EASY to make & zero waste dish soap bars that WORK! 

I love seeing young people keeping the old ways alive. I was raised making so many things. Thank you and God bless.

Also: The only thing I would add is that while working with lye and checking for safety to use on skin (I am a retired nurse, mom of 6, and wife of a wounded warrior, and we own a handcrafted body care product business), it is not necessary to cure your soap for weeks before they are safe to use. Checking the ph will usually tell you it is safe within a few days of making it. If you are selling a soap, then the process needs to complete to ensure proper weight of your product. If it’s for your own use, it’s usable a whole lot sooner. The main reason curing is used is to be sure that any leftover moisture is gone from the bars. It will almost never harm you if you use a bat that was made a few days prior and you can verify this with a ph test (look into proper ph levels for soap used on skin or in cleaning when it comes in contact with skin. ) if your ph measures well, curing is first and foremost done to let extra fluid evaporate. If your bars are weighed every day or two over a few weeks, you will notice that they typically lose weight, and then settle at a final weight when excess fluids have evaporated.

I love using castor oil in my skin cream, it's great for old skin. I melt 1/4 cup Shea butter and stir in 3 to 4 tablespoons of castor oil. Then I squeeze in a gel capsule of vitamin E and essential oils like rose hip, lavender, frankincense, geranium ( but never citrus because it can cause sun sensitivity.) It goes on heavy but your skin absorbs it and your skin doesn't feel greasy.

Thank you! I been thinking about buying soap bars for dish washing, I want to stop buying plastic containers, this looks doable and thanks for answering the questions about lye. ❤️

I make my own laundry soap and I start by making a small batch of 100% coconut oil soap. It is very important that you unmold that soap after a few hours (usually around 4-5 hours tops). If you don't, you won't be able to cut the soap as it gets way too hard. Then you want to shred the soap as finely as possible. I use borax, washing soda, a small amount of baking soda and my homemade, shredded soap. It works very well. Takes as little as 1 TBS per load (use a bit more for large or extra soiled clothing)

I make my own solid dish soap with a very similar recipe and I love it. I customize it with sweet orange essential oil or one of the mint essential oils. I don’t have a dishwasher either (I actually do, but I hate them and they have never done the job for me) it’s really simple to make and coconut oil makes a hard bar and it lasts So long, and is pretty cost efficient! I also use it for stain removal on Lyn laundry as well. Thank you for sharing your recipe.❤❤❤

Love your video. I have been making body soap for a couple of years now and would like to expand to eliminate toxic dish soap. Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. Those soap molds are adorable.

Hi, nice video. I did the same thing a few years ago, but with a slightly different twist. I use old bacon and hamburger grease to avoid wasting it. I like actually submerging the dishes in soapy water so I grate about 1/2 bar and boil it to dissolve it and it keeps the sink water sudsy and soapy all the way to the end. Great minds must think alike!!

I save my frying oils, which is primarily canola, avocado and olive oil. I never use my frying oils more than 3x. I strain the oil to remove all sediments. I add coconut oil as much as 60%. I use that to make my kitchen soap. It has a amazing cleaning properties. I use it to wash dishes, dish clothes, counters etc. It cleans up wonderfully after soapmaking. No grease is left.

I have made your tallow shampoo bar. Took me a while to get used to it. Now, my husband and I do not wash our hair without it. I have made small size mold for when we travel. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️ do you have a solid natural conditioner bar to share. Thanks in advance. 🙏💕🙏💕

Thank you for yet another fantastic helpful video. I will give this a try! ❤ cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

The main thing about lye soap is making it as a hot batch and make sure you cure for at least 12 weeks to allow the lye to break down. I use just plain lard, lye, water, and salt. I use cup measures because I was taught to do this in the fall when we butcher the hogs. I have been doing this as long as I can rremember. I also use either the egg or feather method to test the lye. I use our well water to make it. I make it in a caldron over a campfire in the yard. We also use the hot water to scald the hair off the dead hogs. So we already have everything out to use at the same time.

We love dish soap here too. I use an essential oil blend of lime, orange and lemon. It’s so bright and refreshing. Love citrus in the kitchen! Thank you

Love your content. Here’s a laundry detergent recipe I found that I’ve been using for over a year now and love it! It works great! 1/2 cup Epsom salt 1 1/2 cup Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) 1 1/2 cup Washing soda (sodium carbonate) 1/4 sea salt ( can add a few drops of essential oils) Use 1-2 Tbsp per load I don’t add essential oils and only use about 1 Tbsp per load unless it is an unusually dirty load.

Thank you so much for sharing your recipe! I made your shampoo bar and have been loving it! Im making this tomorrow!

I'm so glad I found you today. I'm definitely going to try your dish soap and also going to look for your shampoo bars. I have just started making soap. I am 64 and from South Africa and am loving the process. Great that you are sharing everything so beautifully.

Hoorah!!! This is exciting. I made your recipe for shampoo bars and I love it. I’ve also shared it with family members and they love it, also. Thank you for sharing these with us. 😁

I was waiting on this video! I want to try it! My husband does a lot of the dishes and loves dawn...to see if i can get him to like it!

Love how you explain as you make! Subscribed 😊

I just made the vegetarian version of these dish soap bars, thank you for recipe! I also made your shampoo bars, I had to make adjustment for the tallow, I think they are going to be good, they are drying too. 🙂

What a lovely video , pleasure to watch, very calming and everything explained thoroughly and clearly , love all of your content, thank you for all your hard work and thank you for sharing these important videos to save people and our children from the toxic world 🌍🙏❤

Thank you for sharing this 😀 it was exactly was a was looking for! I'm so fed up of wasting plastic containers and using harsh chemicals on my hands everytime I was dishes... I'm definitely going to make these dish soap bars soon!

Oooh! An AGA in action. My dream kitchen will have an AGA. Learned so much in this video…thank you!

Once again you amaze me. I love you doing the older ways of life and teaching them to me. You make it look so easy. Ty so much for all you do for us.

Thanks for sharing! I'm excited to try it. 🙂

I use the same spoon and knives for food. I just use a mix of vinegar and water. I let them soak in water for a few minutes then wash thoroughly, then I rinse very well and either dip into a vinegar mix for a few seconds or spray it onto them and let it sit for a few minutes while washing other things and finally rinse very well again. The vinegar mis is about 3 parts vinegar and 1part water. If you have some traces of the lye left after washing the vinegar will neutralize it then the final rinse will remove the mix. Remember lye (usually potassium hydroxide) is used to make hominy which is a favorite food in the south (usually as grits).

I LOVE THIS RECIPE. I’ve made it twice. Do you know if you could use this recipe and switch out the lye to make a liquid paste? My son keeps asking me to make a liquid.

Thank you for the recipe! I made dish soap bars from a similar recipe but it used olive oil as one of the oils. I have noticed that olive oil leaves a very unpleasant smell in soap….is it just me? It reminds me of antiseptic hospital soap smell. I had to throw away the bars………so sad. Do you find these bars maintain a pleasant smell? I’d love to hear if anyone else has noticed this smell of Castile soap products. Thanks again!!

Amazing!! 🤔 I wonder if you make it a rectangle and cut a small slit into the sponge, then slide the bar in, and you would always have it frothy on the dishes .. wonder if that would work?

Thank you for sharing! I'm waiting for all of supplies to arrive so i can make your shampoo bar and now I'll be making this dish soap as well.

Great video! We grow our own food and are building our off grid house ❤❤ we're a family of 6 😊

I absolutely love how joyful your kids were to come help put away the dishes. You are one of the many Missouri families I love watching. I’m out here on the CA coast thinking I’d love to homestead in MO one day but truthfully I don’t think I could handle the humidity! Thanks for helping me gain more tools in my CA “urban homestead”

Wow! That's super foamy. I love it.

Amazing video and very well explained. Where do you buy the soda at?

Will try. I have heard that homemade laundry soap isn't great because it doesn't contain a detergent, which is different from a soap. So, eventually there will be build up on the clothes over time and in the machine. Most don't notice this for close to a year for the build up and then the clothes need to be stripped. Can you also make a liquid soap from this bar soap the same as for body soap? So one gallon water to one bar and heat till combined?

That's what we are doing too!

Yay! I have been waiting and excited for this video I remember you mentioning it a while ago! What laundry detergent do yall use? Currently on the hunt for an effective one that's not overpowering on the scent.

Your dish soap recipe is worth hundreds thank you so much!!!!

Thank you for sharing this, I will be making it this weekend. I have been making your shampoo bar (use it as a body bar instead) for about a year now and love it so I’m sure this too will be a success. On a different topic, I was wondering if you have a recipe for bread loaves using freshly milled flour? I have been trying to switch to 100% FMF for the health benefits, but my loaves have not been coming out great.

Hon, u deserve a dishwater Truly Plus it cuts down infection spreading to nil I put toothbrushes in it, sponges, baby toys, all sorts of things!

Thanks for this recipe. Can i use commercial lard instead of rendering my own tallow?

Thank you, cant wait to make these..!!

Enjoyed this video, your tutorial was very clear and easy to understand, thank you.

Thank you so much!

Hi, great video. Any suggestions on what tallow brand to use? Thanks

Love this recipe and will be trying it! This is my Homemade Laundry Soap recipe we’ve really liked. I’ll be curious what you decide on! 5 GALLONS · 5-gallon bucket with cover · 1 cup Borax · 1 cup washing soda · Grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha · Hot/Boiling tap water 1. Place 4 cups of water on the stove to heat. 2. While the water is heating, grate 2/3’s of a bar of Fels Naptha. It grates easy! 3. Add the shredded Fels-Naptha to the water and stir until soap is dissolved. (takes about 10 min) 4. Take the 5 gallon pail and fill it halfway with hot water (use your shower for this). 5. Add 1 cup Borax and 1 cup Washing Soda. Stir to dissolve. 6. Add the dissolved soap and stir with a big metal spoon or paint stir stick. 7. If you want to add some fragrance to your laundry soap you can add a couple of drops of essential oils at this time. 8. Fill the remainder of the bucket with hot water. Give it one final stir. 9. Divide the mixture into smaller containers at this time if you plan to have multiple containers. It’s easier before it gels. 10. Let it sit overnight. The finished soap will be more of a watery gel that is described as an “egg noodle soup” look. It’s a low sudsing soap, so if you don’t see much, that’s ok. Suds are not what cleans, it’s the ingredients in the soap. 11. Store in smaller containers, ideally, plastic with larger openings, since the gelled soap won’t fit through the openings made for ultra-liquid detergent. Use 1/2 cup of laundry soap for each load of laundry. · For HE front loading washers, use 1/2 cup for a large load. For regular top-loading washers, use ½ cup to 1 cup for a large load.

Remember that the lye comes in a plastic bottle. So you're not down to zero plastic waste, but .. agreed .. it's a lot less for sure! Great idea to make a 0% overfat soap for washing dishes! I have a (homemade) handsoap at the sink using almond oil, castor oil (I agree on your choice) and coconut oil which has a little bit of overfat and I don't notice any residue on dishes. Then again, I rinse and teatoweldry dishes after washing. Finally, remember that when you find you need to work with 'hard soaps' as you explained you needed to for work, that's an excellent opportunity to use those same protective gloves that you used in this video when handling your lye solution. 🙂

I came across your videos and would love to try them; however, I've heard that a lot of oils, especially coconut oil, are bad for pipes and septic systems.

Can you wash and use the bowls, measuring cups, immersion blender, etc with foods afterwards? Or do you only use those supplies for product making and nothing else?

Hi there, I came across your video, I like your recipe and i have a question, when you wash dishes with that soap, does it leaves a white film in the zinc, and if it does, what do you use to clean up the pipes? the reason am asking you is cause i make soaps, i have been doing for years, I make all types of soaps and i have made cleaning soap with just coconut oil, I use to use it for washing clothes, but after a while it left a white hard stuff in my washer and I stop making it, even after mixing it with different products like wash soda, baking soda etc, then I try castile liquid coconut soap and again it left a white film and it clog my sink, as for now I just made a batch of liquid olive oil castile soap and it doesn't leave a greasy film in the zinc, i use that soap for dish washing also, but i would like to make your soap, I know it cleans, I just want to know the difference between the soap that you are making and the one with only coconut oil, does the tallow makes a difference? thank you in advance.

Hii thanks for your video 😊 may I ask you if we can use lard instead ? And will the outcome be different ?

Hi Joelle, do you have an Amazon storefront with products you use? I do see the links but wondering if you have a whole storefront I can follow too. Thanks!

For most of my cleaning purposes I tend to lean more towards lard. To this end, I will make a 100% lard bar of soap, no superfatting, to make up my laundry soap. This would be the soap I grate to add to my borax and washing soda. My wife has allergies to aroma additives, so I do not add that to any batches that we will end up using. The lard bars also make for a wonderful spot cleaner / stain remover that we keep in the laundry area as well. You will find that it works wonders. Thanks for sharing all your time and effort to make and produce all these videos, most generous and most wonderful!!

Thank you for this dish soap recipe! I've made bath bars, shampoo bars, laundry detergent & THIS was next on my list. 😁

I would love to make my own dish soap, but have not attempted it because I'm concerned about it's grease cutting ability. I've been making shampoo bars and body soap for a few years now. How well does this soap work on cleaning a greasy pan? Say something you just cooked hamburgers in.

I have become more and more upset at how many plastic bottles we are throwing away ( laundry, dish soap, shampoo etc.) My daughter in law makes her own soaps and laundry detergent, so I will try to get that recipe and send it to you (they have four young children too!) Our scale just stopped working, so I purchased the one you had in the description box. I'm ready to make the move to create less plastic waste! Thank you for these recipes!! PS I just found out how to make washing soda from baking soda. We want to make an Oxiclean product to help with stains, and it calls for it.

I can’t wait to try this! I made the shampoo bars and have been waiting for them to cure for the last 3 weeks. I’m the dingus who misunderstood the instructions and measured the liquids as fluid ounces and the dry ingredients as regular ounces 🤦‍♀️ But now I know the difference and will be making the shampoo bars again next week using the correct weights this time. Thanks for sharing another great soap recipe! (And for specifying about fluid vs dry ounces 😂)

Is there any soap residue left on the dishes after rinsing with this recipe?

AZURE charges 70 dollars in shipping and they use USPS. Which we all know that USPS is slow and expensive. Like in my area, usps says they will deliver to my address but doesn’t so suppliers will think they can ship USPS and then I have to drive 1hr to pick it up. Unless your local that company probably isnt the solution

I want to make my own dishwashing soap. I have some plastic containers(hold outs from previous wasteful purchases) that get so greasy. Dawn will not take it off. It’s so frustrating. I live in a camper and do not have a dishwasher.

I make my own dish bar soap too but it’s at 0% sf and a bit too harsh for our hands. What sf % are you liking?

Do you guys have an etsy shop where you sell your products? Thanks!

Great Naturals cleaning dishes

Question: would the coconut oils cause problems for the plumbing? I've heard if you use it for oil pulling to spit in the trash, not down the sink, so I'm wondering if the saponification changes it and makes it safe to use in the plumbing?

I love your video ❤❤❤ but I make soap and I don't use lie and it works without it

Thank you for the explanation of how the lye becomes safe. It has been a long-time concern I've had and held me back from making my own soaps.

Prepsteaders channel has a liquid detergent I make. I have very sensitive skin. I am unable to use any commercial detergents even the “clear” ones agitate my skin. It makes 10 gallons at a time.

Could this be made as liquid soap. Using Potassium Hydroxide?

Does it really matter if the coconut oil is extra virgin or not?

Would a simple, cold process lard soap work for this?

I came from the RU-vid channel, Mammabear2many… she recommended your channel in making dish soap bar. I amazed at what you can make!

Can you help me write a recipe with sheabutter (and castoroil) instead of coconut and tallow? I didn’t figure it out either the calculator :( Thank you so much

Interesting. 🤔

Where do you buy the molds? Your method is great!

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV

❤ Thank you

Hello, new to your channel, as I was looking to make some dish bars for the first time. I had tried a coconut oil soap base dish paste and it was wonderful. Very few ingredients. But it is expensive and I do prefer a dish bar. Since I am new to soap making (first timer) lol I had a few questions. The soap paste I used and loved had D limonene added to help with grease cutting. Is that something I could use instead of essential oils? Also, does this soap leave a film. Im not sure how to describe what I am talking about, but some dish bars turn the sink water really white and greasy and seem to leave a film on tables, etc. I was thinking of a way to make a bar that doesnt do that. I ordered a few from online people who made homemade bars and they were like this. The only dish bar I found that doesn't is Nellies dish bar, which again is quite expensive. So, I think I can make this cheaper on my own if I can figure out the formula. Thank you and sorry for the long post.

can i use lard instead of tallow?

Being an African American female we were told how dangerous lye is and that's why they took it out of our hair products. Is this a different type of lye?

Wow can I buy some from you?

For my laundry soap: Recipe: * 1 box Borax, 65 ounce * 1 box washing soda, 55 ounce * 1 box baking soda, 4 pound box * 2 bars Fels-Naptha, 5 ounce grated (use Zote if you can’t find Fels-Naptha) * Essential oil of choice a few drops - I use lavender or lemon Grate the fels-naptha and mix all ingredients. I store in glass jars. I use a couple Tablespoons to a scant 1/4 cup on a regular load of clothes. Less on small loads.

Does it leave a film? I’ve tried different handmade soaps and it left a film on the sink and dishes.

Can I use this for washing clothes?

Querida, você poderia passar as quantidades, não vi na descrição. Eu também estou mudando os hábitos em casa e gostaria de fazer sua formulação. Se for possível agradeço muito de ❤

Hey mum, here is our laundry soap recipe. It is easily converted to your soap bars. 400g zote soap shredded (tallow:coconut; 80:20), 5 zip lock bags, washing soda. Weigh out 87.5g shredded soap and put in ziplock. Add 1/2c washing soda to zip lock. (this is your base). Next, bring 1 gallon water to a boil. Add contents of 1 ziplock to boiling water and turn temp down to simmer. Stir every 5 minutes x 3. Let cool over night. In the AM, mash the now gelatinous soap to break it up some. Blend in blender for no more than 1 minute on low. Pour solution into 1 gallon jug and you are finished. We use 1/2c soap per load. That's it! I'll make another video of my making it and post it soon. 80:20 at 5% superfat makes for a great bath bar. 7mL rose 7mL speremint. ❤ We also use 1 scoop oxyclean per load.

How many drops of essential oils?

I don't have easy access to beef tallow, do you think venison tallow would work well as a substitute?

HELP!? Hi, I made your recipe without tallow. Unfortunately the lye crystallised in the bottom and the top was fatty. Anyone had this issue before and can help me troubleshoot!? I am melting it again now, to mix it for longer with the blender and hope this helpes. Please any feedback if possible 🙏

My only worry is that you aren’t supposed to put oils down your drains because it can solidify in your pipes when it cools. Would that be an issue here or does that change because of the chemical reactions with the lye?

- You're so smart. How did you learn all of this !?

Have you thought about offering your dish bars for sale

I make my laundry soap as a 100% Coconut oil bar, 0% superfat. As soon as it's ready to cut, I grate it. It's much harder to grate later. Then by weight, I put equal parts soap flakes, borax, baking soda, and washing soda. 2 heaping tablespoons per load of laundry. Just blend the powders in a food processor to powder those soap flakes. Works wonderfully.

You put commercial sun screen in an all natural product?

Link to the sunflower molds?

A long time ago I researched soap making. When I say researched it, I mean to the nth degree. One interesting factoid I ran across was the purported origins of soap. Most of us know that most of the world didn’t make or use soap in ancient times. The Romans, who were among the most advanced civilations at the time didn’t use soap. They soaked in a bath then scraped their skin with an instrument called a strigil, essentially scraping the dirt & dead skin cells off in that manner. Anyway, the invention of soap was attributed to the ancient Greeks. (Probably not supported by archaeological evidence) It was said that when they sacrificed animals at their temples they then burned them to offer up as a burnt offering. It's said that the fat of the animals dripped onto the ashes of those fires & when it rained, the fat occasionally somehow saponified & solidified under the altars. A lot of archaeologists cried BS! So, true or not, that's one of the legends of how soap was invented.

I make my own bulk powdered Laundry detergent by mixing one large box of borax, one large box of washing soda, one large box of baking soda, and 2 bars of grated castile soap! I'd add some essential oils if I wanted it scented. I only use 2 Tbsp per load. If I have an especially large or especially dirty load I use more but I don't think its necessarily that necessary to use more. It works great and will last us a long time. I like how easy it is to make and it isn't expensive either.

I forgot to ask what do you do with raw meat dishes or something that's left out and moldy? Do you ever use Bleach or anything like that, I am really wanting to get rid of our store bought stuff but i don't feel like things from those cases would be adequately sanitized but I'm trying to learn and research.

Use this recipe

Seria possível substituir o sebo por banha de porco e no caso você fala em onças no Brasil usamos gramas e a temperatura em celsios fiquei em dúvida quanto a pesagem e a temperatura pode me ajudar ?

Have you ever had a problem making soap when it is very humid? When I made my last batch of soap it never harden properly it felt sticky almost. Thank you