Recent content by Cindy

Sorry, I did add the lye to the water...just a typo mixup

Well, yesterday I added my water to my lye, and got distracted. Some of the lye got dissolved, but there was a huge chunk on the bottom. I put the dissolved lye in a separate bowl and broke up the chunk into smaller chunks and slowly mixed it into the dissolved lye. I thought I had it all...

Yes, I'm using water to make the master batch. I'm using a 1:1 ratio, so 12 oz of lye with 12 oz water. My recipe calls for 12 oz lye and 32 ounces of liquid (water or gm). I'm measuring out 24 ounces of the master batch solution and I add 20 ounces of milk to my oils.

I've been making GM soap for 15 years and I've rarely had a problem. Recently, I started trying a master batch lye solution and I've had nothing but problems. This last batch I made has a very thin, damp, oily crystal layer on top. It definitely zaps!! I just made the soap 2 days ago and...

So, before I used the master batch lye, I rarely had sweaty soap when I took the blanket off of them. (still in the loaf). Now, every batch I make is sweaty. The zap test is negative, it does reabsorb after a week. I have a 7.5% superfat recipe. What's happening? Addl. info: my recipe...

I got a beautiful batch! No scorching, a little slow to trace (but that's OK), and even tried a new scent!

I made my master batch of lye 50/50%. I'm unsure of temperature. I will be adding it to my oils and GM. What temp should my oil/gm mixture be at? Do I keep the lye at room temp? Thank you!!