How to extract juice and soap recipe found on eHow.com -- Extracting jewelweed sap -- Difficulty: Moderately Easy Instructions Things You'll Need Large pot Water Blender or juicer Strainer/cheesecloth Crushing 1 Pick a handful of leaves and stems off the jewelweed plant. 2 Crush the leaves between your fingers until a small amount of juice results. 3 Spread the juice over your skin and rub in. Repeat. Boiling 1 Place water in a large pot -- roughly one part jewelweed and five or more parts water is needed. Base the potency of your product on the severity of the rash. 2 Place jewelweed leaves, flowers and stems in the pot and bring to a boil. 3 Let it boil/simmer for 15-30 minutes. 4 Strain the liquid into a container using a mesh filter or cheesecloth. Place in a refrigerator or freezer if not used immediately. Blending 1 Cut the jewelweed at its base and remove the entire plant from its roots in the ground. 2 Liquefy the jewelweed using a blender, food processor or juicer. 3 Strain it through a mesh filter or cheesecloth and apply to your skin or refrigerate immediately. Recipe for jewelweed soap -- Difficulty: Easy Instructions Things You'll Need Blooming jewelweed plants Glycerin soap base Orange soap coloring Orange essential oil Soap mold Cooking oil spray 1 Gather flowers, leaves and stems from blooming jewelweed plants. Coarsely chop 1 cup of the plant material and add to 1 cup of water in a small saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes or until the water turns dark. 2 Strain the infusion through a coffee filter into a heat-proof jar or bowl. Reserve the liquid and add the plant material to your compost heap. 3 Melt 2 cups glycerin soap base in a double boiler. Remove the pan from the heat, and add � cup jewelweed infusion. Stir well to blend thoroughly. Allow the mixture to cool for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. 4 Add two drops of orange soap coloring and seven drops of orange essential oil. Stir very well. 5 Coat your soap mold with a very light layer of cooking oil spray. Pour the liquid into the mold and cool it at room temperature. Remove your jewelweed soap from the mold and enjoy it. Here is a link that might be useful: jewelweed info

Dishwasher liquid won't work, it's not soap. for it to really work you need real soap (it can't be called soap unless it is based on fatty acid salts - I learned that legal bit of info when I was making soap), the fatty acid salts are supposed break down the bugs cells. I like neem oil, but I hate the oily residue it leaves, don't have that issue with insecticidal soap. But then, I have tried everything to control aphids in the greenhouse, I have yet to find anything that kills them for good, (or for that matter, even puts a dent in their propagation) except tossing them out in sub freezing weather. Pam

I'm just guessing here, but since the ingredients are so simple, & there doesn't appear to be a catalyst (like lye) to cause a true saponification to occur, (which chemically changes the ingredients into something "new"), & there isn't a lathering oil, like coconut oil (I think...brain is very blonde right now....) it may be a soap that just doesn't lather much. Again, if I'm remembering correctly (see comment above...) soap made with olive oil alone, does produce a harder soap, BUT doesn't really lather. That's why a lot of CP soaps use a combination of olive, palm & coconut oils to produce a nice bar that lathers well, & holds up well. I don't know that adding more glycerin will do much good, not sure if curing it any longer will help or not.... I'm sure there are some folks around who have more info on this than me...... Just guessing, Hazel

I haven't made any soap. I'm looking for soap base recipes. I have 1 soap base recipe, the person that supplied that took pics and inclued them in the recipe. That soap base turns a red-ish clear color (from the pics). I have no ingredents because I have no recipes minus the one I mentioned. I am looking for Saop Base recipes that come out a white-ish to clear color. It doesn't have to be a perfect "clear" it can be cloudy. I just want to be able to add my own color to it and it be that color. Thank You