jennyannlowe
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Last night I was putting together a recipe and I started but hesitated because i am now unsure. Can someone please look at this and tell me if anything is wrong?
SF 7%
Lye concentration 33%
citric acid 2% plus 9.36g extra lye to compensate.
Sugar 1.5 tablespoons
see pic for recipe details.
I understood that I could add citric acid to my water before i put my lye in at about 2% PPO. In this case its 15g. And that for every 10g of citric acid that i should add an extra 6.24g of lye. If my PPO is 750g, then I understood 15g of citric acid plus 9.36g of extra lye.
and I add sugar to water before the lye at 1 tablespoon PPO.
So I added the citric acid and sugar to my distilled water. When I added the lye...it became yellowish and thicker than ive seen it before. I had planned on adding 15g of sodium lactate to the cooled lye water, but I halted for the night until I could research.
Anything wrong with the process above?
2nd....is it normal to have tiny pieces of debri in my lye water?
Last...the there are a couple of 'luxury oils' I wanted to try out. There on the recipe...i havent used before. Didnt want to use too much, being expensive.
Need insight! Help soapy friends!
thanks!
SF 7%
Lye concentration 33%
citric acid 2% plus 9.36g extra lye to compensate.
Sugar 1.5 tablespoons
see pic for recipe details.
I understood that I could add citric acid to my water before i put my lye in at about 2% PPO. In this case its 15g. And that for every 10g of citric acid that i should add an extra 6.24g of lye. If my PPO is 750g, then I understood 15g of citric acid plus 9.36g of extra lye.
and I add sugar to water before the lye at 1 tablespoon PPO.
So I added the citric acid and sugar to my distilled water. When I added the lye...it became yellowish and thicker than ive seen it before. I had planned on adding 15g of sodium lactate to the cooled lye water, but I halted for the night until I could research.
Anything wrong with the process above?
2nd....is it normal to have tiny pieces of debri in my lye water?
Last...the there are a couple of 'luxury oils' I wanted to try out. There on the recipe...i havent used before. Didnt want to use too much, being expensive.
Need insight! Help soapy friends!
thanks!