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shalafi , to news in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of bacon grease

I roll my own olive oil soap. Stupid easy and cheap. It’s just oil, lye and water. I was too cheap to get the chemical that hardens it quickly, didn’t realize how little it takes and how inexpensive a fat bottle was. Next time!

I could rant forever, but I LOVE my soap. Gets me really clean without being oily or perfumy. For a half-hour of work I can make a year supply. Pro-tip: throw the molds in the HVAC intake to dry. Out of the way and dries fast! Another tip: If it’s just for you, get the cheapest silicone molds money can buy. Quite a bit of difference in price out there.

Damn interesting how he “cleans” it so it doesn’t stink. Guess I’m saving my grease now!

ono ,

How would you have to modify the process to make liquid soap, like Dr Bronners, and skip the molds?

Akasazh ,
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Olive Oil is getting ever more expensive, though.

CADmonkey ,

I started making soap in 2016 just to see if I could figure it out. Now I’m pretty good at it and have a lot of fun with different colors and smells. I normally don’t use 100% olive oil, though. An equal-parts mixture of Canola, Olive, and Coconut oil is what I try to use, but I’ve also had good luck with “whatever cooking oil I have on hand”.

Kolanaki , to aboringdystopia in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease
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Would it smell like bacon? Imagine snuggling with someone who smells like bacon 🤤

SubArcticTundra , to aboringdystopia in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease
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Isn’t this how they made it in the olden days?

Emi621 ,

Yep, you can make soap from pretty much any fat and lye(or hardwood ash).

Steve , to news in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of bacon grease

Fight Club

Candelestine , to news in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of bacon grease

ngl, that’s kinda cool. Fat/oil is the primary ingredient in soap, and the process is not difficult, so if you’ve got a lot you were just going to throw away, may as well.

I wonder if it smells like bacon…

shalafi ,

He blends it with water and cools it, scrapes the fat off the top, rinse and repeat until happy. More work than just getting a giant can of cheapo olive oil, but free fat is free fat!

FlyingSquid , to news in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of bacon grease
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Good luck with that. My daughter and I frequent antique malls and flea markets and there is stall after stall full of handmade soap and candles.

CaptainSpaceman ,

Selling it out of their diner might have an advantage of antique malls

jordanlund , to world in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease
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remotelove , to world in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease

Bacon grease is an awesome general purpose cooking fat but if they have enough bacon grease to make soap, that changes things.

HowRu68 , to world in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease

Siite not available in my region. Is it US news, what is this link?

Edit: changed my VPN to USA. local news indeed

SkaveRat , to world in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease

ohh, soap.

I read “soup” and was like “that doesn’t sound weird at all”

SonicBlue03 , to world in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease

Who smells like breakfast?

WeeSheep , to world in Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease

As long as it’s filtered for particles first, should be good soap. Could use some scent though.

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