aluminum

I realize that aluminum (Al) spoons and pots are unsuitable for saponification because the Al reacts with NaOH in fresh soap batter. I have a cheap, unused saucepan that I am considering using for advance preparations of some additives (like boiling teas, steeping annatto seeds in oil, etc)...

I made my first batch of soap, I was so careful to follow the recipe exactly as it was shown!! I did not have any parchment paper, so I lined my mold with aluminum foil, and then noticed my soap starting to bubble, and quickly realized that I had done something wrong. I took out the aluminum...

Alright. I made a really stupid mistake. This was my first attempt at making soap, and I poured my soap into an aluminum mold. In all the things I read before I tried to make soap I never saw anything that said there would be a reaction between aluminum and lye! Obviously, I now know that there...