Hey all,
Have been having a milk soap making orgy (cm/gm/cream/yogurt/buttermilk) and using aloe juice, from Trader Joes if that makes any difference, as half of the liquid with all of them. My basic recipe - heavy on lard, tallow, OO or avocado - the only "unqualified" hard oil is coconut at b/w 15-20% - is generally pretty slow moving. I guess lard and tallow are theoretically hard oils, but they don't seem to act like it for me, and generally allow lots of time to swirl, add stuff, etc.
It seems, though, like adding the aloe water in a concentrated lye mix to the oils (I add the second half of the water amount as whatever milk I'm using at trace) is making the batter trace a lot faster, even before I add the milks at trace.
Can't figure out if it is the aloe or just the higher lye concentration (which I realize will speed trace by itself, all things considered). As noted, this is happening *before* I add the milks at trace, which of course speeds it up even more. Any thoughts on how to slow things down?
Have been having a milk soap making orgy (cm/gm/cream/yogurt/buttermilk) and using aloe juice, from Trader Joes if that makes any difference, as half of the liquid with all of them. My basic recipe - heavy on lard, tallow, OO or avocado - the only "unqualified" hard oil is coconut at b/w 15-20% - is generally pretty slow moving. I guess lard and tallow are theoretically hard oils, but they don't seem to act like it for me, and generally allow lots of time to swirl, add stuff, etc.
It seems, though, like adding the aloe water in a concentrated lye mix to the oils (I add the second half of the water amount as whatever milk I'm using at trace) is making the batter trace a lot faster, even before I add the milks at trace.
Can't figure out if it is the aloe or just the higher lye concentration (which I realize will speed trace by itself, all things considered). As noted, this is happening *before* I add the milks at trace, which of course speeds it up even more. Any thoughts on how to slow things down?
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