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okay... I was inspired by Jadiebugs1 reply... and I think we have learned a lessen... I now have good news. So, after reading jadiebugs1 reply I went to the lye tank (which I had now heated to about 150 degree F) and took a long screwdriver and hammer and carefully forced the tip down into...

Let me add, just in case it is not clear, I have a tank with about 10" of liquid siting on top of this hard layer of what appears to be hard white crystal substance. We have the heater on now and are going to bring the temp to about 150 degrees F to see if it helps to break up the layer...

lye soloution problems Paul, I am new to this forum, not to soap making. Sorry about the confusion. To be more specific, we use about a 39%-40% solution (%w/w) of lye to water. We like to supper-fat and this is for an oil mixture that has about a 6% discount. In general a 1/2 batch of...

Hi all, I am a newbie here, so I apologize if I am posting this incorrectly. I encountered a problem recently that maybe someone in this forum may have seen in the past. I mix large amounts of NAOH in a big tank that lasts us about 4 months or so. In the last batch I mixed 50 lbs of...