Title: Sand Soap
Categories: Soap *
Yield: 1 3/4 lb

1 1/2	c	Clean rendered tallow
1/2	c	Vegetable oil
1	c	Cold water
1/4	c	Lye
1/2	c	Fine washed sand or coarse pumice

Add the vegetable oil to sand or pumice, stirring well.

Melt tallow and set aside to cool. Add lye to cold water, stirring to dissolve. Set aside to cool.

When the lye and fat are lukewarm, pour lye into fat, stirring constantly. When saponified to a creamy stage, add sand-oil mixture slowly, stirring well. Combine thoroughly and evenly, then pour into molds.

Source: "The Art of Soapmaking" by Merilyn Mohr

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