FlybyStardancer
Well-Known Member
So, I made a shaving soap based off of Songwind's soap. Everything seemed to go well.. I added the glycerine up front, but then did DeeAnna's two-step saponification method. I didn't use my stick blender, partly because I didn't feel up to cleaning it afterwards, and partly because I knew it was all fast-tracing oils and lots of added heat. So instead I mixed with a wisk, and then spatulas/spoons during and after the cook.
It took 40 minutes to go zapless. I put some of the batter in two lotion bar tubes, and then made the rest into a very rough log in parchment paper. Set them aside to finish cooling and drying. It's been two days, so I figured I'd go and cut & shape the log into pucks... Only when I opened up the parchment wrapping, the log appeared to ooze pearlescent liquid in places. Any ideas what happened? Should I do anything?
Recipe:
390g Stearic acid (52%)
360g CO (48%)
112g glycerine (15%)
15g citric acid
525g distilled water (for 25% conc.)
143g KOH (80%)
32g NaOH (20%)
22.5g FO (Brambleberry Tobacco and Bay Leaf)
Here's some pictures. And yes, there's a bit of discoloring on the log. That's from my dollar store spoon that I used.
It took 40 minutes to go zapless. I put some of the batter in two lotion bar tubes, and then made the rest into a very rough log in parchment paper. Set them aside to finish cooling and drying. It's been two days, so I figured I'd go and cut & shape the log into pucks... Only when I opened up the parchment wrapping, the log appeared to ooze pearlescent liquid in places. Any ideas what happened? Should I do anything?
Recipe:
390g Stearic acid (52%)
360g CO (48%)
112g glycerine (15%)
15g citric acid
525g distilled water (for 25% conc.)
143g KOH (80%)
32g NaOH (20%)
22.5g FO (Brambleberry Tobacco and Bay Leaf)
Here's some pictures. And yes, there's a bit of discoloring on the log. That's from my dollar store spoon that I used.