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Step 9Testing
Once the soap had cured it had to be tested. I called upon my friend Brian for help.
In order to test the soap we first had to get dirty. Having just swept the floor in our whole apartment we had a nice pile of dust and dirt sitting on our floor. Brian got right in there.
We then headed to the bathroom, turned on the water and washed with the soap.
The soap lathered better than I had expected as you can see in the third picture below. Brian reported that it felt nice and there wasn't too strong of an odor as he used it. I was afraid that after washing your hands with the soap that you would need to wash your hands again to get the bacon soap off - but that wasn't the case, he dried his hands and left the bathroom. Whew!
The bacon soap worked!
In order to test the soap we first had to get dirty. Having just swept the floor in our whole apartment we had a nice pile of dust and dirt sitting on our floor. Brian got right in there.
We then headed to the bathroom, turned on the water and washed with the soap.
The soap lathered better than I had expected as you can see in the third picture below. Brian reported that it felt nice and there wasn't too strong of an odor as he used it. I was afraid that after washing your hands with the soap that you would need to wash your hands again to get the bacon soap off - but that wasn't the case, he dried his hands and left the bathroom. Whew!
The bacon soap worked!
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Feb 16, 2007. 1:19 AMwaterman
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this is weird. In my country only poor people do this... with extra fat from pigs... and some detergent... but is low quality soap... and too strong for skin... but nice that u like to work
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Jan 29, 2012. 10:23 AMejones12
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Not sure if it is a different recipe where you're from. This soap is not necessarily too strong for the skin, we use it in the bath all the time. It is also great for relieving itching due to poison ivy!
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Mar 13, 2008. 1:49 AMeclectro
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Thank you so much for posting this! The question for me is if the soap had a strong bacon smell to it? I would like to use bacon fat for soap, for utilitarian/allergy purposes but wonder if it has an overt smell that might be masked by a fragrance. I.e. I want to make regular allergen-free soap (except for the fragrance).
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Jan 29, 2012. 10:21 AMejones12
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My grandparents always used old bacon grease to make their lye soap, and it did not have any real bacon scent after saponification. The scent of this particular soap is most likely all due to the bacon bits. You can also add fragrance oils to plan lye soap to give it a more "soapy" scent. The plain soap is pretty neutral.
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Aug 30, 2010. 3:16 PMpenelopyrcm
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I love it! This is what happens on week long trips in the wilderness :)
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Mar 7, 2007. 11:24 PMJuliaGlass
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Haha, I love the bacon bit exfoliant. That is brilliant. The fried egg soap looks the best.
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Feb 24, 2007. 3:06 PMtoucansam4000
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Hey thats awsome! I really like how you recycle stuff like that with the coffee grinds being used to clean pans thats great and now i have something to do with my bacon greas to lol! great work
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Feb 23, 2007. 4:17 PMIcedZ
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OMG, I love you! =)
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Feb 15, 2007. 7:52 AMVinnypap
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this is sweet! Bacon is amazing!
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