How to Make Your Own Laundry Soap (5 gallons for about $2.00) Making your own laundry soap can save you a lot of money! If you bought 5 gallons worth in the store you would be paying around $100! You could be paying more depending on the brand. You can make 5 gallons of laundry soap for $2.00. When you buy all the ingredients for the first 5 gallons – it comes out to about $7.00 – but there is still borax & washing soda left, so all that I need to buy for the next few batches is the Fels Naptha soap (which is only .97 cents!). That makes 20 gallons for under $10! You can use essential oil [...]
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How to Make Your Own Laundry Soap
Posted: 21st May 2013 by admin in John and Carrie, Making what you need, Misc.Tags: How to, Make Your Own Laundry Soap
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50 years before, the life of a pioneer was not easy as it seems in today’s life. Today, life as a pioneer is quite easy and comfortable, all thanks to the latest technology, modified communication channels and commuting mediums. One can imagine the drastic change that has been brought by them into everyone’s life. A Pioneer is the one who is the first to explore a new area or is the one who develop or be the first to use or apply. Pioneers are also called as an initiator, pathfinder and trailblazer. Early Pioneers solely used to be dependent on Tree resin. Tree resin is the hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, generally of coniferous trees like cedars, Douglas-firs, [...]
Bow Drill Part 2 Fine Tuning the Set
Posted: 27th February 2013 by admin in Fire, Making what you need, Survival InfoThere is no set in stone way to starting a fire with a bow drill. There are extensive videos on the internet showcasing the art of starting a fire with a bow drill, but quite frankly, they could make a person crazy. Any skill requires a lot of practice. It is highly unlikely anybody is going to pick up their new tools and walk right out and start a fire. Your bow drill tool set is going to need a little fine tuning. You won’t find those tips in any of those videos. Mainly, because there are so many little things you can do to make your particular set a little better for you. Basically, to each their own. What [...]
Hand Powered Washing Maching
Posted: 18th June 2012 by Modern Day Redneck in How To, Making what you need, The Pioneer LifestylesTags: hand powered washing machine, pioneer washing machine, washing your clothes withou electricity
I came up with this design for a hand powered washing machine using plastic drums and a double plunger system a while back. The wringer in the middle makes for a user friendly back and forth motion from the soap to rinse tubs. The scrub board if needed fits between the wringer and the plunger bracket. After adding the homemade liquid soap, the load of clothes and letting them soak for a few minutes, you are ready to wash. I found out there is kinda a trick to the plunging. You get into this rhythmic motion and the plungers start rocking back and forth to were they plunge the ends and middle making it where you don’t have to agitate the [...]
Portable Sawmill on the Homestead
Posted: 9th June 2012 by Preppers in Making what you need, Survival Tools & MachinesTags: homestead sawmill
I got “sawdust in my veins” about thirty-five years ago when I was building my house. Not wanting to pay lumber yard prices for lumber yard quality pine when I had a woodlot full of oak, I took matters (and a chain saw) into my own hands. I cut the trees and hauled the logs to a local sawmill where they were milled into the posts and beams that eventually took shape as our house here in southwest Missouri. The desire to set up and run my own sawmill grew stronger every time I bought pine lumber for three times what the local sawmill paid for my oak logs. I finally made the leap and bought a small [...]
How To Make Char Cloth When considering the most basic forms of survival then the choices are clear. You have to priorities shelter, food, fire, water and defense. Your shelter is not going to win prizes for luxury home design, and your food won’t win awards for fine cuisine. But one thing that is always the same, and always essential, is fire. One way you can make sure you’re not going to be caught unawares with fire making is to make sure that you have some good supplies of firelighter and tinder ready and waiting for when you need them. Whilst there are always the options of using pine resin and Silver Birch bark as fire starting aids, don’t overlook an [...]
Solar Dehydrator
Posted: 27th April 2012 by Modern Day Redneck in Canning and Preserving, Food Storage, How To, Making what you need, Survival Food StrategyThis is the new Indirect Solar Dehydrator I finished last week. The windows off to the side collect the heat, the metal plates inside the windows heat up and put out more. There is a screened hole going into the cabinet and a DC fan pulls the heat up and through the Dehydrator. The fan is powered by a small solar panel sitting on top of the Cabinet. I needed the space to dry all the herbs the wife is growing. Then we bottle them and sell the herbs. Pretty cool huh? Thanks for stopping by.
DIY Shoe Repair
Posted: 3rd February 2012 by Preppers in How To, Making what you need, Survival SkillsTags: DIY, DIY Shoe Repair
DIY Shoe Repair The notion of a cobbler conjures up images of an older man with a thick grey mustache bent over a wooden bench, using a wooden hammer to nail leather soles by candlelight. Few people would think to take their shoes to a cobbler to be repaired. When soles start to wear down and straps break, shoes are thrown away. However, the problems that prompt most people to throw their shoes out can usually be fixed with a minor repair. In fact, you can easily make many minor repairs yourself. Here’s how you can fix your own shoes to extend their life and reduce waste: Cracks and Splits Over time, leather and rubber will crack and split, creating [...]
Custom Lighting
Posted: 30th January 2012 by Modern Day Redneck in Home Steading, Making what you need, Power Outages, Survival Technology, Survival Tools & MachinesTags: Custom Lighting
Here is real simple way to install real solar lighting and avoid the cost and equipment of panels. I installed some in the Solar Bathhouse this weekend and it really made a difference. Using only a empty coke bottle, all I did was wash it out and filled it with water. I added a cap full of bleach to keep the growth down and the water clear. I drilled a three inch hole in the roof, installed the filled bottle and siliconed the heck out of it. I also had to support the bottle on the underside for about 6 hours until the silicone dried. There you have it. One of [...]
How To Make Preppers Char Cloth
Posted: 24th January 2012 by admin in How To, Making what you needTags: char cloth, Preppers Char Cloth
How To Make Char Cloth When considering the most basic forms of survival then the choices are clear. You have to priorities shelter, food, fire, water and defense. Your shelter is not going to win prizes for luxury home design, and your food won’t win awards for fine cuisine. But one thing that is always the same, and always essential, is fire. One way you can make sure you’re not going to be caught unawares with fire making is to make sure that you have some good supplies of firelighter and tinder ready and waiting for when you need them. Whilst there are always the options of using pine resin and Silver Birch bark as fire starting aids, don’t overlook an [...]
Solar Bathhouse Update
Posted: 16th January 2012 by Modern Day Redneck in Making what you need, Modern Day Redneck, Water StorageTags: Solar Bathhouse
It has been a while between posts on here so I thought it would be good to give an update on the Bathhouse to those who do not follow the Modern Day Redneck Blog over at blogspot. The weather and work has kept me tied down for the past couple of months but finally there is now water in the bathhouse. The system is ready to go. The composting toilet is ready to be used and the sink is finished. Yes that is a salad bowl I am using for a sink and it does drain. After the pic I did some decor work and hung the [...]
No Yeast? No Problem!
Posted: 19th November 2011 by Denob in How To, Making what you need, Survival Cooking & Recipes, Survival Food StrategyTags: No Yeast? No Problem!, Yeast
So what happens when SHTF and you run out of yeast? Well there is yeast in the air we breathe all around us as well as in the flour we use to bake bread. All you need to do is set out a bowl of food to capture and grow it. This is called sourdough. To make sourdough bread, you need a sourdough starter. Here is what you will need… Flour Water A glass bowl to keep it in…clear glass with a lid will be best as you can use this to keep your starter in. Yup, that’s it. In your bowl, mix · ½ cup flour · ½ cup water Day 1 Combine the flour and water in the [...]
Solar Bath House
Posted: 10th November 2011 by Modern Day Redneck in Home Steading, How To, Making what you need, Modern Day Redneck, Water StorageTags: Solar Bath House
I have been really busy the last couple of weeks building a Solar Bath House. When completed, the water will be pressured from the harvested rain water through a 12v on demand pump. It will then be heated in the batch water heater and delivered into the Bath House. Inside, the bathroom will have a home made composting toilet, sink and a bathtub/shower combo made from a horse trough. Light will be from solar lighting during the day and oil lamps at night. Here are some pictures of what has been built so far. Composting toilet with saw dust bucket on the side. Cute flower box. [...]
How to Teach Yourself to Sew
Posted: 29th April 2011 by Julie@SeriousSewing in How To, Making what you needTags: Teach Yourself to Sew
Whether you’re preparing for disaster-related self-sufficiency or just like the idea of making your own things, sewing is an essential skill for anyone who wants the Pioneer Living lifestyle. It seems simple, right? You get a sewing machine, you cut some fabric, you feed the fabric into the machine and come out with a new dress. Easy peasy! Only nothing is ever as easy as it seems. Many beginners buy their first sewing machine, take it out of the box and freeze. All those parts and bits and pieces. What are those little round circle thingies for? And why are there two cords connected to one plug? It’s enough to make some people pack their machine away and never look [...]
How to make Charcoal at home a. Separate and clean coconut shell, wood, corn husks, or bone from other materials, such as coconut fiber or soil. b. Sun dry and let age 6 months. c. Burn dried material at burning sink or drum at 500-900 F for 3-5 hours. d. Crush or refine charcoal with crusher wood/iron into size. How to make Wood Charcoal in the Wilderness a. Let wood age for 6 months. b. Cut wood evenly and place in a fire and keep turning it so that it burns evenly. c. Burn until you can just poke a stick into it and or break a piece by striking it with a shovel. d. Remove it from [...]
Shelters
Posted: 8th July 2010 by milandred in Making what you need, Wilderness SurvivalTags: Shelters
by Leon Pantenburg In most cases, a properly-pitched and sited tarp shelter works very well. The advantages of a tarp over a tent are primarily in the weight-savings category. But in some instances and situations, a tarp may be the most effective shelter you can carry. This basic A-Frame tarp shelter is a good design to improvise from. Make this the planned shelter and modify it to fit the terrain and your needs. For years, I have included a tarp (along with some sort of survival knife) as part of my survival kit and for shelter on backpacking and hunting trips. If I ever got wet or uncomfortable during the night on these excursions, it was because I either didn’t [...]
Rendering Lard
Posted: 24th March 2010 by admin in food, Food Storage, Making what you need, Survival Cooking & Recipes, Survival Food Strategy, The Pioneer LifestylesTags: cooking oil, lard
While lard isn’t considered a food, it was vital to the cooking process for many years. Here is a brief description of this necessary pioneering activity. Rendering Lard “A 225-pound hog will yield about 30 pounds of fat that can be rendered into fine shortening for pastries, biscuits, and frying. The sheet of fat just inside the ribs makes the best quality, snowy-white lard. This “leaf” fat renders most easily, too — and is ninety percent fat. The “back” fat, a thick layer just under the skin, is almost as good, giving about eighty percent of its weight in lard. A slow fire and a heavy pot that conducts heat evenly are most important in making lard. Put ¼” [...]
How To Wash Clothes On a Washboard
Posted: 24th January 2010 by admin in Home Steading, Making what you need, The Pioneer LifestylesTags: Wash Clothes On a Washboard
I am sure there are not a lot of us today who have ever washed clothes on a washboard like the pioneers did. Cleaning your clothes are just as important today as they were in the pioneer days. If we were suddenly thrown back in time, with no electricity or modern day washing machines how would we wash our clothes? This is an attempt to give a few simple instructions on how this could be achieved should the need arise. Reading instructions is probably not enough, like most things you will have to learn by doing. What you will need: 3 large wash tubs 1 large washboard 1 bar of laundry soap Hot and cold water Laundry basket Clothes pins and [...]
Soap Making And Soap Recipe PLEASE READ:- WARNING Some of the chemicals used in soap making can be harmful. People experimenting with the methods and information given in these materials, or trying soaps made from the information given in these materials, do so at their own risk. There are no implied or other under-takings given in these materials. References to ‘medicated’, or the nature of any soap’s effect on human beings is entirely conditional upon each individual’s allergies and other health considerations. Poorly made soap can ‘burn’ your skin. The production of safe soap takes time and patience, and comes with the resulting experience. MATERIALS & EQUIPMENT FOR SOAP MAKING There are only five main things needed to make soap. [...]
