techiemeka
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So I had a bad soap day ... Citric acid added to oils instead of disolved in water first (it burns when melting oil, don't do it) and then a miscalc of the addtl lye needed to counter act the CA (used 1gm CA x 6.24gm lye, instead of the 10 x 6.24 -and yes I do know better) ....
So because a small batch (700gm oils) the transition from oils to rock hard Popsicle on a stick happened almost instantly. I managed to break up the pieces of the 'soap' into shards (it was almost like glass) and then started to rebatch by adding water and the missing CA. I put it all in a pan and in the oven (200'f) for many many hours. Approx 90% of the lye heavy soap disolved but I still have a few shards of the lye heavy soap (easy to notice as it was uncoloured and I had added pink clay to the rebatch mix) that will not dissolve (even when soaking my original mixing pots for cleaning, some of the lye did not dissolve).
I was hoping to save this small batch but now thinking its a waste ... But that aside, what is happening that is causing bits of this lye heavy soap to not dissolve? Curious .... Thx.
So because a small batch (700gm oils) the transition from oils to rock hard Popsicle on a stick happened almost instantly. I managed to break up the pieces of the 'soap' into shards (it was almost like glass) and then started to rebatch by adding water and the missing CA. I put it all in a pan and in the oven (200'f) for many many hours. Approx 90% of the lye heavy soap disolved but I still have a few shards of the lye heavy soap (easy to notice as it was uncoloured and I had added pink clay to the rebatch mix) that will not dissolve (even when soaking my original mixing pots for cleaning, some of the lye did not dissolve).
I was hoping to save this small batch but now thinking its a waste ... But that aside, what is happening that is causing bits of this lye heavy soap to not dissolve? Curious .... Thx.
Or... Maybe test the pH? If it's acidic, then adding a bit more NaOH might help. I'm not about to do the math. LOL NOT my strong suit.
