toothpaste?

That’s good to know because I don’t want to scare anybody but I think there are troubled times a coming and we need to be ready…..Soap makers are going to be very important in the near future like all the other crafts people who know how to make stuff. There’s no way you can make bullets and...

Thanks Anna. I’m sure in time my reasons for wanting to make soap will change, it’s starting out as a means for survival but I suspect it will end as a love of the craft.

Your Aunt was wise to do that! What did she stock up on?

Oh no….I’m not in the military. I’m just making myself ready for any future crisis that comes up! If I can make soap and survive, maybe I can barter with it for provisions.

Thanks Judy! The castile recipes look good; I'm thinking I better stock up on olive oil because in an emergency i don't think I'll find any. How come you don't use animal fat?

Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum and soap making and am very happy I found this resource. The other day I was adding to my stockpile of MREs and rotating out my water supply when it dawned on me that if there was an emergency where I had to use my survival provisions for an extended period of...