AKjulz
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Gave a go at my first beer soap...epic fail
When I mixed my beer (Very dark oatmeal stout) lye mixture with my oils (both at about 85F) it almost instantly seized. I stick blended for about 3 seconds, turned to grab some clay and bam! Big gooey mess. I stirred it by hand some and added some FO anyway and squished it into column molds. We'll see what happens.
14.5 oz palm
13 oz olive pomace
11.5 oz coconut
4.5 oz castor
2.25 oz each Shea and Cocoa butter
6.6oz lye
13oz stout beer - flat and near frozen
7% superfat
Any comments on what I did wrong? took the photo within 2 min of adding lye to oils with no FO. And it didn't get very hot. But when The lye/beer solution was cooled and I was adding it to the oils it did seem a bit syrupy, don't know if that's normal.
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When I mixed my beer (Very dark oatmeal stout) lye mixture with my oils (both at about 85F) it almost instantly seized. I stick blended for about 3 seconds, turned to grab some clay and bam! Big gooey mess. I stirred it by hand some and added some FO anyway and squished it into column molds. We'll see what happens.
14.5 oz palm
13 oz olive pomace
11.5 oz coconut
4.5 oz castor
2.25 oz each Shea and Cocoa butter
6.6oz lye
13oz stout beer - flat and near frozen
7% superfat
Any comments on what I did wrong? took the photo within 2 min of adding lye to oils with no FO. And it didn't get very hot. But when The lye/beer solution was cooled and I was adding it to the oils it did seem a bit syrupy, don't know if that's normal.
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