In days gone by lye soap was a homemaker s ultimate all purpose cleanser.
Lye soap for floors.
After the lye process has been completed the floors are mopped with a mixture of soap flakes hot water.
White soap is a way of keeping the floors light by adding a new layer of white overtime you.
Lud is a treatment you do once to stain the floors.
The soap is 100 vegetable based and it soaks into the pours of the floor making a barrier against dirt.
A big red mark under one s nose is not a good look so if using lye whether it is on wood or for soap making be careful it burns.
They need to be freshly sanded for it to give it an even look.
Woca wood lye helps the wood from yellowing over time and adds pigment white or grey to the wood grain.
Lye is a chemical used for making soap performing chemistry demonstrations making biodiesel curing food unclogging drains disinfecting floors and toilets and synthesizing drugs because it can be used to make illegal drugs lye may be hard to find in a store however you can make the chemical yourself using a method popular in colonial days.
White oil is also a treatment you do like i did in this post.
From clothes and stains to dirty dishes and floors even to poison ivy and bug bites lye soap was the answer for the family s daily cleaning needs.
Then the soap is left to soak in and mopped with clean water to finish.
Woca wood lye gives interior wood a whitewash white or driftwood grey look to wood.