Cherry Bomb
Well-Known Member
So last night before I left for Zumba class I put all of my supplies together to make a nice large (4 pound) batch of Lavender/Peppermint EO soap. I did everything except mix my lye water and weigh my oils. I didn't want loose lye laying out while I was not home. I arrived home around 7:45 pm, cooked dinner, cleaned up, called my mom, and then started mixing my lye and water and weighing my oils. Well in the middle of weighing my oils my scale died so I had to replace the batteries. Frustrating. I weighed everything in grams and then away I went. While I was cleaning up my forehead started itching. I was trying to rub my arm across my forehead and unknowingly my glove touched it instead or my arm and guess what? I now have lovely lye burn right in the center of my forehead. This just goes to show that even when you are being careful mistakes you don't consider will happen. Well, this afternoon I learned two things. ONE: I am a ding bat and didn't consider that my actual 4 pound batch was much more than 4 pounds because I didn't count the water/lye aspect lol. Lesson learned. TWO: I just received the biggest zap of my life. I mean literally! So this just tells me that my poor batch is extremely lye heavy. I am not sure what I did wrong. I ran my numbers through soap calc, printed the recipe, and followed what it said on the sheet. Here are my numbers:
Superfat 8%
Water 689 g
Lye 239 g
Apricot Kernal Oil 5% or 91 g
Cocoa Butter 7% or 127 g
Coconut Oil, 76 deg 20% or 363 g
Olive Oil 43% or 780 g
Shea Butter 25% or 454 g
I added 4 tbsp Kaolin Clay
Purple Coloring (didn't really measure)
1 ounce ground lavender buds
Don't yell at me but here was my EO totals: They are on the high side
I did a 2:1 ratio
Lavender EO 68 g
Peppermint EO 26 grams
Surely I didn't measure my lye and water amount the same. I think that I may have been a little tired. UGH!!! I thought I was ready for a larger batch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not know where my calculations went wrong. Should I crockpot rebatch? It is still too soft to grate. :yawn:
Superfat 8%
Water 689 g
Lye 239 g
Apricot Kernal Oil 5% or 91 g
Cocoa Butter 7% or 127 g
Coconut Oil, 76 deg 20% or 363 g
Olive Oil 43% or 780 g
Shea Butter 25% or 454 g
I added 4 tbsp Kaolin Clay
Purple Coloring (didn't really measure)
1 ounce ground lavender buds
Don't yell at me but here was my EO totals: They are on the high side
I did a 2:1 ratio
Lavender EO 68 g
Peppermint EO 26 grams
Surely I didn't measure my lye and water amount the same. I think that I may have been a little tired. UGH!!! I thought I was ready for a larger batch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not know where my calculations went wrong. Should I crockpot rebatch? It is still too soft to grate. :yawn: