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A Cheap Soap Receipt
8 qts soft water
4 lbs bar Soap
2 lbs Sal soda
3 oz of Borax
1 oz liquid ammonia
Directions for making
Cut the soap into slices
& put it in the water over
the fire • Stir it gently till
desolved then add the
soda & borax stirring
it till well mixed then
empty in a tub & when
nearly cool stir in the
ammonia gradualy l
et it stand till cold
then cut in bars & dried
for use