A friend of mine showed me awhile back about making lye soap with rendered fat. After messing around with it, I have been rendering down racoon fat and making different scented lye soaps with it. It seems to make softer soap than using deer tallow. This year I have way more racoon fat than I need to make soap for myself. I have given away several bars in the past to family members, friends and coworkers and they all like it. Would anyone be interested in buying any if I spent the time to render all of it down and make different scented soaps with it?

I think I would have to take a shower after using it.

KS,
I commented a while back on goat's milk soap. Great stuff.

Boco said I should be using real soap (or something like that.)

Things like this are a hard sell on here.

I do know that when I use to skin a bunch of coons that my hands got incredibly soft. Wife has even commented a few times over the years. I asked if she wanted some coon tallow for her hands, but she declined.

An old buddy of mine had a new girlfriend that had a lot of interest in her new mans outdoor activities. After helping him skin a couple coon one week she noticed that a patch of eczema that she’s had for years on her elbow was gone. She had been to the doctor and tried pills and creams and decided she was just going to have to scratch for the rest of her life, until she found coon grease, lol.

I dont remember saying that but I probably did.

If you make a beaver castor scented soap you'll get a lot of Trapperman members buying it. Including me!

I guess that would depend on the cost. I can and have made soap in the past but it's more time consuming than it's worth. I can't see paying more than $2 a bar.... surely not the $5+ most soap makers ask for it.

sound good , how do you make it?

Don't worry Boco, no problem.

If shipping across the border wasn't such a PITA I'd send ya some.

I like using that coon fat to boost the fire once in a while.

Clay Newcomb has a good video on how to do it on the meateater website. That is all I have done to make it, just add scent and dye to make it more appealing to people.

I make a batch of soap every other year for home use. That is about how long it lasts. I give a few bars away also.

I have used beef tallow, sheep tallow and bobcat tallow. Most any kind of fat would work. The lye is a remarkable material when it comes to soap making. Chemistry at work.

I make the tallow from trimmed animal fats. I might make a batch with a hint of castor but not too sure how much to use so as not to make the soap too strong.

Bob,
Make a batch with some buck tarsal gland in it. You could sell it to deer hunters.

I could make many different scented soaps. I do have lots of deer tarsal on hand. It may be a new opportunity, but I really don't need to add on another product line

My time is quite limited keeping up with what I have to do now.

How about making soap with possum fat. That would be a stinky bar.

Cosmetic companies bought coon fat by the barrel full back in the 70’s. Bet a lot of bunny hugger ladies were unknowingly supporting the fur industry!

Like I stated earlier, the fat odor will not be detected in the soap in my experience. The basic soap odor with any fat that I have used is very neutral in odor.

I always add some essential oil fragrance to each batch. Peach has been one of my favorite scents in the last few batches. All the ladies that have been lucky to give a bar or two loved it.

Homemade soap is much more soothing than store bar soap and you can feel the oil like sensation when showering.

Had a Polish lady that took all the coon fat possible and rendered into lard. Didnt know that what she was using for baking pies and cookies that i had been eating for years... bakery was very good and gave some to my trapper buddies and they couldnt believe bakery was made with coon lard !

Sure, I'd buy it, just to see how it compares to the Bear fat soap my wife makes. Maybe we've all been missing the boat on this. My wife's bear fat soap is great stuff. Freeze and grind the fat, put it in on a screen covered baking dish at 300 degrees and watch to see if it's clear it's good, if it's starts to turn yellow the heat is to high. Clearer is better.