I posted my saponifications table on here early on for making soaps, if it came to it.

No antibacterials, the very nature of soap is antibacterial. The hydrophobic/hydrophilic makeup of saponins will screw up bacterial cell walls a treat.

For shop work post SHTF, I would recommend GOOP in a gallon container with the pump nozzle, or one of the orange or other citrus based waterless cleaners.

In house, yes, Ivory or one of the other basics. Not having much of a sense of smell, the perfumed stuff is a waste for me. And hand soaps do very well for hair, just sort of drying, so oily hair would be neutralized.

Getting the fair sex to lop off a long lovely mane... you best have excellent relations with the couch for a protracted period, Chief.

The ex and I did make up batches of soap some time past. After they had properly aged and were wrapped in paper, they did fairly well. It seemed to me brown did the best wrap.

Might also consider that soap could be a trade item, too. A years supply would be well worth an oz Ag, to me.

I don't recall what would be useful as a plant soap down in the keys. Out here in the desert, yucca root does an okay job.