how well does lard based soap clean?

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I've wanted to make my own soap for awhile now, but never figured that my Husband would think it was a good idea.  So imagine my surprised joy when today he declares that I should learn how to make soap so we can use up all that lard in the freezer. 
I wanted to stay basic and Cheap so I used the SOapCalc to make a recipe using lard and olive oil. Soap calc tells me that the cleansing aspect of this soap will be only 1 (compared to an ideal 12-22).  Now he's decided we shouldn't waste the time and the ingredients since it wont clean very well..

Does anyone have any experience with lard based soaps and how well they clean??  or anything really cheap and easily obtained to make it clean better??

[MareMare]

Lard based soap cleans just as well as any other soap. I really think that Soap Calc is a good resource, but really for more advanced soapers and you don't need to concern yourself with the numbers right now. I think of all the numbers, the "cleansing" actually has the least meaning. What percentages of lard and olive oil were you considering?

I would just use the MMS 'the sage' soap calculator to figure out your lye and your soap will be great! Don't let the Soap Calc numbers throw you off, I've made soap that should be awesome according to their numbers that is actually good, and soap that shouldn't be very good according to their numbers that is just as good or better!

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Thanks! We went ahead and tried it anyways this weekend and it looks fantastic.  My husband tried the smallest little bit on his hands before we let it dry for at least a week and he was pretty impressed.  He's now totally sold on the whole soap making idea and is already thinking about what to put in the next batch!. 

[MareMare]

Awesome!