Making Soap from Sodium Hydroxide and Oil

You cannot make handcrafted soap without making soap from sodium hydroxide and oil. Sodium hydroxide is commonly referred to as lye. When I first began making soap several years ago, it was easy to find. The most important thing to note was that you had to use real lye that was 100% sodium hydroxide and not a drain cleaner. However, today you stand a much less chance of even finding lye on a store shelf. This is due to the illegal drug industry using lye to manufacture illegal drugs. I have recently found more links for purchasing sodium hydroxide on-line. You can check out these resources if you cannot find lye locally.

GTF Labs This is where I purchased my 50 pound box of lye from

Bitter Creek Candle Supply

Texas Natural Supply

Lehmans

The Soap Dish

Boyer Corporation

Snowdrift Farm

AAA Chemicals

These links are at least a place to start. Remember you need to use Sodium Hydroxide NOT the Potassium Hydroxide for most soap recipes -- they ARE different.
If you are afraid of working with lye because you have never done so before you can check out my new soap making DVD for soap making. I show you how easy soap making can be and I will really take the fear out of working with this unknown chemical. You can go directly to my web page Making Soap from Sodium Hydroxide and Oil and you will soon be making soap yourself!