Evening star., 1947-06-23
Clearing House

stains or water marks are). This
should be about n can of paper
hangers glue (not the white paste
used for wall papering1 or one half
pound to q gallon OF boiling water.
Do not boil over two or three min
utes.
After this coat on wall board has
dried, coat over the unfinished side
of cotton goods and stretch taut
before applying to spot and work
from center to edges to draw out
bubbles. When dry apply water
paint to match.
HOMEMADE SOAP.
From E. A., Glen Core
For Mrs. C. A.. S.. College Park
and Mrs. H. l.. K, Hyattsville, and
all others interested in making soap ::
I consider myself quite an au-
thority on homemade soap, as I
have been making all the soap
used in our household of five for
laundry, dishes and dirty hands since
October. Some of my friends and
neighbors have been contributing
fat and get a portion OF soap In
return.
I even made soap as a science ex-
pertinent in my elementary school
class with quite good results. In
school we made up a total OF 80
pounds of fat contributed by moth
ers of pupils who received soap in
return in proportion to the fat con-
tributed.
My results have been uniformly
good except when I became i'm
patient and combined the lye and
fat mixtures when not quite cool
enough. I want to emphasize and
warn that cooling both the lye mix
ture and the fat to lukewarm is an
absolute essential, and certainly
much more important than whether
you use Il or u cup of ammonia,
although I have tried several reci-
pes and like u cup better.
I am inclosing copy of the
recipe used with my school chill
dren and printed for their mothers
benefit after our experiment. This
recipe has since been used in one
other class that I know of and by
several other individuals. Every
one says it is easy to follow.
I hope many other housewives
will take up the making of soap.
Maybe by being independent we
can make a few prices come down
Making ones own soap Is a trenen-
dous saving as the same weight of
soap costs 4 or cents to make
sells for 13 cents in chain stores and
does not even last as well as the
homemade type.
Homemade SoapeFry out fat
{beef. lamb, pork and strain with
several thicknesses Of cheesecloth.
Add twice as much water as fat
and x teaspoon baking soda to
each 2 cups of fat. Boil for about
10 minutes; this takes out the salt
and any rancid odors. While it boils
and when the 10 minutes are up, skim
off the froth which forms on top.
Allow to cool and harden. Then
remove from top of water and scrape
off any extraneous particles which
adhere to bottom of fat.
Melt fat and allow to cool to luke
warm. While fat is cooling dis
solve can 03 ounces lye In 81
pints cold water, using an enamel
or iron pot, stirring with wooden
spoon or smooth stick. enamel pan
is better as it does not hold the heat
as long as iron). The trick to keep
the lye from spilling or spattering
on you is to use a pan large enough
for the whole process and to set it
where you can work conveniently
without having to move it.
The lye will heat the water. When
the water is partly cool add Il cup
household ammonia, u cup borax
and 2 tablespoons sugar and stir
till dissolved.
When both the water and fat are
cooled to lukewarm Cooling is i'm
portant as the ingredients will
curdle if mixed while too warm, and
the soap will have free fat on top
and free I've at the bottom), add IL
cups of the fat. Stir steadily for
10 minutes. 1t will be about the
color and consistency OF strained
apricots.
Pour into molds. The bottoms OF
milk cartons Oheavily waxe6 and
glass refrigerator trays such as those
used for refrigerator drip trays are
good. Pour to inch deep and allow
to stand for a day or more in a
moderate room temperature. If trays