Kate Goodhart
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Cold process. Did my second wine batch yesterday. Did everything exactly as I did the first time , and the first batch turned out perfect.
I've been using the same oil/lye recipe all along, only I change the liquid to either milks, beers, wines, Etc
Everything yesterday was identical to the first wine batch. Alcohol was boiled off, wine was frozen, lye added to the Frozen wine, soap at 88 degrees lye mixture, 87° oil mixture. Froze for the first 4 hours. No colorants, fragrance, or sodium lactate added.
I noticed last night that there were beads of liquid on top of the mold. Never had that happen before! Wiped them off and went about my business. Just unmolded and there is a sizable layer of liquid at the bottom of the mold, and beads on the sides. The loaf is hard with no soft spots, or cracks. No soda ash either.
Any ideas what happened here??
Guessing many of the answers will be wait and see how this soap cures, and of course I will do that. I am guessing that since the oils are intact, the soap will be safe to use, but the leaching his got me quite confused.
I guess I should add, the liquid is the color of the wine / lye mixture. Wiped it off bare-handed and touched it and did not get burned, so it's liquid with no lye.
I've been using the same oil/lye recipe all along, only I change the liquid to either milks, beers, wines, Etc
Everything yesterday was identical to the first wine batch. Alcohol was boiled off, wine was frozen, lye added to the Frozen wine, soap at 88 degrees lye mixture, 87° oil mixture. Froze for the first 4 hours. No colorants, fragrance, or sodium lactate added.
I noticed last night that there were beads of liquid on top of the mold. Never had that happen before! Wiped them off and went about my business. Just unmolded and there is a sizable layer of liquid at the bottom of the mold, and beads on the sides. The loaf is hard with no soft spots, or cracks. No soda ash either.
Any ideas what happened here??
Guessing many of the answers will be wait and see how this soap cures, and of course I will do that. I am guessing that since the oils are intact, the soap will be safe to use, but the leaching his got me quite confused.
I guess I should add, the liquid is the color of the wine / lye mixture. Wiped it off bare-handed and touched it and did not get burned, so it's liquid with no lye.