KimT2au
You bet they die
Hi all,
I had part of a bag of ice in the freezer and thought I migh as well use it to make a master batch lye solution as it says it is purified water on the bag. I weighed the ice and had 1,342g of ice, measured the same amount of lye into a separate container and started to combine. Now the lye is all mixed in there is some lye that has not dissolved and the solution is cloudy. The lye is fresh as the shop was refilling their shelves when I bought it yesterday. I had just washed up the stainless steel pot so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. It sounds silly but is it likely there could be air bubbles in the commercially produced ice to make it weigh more than the water they have used? I guess I won't know the answer to that one unless I weigh the solution.
What should I do? Strain out undissolved pieces? Add distilled water? Not sure how to proceed.
Kim
I had part of a bag of ice in the freezer and thought I migh as well use it to make a master batch lye solution as it says it is purified water on the bag. I weighed the ice and had 1,342g of ice, measured the same amount of lye into a separate container and started to combine. Now the lye is all mixed in there is some lye that has not dissolved and the solution is cloudy. The lye is fresh as the shop was refilling their shelves when I bought it yesterday. I had just washed up the stainless steel pot so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. It sounds silly but is it likely there could be air bubbles in the commercially produced ice to make it weigh more than the water they have used? I guess I won't know the answer to that one unless I weigh the solution.
What should I do? Strain out undissolved pieces? Add distilled water? Not sure how to proceed.
Kim