ericllucas
Well-Known Member
Hi: I made two batches of soap yesterday morning. They both have 280 ounces of oils in them. One of them still has lye water around the sides of the mold and the other one seemed to separate and has unincorporated fragrance oils. The latter one seemed to trace in about ten seconds - no I wasn't hot soaping or water discounting. My recipes came from SoapCalc, which has never led me astray. I measured carefully and all that. My question doesn't relate to why it didn't turn out. I'm sure I didn't mix them well enough. I just need to rebatch them. I don't have anything big enough to rebatch nearly three gallons of soap (twice). I have a large aluminum pot but there is no way I'm rebatching in aluminum. I need to rebatch each lot separately because the fragrances in each, if combined, are not going to smell nice.
Here are my questions:
1) Can you rebatch in a zinc / galvanized container? I can get a small metal / galvanized trash can and rebatch on my turkey fryer;
2) I'm hesitant to divide the three gallons of soap into, say, thirds and rebatch each portion, because I won't get the free oil / lye ratios right.
I'm open to ideas. What do you think I should do?
Here are my questions:
1) Can you rebatch in a zinc / galvanized container? I can get a small metal / galvanized trash can and rebatch on my turkey fryer;
2) I'm hesitant to divide the three gallons of soap into, say, thirds and rebatch each portion, because I won't get the free oil / lye ratios right.
I'm open to ideas. What do you think I should do?