The Coconut & Lye Laundry Bar starts from the same place as its lard sibling — three ingredients, zero superfat, nothing extra — and arrives somewhere slightly different.
Coconut oil, distilled water, and sodium hydroxide. That's the entire formula. No fragrance, no colorant, no conditioning additives. Just a pure, bright white bar built entirely around the cleansing power of coconut oil soap, which has been used for laundry and heavy-duty cleaning for generations.
The zero superfat formulation is what makes this bar suitable for laundry rather than the bath. In a standard bath bar, a portion of the oil is left unsaponified on purpose — that free oil is what makes a bar feel conditioning and gentle on skin. In a laundry bar, free oil is a liability. It can coat the inside of your washing machine drum, leave residue on fabric, and build up in your machine over time. At zero superfat, every molecule of coconut oil in this bar has been fully converted to soap. Clean in, clean out.
What distinguishes this bar from the Lard & Lye Laundry Bar is the lather. Coconut oil soap is known for producing a high, vigorous, bubbly lather — more active and more voluminous than lard-based soap, which tends toward a denser, creamier wash. Neither is better than the other; it comes down to preference. If you like a lather that works loudly and visibly, the coconut bar is your bar. If you prefer something quieter and more conditioning in character, the lard version is worth a look.
Both are zero superfat. Both are three ingredients. Both will get the job done.
To use as a stain treatment, wet the bar and the stained area, work the bar directly into the fabric, and let it sit before washing. To use as a laundry booster, grate the bar and add it directly to the wash.
- 100% coconut oil base — zero superfat formula
- Three ingredients: coconut oil, distilled water, sodium hydroxide
- No free oils — nothing to coat your washer or leave residue
- Bright white bar, unscented and uncolored
- Higher, more vigorous lather than the lard version
- Rub directly onto stains before washing
- Grate into the washer as a laundry booster
- Very hard bar with high suds and strong cleansing power
- Made in small batches by hand
- Packaged in plastic-free vellum cigar bands