Hi everyone! I have been making soap for 5 years now but not very often, I have made maybe 30-40 batches for friends and family, so still a beginner.
I tried goats milk soap a few times by adding the slushy frozen milk to my lye solution and it turned out well, though a little more scorched than I would have liked. So I decided to try the powdered goats milk method.
I should have read through a few recipes/tutorials first (smh) I know, but I thought I will just add the powdered goats milk to the cooled lye solution, since powdered milk + water = goats milk. It seemed fine, reached a nice trace but after an hour I went to check it and it's completely liquid - like stirring olive oil.
I have never seen this before. I sat down and read through a few recipes and it seems with powdered goats milk people like to add it to the finished, cooked batter. But from a chemical standpoint I don't know why adding it to the lye solution would do this.
I used 80% OO, 10 %CO, 10% grapeseed and 5% tallow, ran it all through Soap calc, with no other ingredients. My crockpot is definitely on, I used distilled water, and measured carefully by the gram. Anyone ever seen this? I would appreciate any insight.
Thanks everyone!
I tried goats milk soap a few times by adding the slushy frozen milk to my lye solution and it turned out well, though a little more scorched than I would have liked. So I decided to try the powdered goats milk method.
I should have read through a few recipes/tutorials first (smh) I know, but I thought I will just add the powdered goats milk to the cooled lye solution, since powdered milk + water = goats milk. It seemed fine, reached a nice trace but after an hour I went to check it and it's completely liquid - like stirring olive oil.
I have never seen this before. I sat down and read through a few recipes and it seems with powdered goats milk people like to add it to the finished, cooked batter. But from a chemical standpoint I don't know why adding it to the lye solution would do this.
I used 80% OO, 10 %CO, 10% grapeseed and 5% tallow, ran it all through Soap calc, with no other ingredients. My crockpot is definitely on, I used distilled water, and measured carefully by the gram. Anyone ever seen this? I would appreciate any insight.
Thanks everyone!