hi, i just made my first batch today...
i didn't have a stick blender so what i did was attach a long wooden spoon to a heavy-duty Milwaukee drill .
oils:
5oz lard
20oz canola
5oz almond
12oz coconut
25oz extra virgin olive oil
9.116 oz lye
22.11oz (water+ginger tea)
the water and ginger tea mixture turned light yellow when i mixed in the lye
i melted all the oils together on the stove and mixed got it to around 103 degrees
mixed in the lye solution into the oil and it instantly became cloudy...
mixed it with my spoon on a drill and it started getting thick and soupy...changed color to a pale pale yellow. I mixed for about an hour...slowly and on full speed, battery died...i switched and kept going.
i got pissed and poured it into the mold and went to bed...woke up and the it was a beige color and the top was a thick oily layer..
i read up on it and it said that my lye maybe have been on the light side.
the soap was nowhere near firm it was basically what i imagined trace to be (like custard), i could draw in it. (remember this is after say...8 hours)
so i scooped everything out of the molds put it in a crock pot, and cooked it up, i then added 3 more oz of lye + 7oz of water mixture to the crock pot stirred (this time i could really trace...like i dribbled the spoon in the pot and the drops stayed on the surface of the mixture...i then poured everything back in the molds and set it...its 8 hours later...and the soap has no thin oily layer, but is not hard yet...it has the consistency of cheesecake.
is everything okay? should i just let it cure for a full 8 hours. or should i recook it and add a little more lye?
i didn't have a stick blender so what i did was attach a long wooden spoon to a heavy-duty Milwaukee drill .
oils:
5oz lard
20oz canola
5oz almond
12oz coconut
25oz extra virgin olive oil
9.116 oz lye
22.11oz (water+ginger tea)
the water and ginger tea mixture turned light yellow when i mixed in the lye
i melted all the oils together on the stove and mixed got it to around 103 degrees
mixed in the lye solution into the oil and it instantly became cloudy...
mixed it with my spoon on a drill and it started getting thick and soupy...changed color to a pale pale yellow. I mixed for about an hour...slowly and on full speed, battery died...i switched and kept going.
i got pissed and poured it into the mold and went to bed...woke up and the it was a beige color and the top was a thick oily layer..
i read up on it and it said that my lye maybe have been on the light side.
the soap was nowhere near firm it was basically what i imagined trace to be (like custard), i could draw in it. (remember this is after say...8 hours)
so i scooped everything out of the molds put it in a crock pot, and cooked it up, i then added 3 more oz of lye + 7oz of water mixture to the crock pot stirred (this time i could really trace...like i dribbled the spoon in the pot and the drops stayed on the surface of the mixture...i then poured everything back in the molds and set it...its 8 hours later...and the soap has no thin oily layer, but is not hard yet...it has the consistency of cheesecake.
is everything okay? should i just let it cure for a full 8 hours. or should i recook it and add a little more lye?