What is soft soap?

Soapa is also known as potash soap and crystal soap, and is a compound of fatty acids. Soapa is used as a cleaning product. Soapa can have a jelly-like consistency, be solid in a jar, or, as in the past, come in a package similar to how margarine is sold in stores today. Soapa can also be liquid, like liquid soap.

What is Soapa made from?

Soapa is made by saponifying fat. The saponification process is also called saponization. The fat used to make Soapa is usually vegetable-based. Linseed oil, pine oil, and, as in Soapa, corn and rapeseed oil are commonly saponified to make Soapa.

Historical facts about Soapa

When Sweden was an agrarian society, many farms were entirely or partly self-sufficient. Soapa was one of the products often made on farms. There was usually a so-called lye pit in the barn. Ash was collected in the lye pit. By pouring hot water over the ash, potash was produced. This alkaline solution was then used to saponify animal fat left over from slaughter. In the northern parts of the country, sheep fat was commonly saponified.
The animal fat produced a grayish, opaque but highly effective Soapa.

What is Soapa good for?

There are many uses. Soapa is also a very gentle cleaning product—gentle on the environment and gentle on the person using it. Here are some examples of what Soapa can be used for:
* Cleaning kitchens
* Cleaning bathrooms
* Cleaning furniture and household items
* Treating wooden surfaces
* Soap scrubbing of wooden floors / Treating new wooden floors.
* Dissolving greasy dirt
* Loosening and removing insects from car headlight lenses
* Removing tar stains
* Removing algae and mold
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Customers have also used Soapa for
* Foot baths
* Washing sore dog paws
* Cleaning horse tack
* Treating aphid infestations