kierat
New Member
Hi guys, i have some questions about lye and masterbatching in regards to soap embeds ☻
I always use lye at a 2:1 ratio for a 32oz batch of soap using soap calc and adjusting the lye ratio and then getting my oil values etc. not sure why do this but I believe it was the ratio used in my first recipe last year so I've stuck with it. What are the quality differences often see people talk about a 1:1 lye ratio.
My second question is about masterbatching. I embed soaps into my designs and have been using melt and pour soap for this as I was told it would sweat less. However using CP normally I feel like its a waste for me to buy melt and pour soap when I can create my own CP. This is where my thoughts on masterbatching come in. When normally adding lye to the soap I make sure it is at 50c before adding. Can you add lye when it is fully cold? will it interfere in the soap making? I always see people post about masterbatching a then watering down their master batch etc. It confuses me.
If I masterbatch using 2:1 ratio can I keep this and then use it to make my embeds?
Or can I rebatch soap made to use for my embeds? whats the difference between using melt and pour and grating down a cured bar of CP soap?
I'm looking for the most convenient way to make embeds, for each loaf I want 2 and even using melt and pour it requires a lot of time. Does anyone have any embed making tricks other than owning more moulds ahah.
Thanks in advance ☻
attached is my standard soap recipe. usually I would just do Olive coconut and shea, but now I have been adding palm oil but cant really tell the difference tbh.
I always use lye at a 2:1 ratio for a 32oz batch of soap using soap calc and adjusting the lye ratio and then getting my oil values etc. not sure why do this but I believe it was the ratio used in my first recipe last year so I've stuck with it. What are the quality differences often see people talk about a 1:1 lye ratio.
My second question is about masterbatching. I embed soaps into my designs and have been using melt and pour soap for this as I was told it would sweat less. However using CP normally I feel like its a waste for me to buy melt and pour soap when I can create my own CP. This is where my thoughts on masterbatching come in. When normally adding lye to the soap I make sure it is at 50c before adding. Can you add lye when it is fully cold? will it interfere in the soap making? I always see people post about masterbatching a then watering down their master batch etc. It confuses me.
If I masterbatch using 2:1 ratio can I keep this and then use it to make my embeds?
Or can I rebatch soap made to use for my embeds? whats the difference between using melt and pour and grating down a cured bar of CP soap?
I'm looking for the most convenient way to make embeds, for each loaf I want 2 and even using melt and pour it requires a lot of time. Does anyone have any embed making tricks other than owning more moulds ahah.
Thanks in advance ☻
attached is my standard soap recipe. usually I would just do Olive coconut and shea, but now I have been adding palm oil but cant really tell the difference tbh.