rupertspal42
Well-Known Member
Ok so last night was almost a bust.. but I think I saved the soap mix... I hope atleast... i'm not for sure what I was doing wrong so i'm going to explain the previous night and last night and can someone please help me figure this out?
Thursday Night: I mixed the lye and water together, it was a small amount for the size I was making not a lot of commotion with the reaction but it did get hot so I kept it on the stove so it didn't burn the counter or anything.
Friday night: Total disaster - three times in a row - I was making a 5 pounder batch, and I followed the amount of lye and water I recieved from the SoapCalc website. The reaction was horrible, we had to open all the doors (windows in the kitchen were already open) and then we had to evacuate the building while I ran more water on the chemical reaction gone horribly wrong so it would stop trying to burn everything in site. This happened three times and the third time I even watched a few videos to make sure that I WAS doing it right.. I still can't figure out what the heck was going on... was it because it was a bigger amount of lye and water? but there was still more lye then water- so i'm still a bit puzzled..
please help me figure this out because i'm losing my mind over this!! :cry: :cry:
Thursday Night: I mixed the lye and water together, it was a small amount for the size I was making not a lot of commotion with the reaction but it did get hot so I kept it on the stove so it didn't burn the counter or anything.
Friday night: Total disaster - three times in a row - I was making a 5 pounder batch, and I followed the amount of lye and water I recieved from the SoapCalc website. The reaction was horrible, we had to open all the doors (windows in the kitchen were already open) and then we had to evacuate the building while I ran more water on the chemical reaction gone horribly wrong so it would stop trying to burn everything in site. This happened three times and the third time I even watched a few videos to make sure that I WAS doing it right.. I still can't figure out what the heck was going on... was it because it was a bigger amount of lye and water? but there was still more lye then water- so i'm still a bit puzzled..
please help me figure this out because i'm losing my mind over this!! :cry: :cry: