AVOID THIS MISTAKE when making JADAM Wetting Agent

[@Rob-iy8mi]

Just found you ...using JadAm method this year...good deal keeping making informative videos

[@peligroy2k]

I thought you quit farming!!... good to see you back!!

[@suzannestack7784]

I make pure castille liquid soap for use in my household. This looks exactly like liquid castille soap. I knew I could use it in the garden. Great to see more ways to use it.

[@Jeannette311]

As a soap maker, please use KOH outside and with safety goggles and a mask. I’m definitely going to try this method if I need to!

[@SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

This is key. With a pH of over 10, this is at far opposite side of acid, and can ruin your eyes if splashed (and burn skin). Be safe. Once created, it's great, though.

[@chuckheppner4384]

I appreciate your humility, John. 🙏🏻 "Vulnerability is a wonderful thing. We're all so afraid to be vulnerable in this world." Matisyahu

[@jaymartin85]

Once made, you can use JWA to test future water to see if it's soft enough too. Cabbage and broccoli get attacked the most of most crops. It's good to use 3-4x a week. Or every 3 days. Keep up the good work Jon!

[@nobodyreally]

Just a safety tip when you’re working with potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide. You’re supposed to add this stuff to the water and not the other way around. It’s said to be safer that way. I used an ice bath to help keep the reaction cooler when making soap. Also protective equipment isn’t a bad idea to have on. The stuff gets in your eyes, or on your skin it could burn you or blind you.

[@mariajoseph9916]

I respect your honesty.

[@ecobluefarms223]

Thanks for sharing and keeping us from making same mistakes 🎉

[@miriampletan2847]

I love that you’re showing failures.

[@onLYbyM]

thx john respect!

[@Shawno419]

Just found your channel, great info thanks

[@zacharyking7729]

would adding warm water help it disolve better?

[@camperjack2620]

Mine is real thick right now, like maple syrup. I haven't waited the last day yet, I will check it tomorrow. It would be real nice, if you have a lot of experience with JADAM, if you could make a video on fabricating the water softener like he did in the book.

[@kitchenGardenofficalchannel027]

Nice❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

[@otrotland5377]

wow, great videos, Have you considered using a hose end sprayer like Jerry Bakers?

[@tyflores3779]

I see younused a home depot bucket..would a lowes bucket do the same? Respects 🤙

[@raiseemuphomestead4988]

I made this with rain water, but used your recipe And mine was cloudy as well. Oh well it still works

[@GrapeGrows]

If you drill too hard, it will turn into a white cream. Add a little more water and let it sit for a few days. It will return to normal.

[@ylee9507]

I used distilled water and it turned out, like yours, milky

[@TheRexona1986]

Maybe more oil, less Potassium.

[@GrapeGrows]

If you drill too hard, it will turn into a white cream. Add a little more water and let it sit for a few days. It will return to normal.

[@KiwiBeard2229]

Same here I got 10 liters of milky thick shampoo 😅 I assume it will still work though I'm going to test it anyway, Hate to waste it.

[@andrejofak4787]

Thanks, would't it be easier to make higher potency liqid soap - KOH + canola oil, and add the soap to water when needed? As the rain water is soft and good for soap making it would be good for this aplication too. What do you think?

[@GrapeGrows]

If you drill too hard, it will turn into a white cream. Add a little more water and let it sit for a few days. It will return to normal.

[@SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

Will try this. I think, being in a rush and using a blender, probably didn't help. Going to let it sit. Thanks for that.

[@CannabinaTV]

Nice video, but i really recommend the use of protection equipment like googles, gloves and masks for the fumes.

[@atulagarwal5514]

can we use palm oil instead of canola oil???

[@KiwiBeard2229]

Apparently you can but diff oils require diff amount of Lye and water, some experimentation or research would be advised 👍

[@DuyNguyen-lo2mm]

Can we use large stainless steel cooking pot instead of 5 gallon bucket?

[@Rob-iy8mi]

No aluminum

[@mardirazzberry]

I made hard soap by accident, got nurvous and frustrated, needing 30 gal of water to break it down enough. I have soo much soap. Learning through mistakes 😅

[@TheSamsni]

Mistakenly made hard soap as well and had to use brute force to mash it up into a paste after adding 2 liters of water. Would let it sit for a bit and then add another 6 liters. Hope it turns out ok

[@mardirazzberry]

@TheSamsni Yes, so much soap,using for other things, wash cars, clean outside stuff, even to clean outside carpets. As well as o plants to kill aphids and fungus on Magnolia tree. It's working.

[@SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

I still often end up with it being milky white, and I use the same (same batch) of pure, filtered rainwater every time. It's finnicky.

[@sk8ercory94]

Should have the water in the bucket first

[@josephlarsen]

i'm surprised the water didn't work, since the water from a dehumidifier is basically just distilled water

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Same, I wonder what the difference was? I used a PPM in both a distilled water jug and my dehumidifier water and both were at 0 ppm

[@carlosmontoya2485]

Water was still hard, not soft.

[@macabea4837]

just finished a batch with all components 99 % pure and distilled water and have the same result as yours

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

Same result meaning yours also came out cloudy?

[@GrapeGrows]

If you drill too hard, it will turn into a white cream. Add a little more water and let it sit for a few days. It will return to normal.

[@hawperify]

I think it can also happen if some of the tools you use to make it have mineral deposits. I used a large stainless pot, that I had previously used to boil potatoes for JMS. I had cleaned the pot, but I think there was still some mineral deposits on it. Even with distilled water, that batch came out cloudy and milky. Just made a new batch in a fresh bucket and made sure all other tools didn't have mineral deposits. It's in the final stages now, but is that nice transparent golden color.

[@kdogg071]

AMSR alert 🚨 at 6:51 and 8:05

[@miriampletan2847]

So far, it looks like you’re starting to make soap.

[@JoRoBoYo]

does it work the same? if it work the same i just use tap water. 😂😂😂

[@otrotland5377]

Have you ever had it get hard as a hard bar of soap?

[@kateonianlaw1127]

I mean no disrespect, but this is pretty much just a modification of making liquid hand/dish soap. I am curious with the fancy names associated with the original creators of these products but not their touted efficiency. I understand that there is no ill intentions behind these videos, and I find them interesting, but these are just marketed differently by different names in modern marketplace. This is what I would find equivalent to Ivory dish soap, which is biodegradable, not technically organic in semantics (I am okay with using sparingly in my organic gardening), but something that is very effective in killing insects. When necessary, I usually use 1 Tablespoon to 1 gallon of water of Ivory liquid dish soap to kill wasps that unfortunately were not forced to relocate soon enough and are a present danger to human health. The Ivory solution is very effective dispatcher of all other insects as well. I appreciated the video nonetheless.

[@jarredkushnerd13]

When a label specifies biodegradable do we know how long that process takes? JWA is 5 days

[@kateonianlaw1127]

@@jarredkushnerd13 It is true that commercial labeling does make biodegradable claims as marketing, but I am sure there is some obscure literature on how long it takes for theirs to break down, and with modern scientific research it is also probably behind a paywall. Yet from experience, it seems comparable, but cannot say for certain. I appreciate you sharing the timescale of breakdown as pleasantly informative. I would love to try an adequate comparison in the future when available, but until then thanks for the information.

[@jarredkushnerd13]

@Kateonian Law if you ever want some JWA, let me know. I'll send you some

[@tylerhartley8531]

This formula bio degrades in 3 days. Ivory and dawn take 3+weeks

[@SeanOrfila]

JWA is also known as Dr Bronners Castile Soap, but making JWA is $5-10 for a massive supply! It can be used in garden but also made into soaps, laundry detergent and even toothpaste. You are correct in your assumption, but those companies also borrowed this idea too

[@DrNedu]

You are making soap

[@GlenCollinsHiveMind]

Surly using an inorganic acid like Potassium Hydroxide is not a natural farming method? Spraying that on veg your going to eat can't be good for your inside's 🤷‍♂️

[@Creative_soil]

Sodium hydroxide can be made from hardwood ashes. It's also used in preserving olives.

[@siyabongandlovu]

Potassium hydroxide is not an acid it is a strong base, and you can find it in nature

[@Rob-iy8mi]

It's used for the heating method otherwise commercial made product takes long cook times and big ovens ...the final product is a totally different compound once they are mixed..becomes a natural soap meaning no dyes poisons scents etc. you wash your hands with it ....doesn't harm plants .

[@arnoldbdb3617]

Why he look like that in the cover photo 😂