Before the detergent aisle existed, laundry was done with soap. Real soap — made from animal fat, water, and lye, rendered down and cut into bars that sat on the edge of the washboard and did their job without fuss. The Lard & Lye Laundry Bar is that bar.
Three ingredients. Lard, distilled water, and sodium hydroxide. Nothing else — no fragrance, no colorant, no filler, no additive. Just a pure, bright white bar formulated specifically for laundry use.
What sets a laundry bar apart from a bath bar is the superfat — or in this case, the complete absence of it. Most bath soaps are made with a superfat of five to ten percent, meaning a portion of the oil is left unsaponified in the finished bar. That free oil is intentional in a bath bar — it's what makes the lather feel conditioning and gentle on skin. In a laundry bar, it's a liability. Unsaponified oil in the wash can coat the inside of your washing machine drum, leave residue on fabrics, and build up over time. The Lard & Lye Laundry Bar is formulated at zero superfat, meaning every molecule of lard has been fully converted to soap. Clean chemistry, clean laundry.
Lard itself is a remarkably effective cleaner. It has been used in traditional laundry and stain removal for centuries — long before synthetic detergents arrived on the scene — and the reason is simple: lard-based soap produces a high, vigorous lather with strong cleansing power that cuts through grease, grime, and organic stains with ease.
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. Either way, this is laundry the old-fashioned way — and it works.
- 100% lard base — zero superfat formula
- Three ingredients: lard, distilled water, sodium hydroxide
- No free oils — nothing to coat your washer or leave residue
- Bright white bar, unscented and uncolored
- 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