Well, I decided to try it. Not sure I can get pictures to show so I'll do info post first.
I did not boil it or anything, just used the Throwback version as the water. Throwback has real sugar instead of corn syrup. I waited for it to flatten and used it at room temp (70 F right now). I fully expected a lye volcano...and I got one! When I added the lye, no issues at first....it did get some sediment at the bottom and turned brown. When I moved it to the safe area and stirred, after the third stir it expanded to 4x its volume in half a second flat!!! The pitcher has 8x the volume so no overflow-use a big pitcher for this! Turned dark brown and smelled BLECH. Worse than using coffee as water.
After mixing it into the oils (lard based recipe) the smell was much much better, almost a honey smell. The sugars carmelized I'm assuming from the color so it kinda was honey. No issues during the HP cook or pour at all. Soap is a dark brown color, will update after it cools down. I scented with lemongrass but the straight smell was similar to unscented oatmeal/honey soap.
Now to wait and see how it lathers!
I did not boil it or anything, just used the Throwback version as the water. Throwback has real sugar instead of corn syrup. I waited for it to flatten and used it at room temp (70 F right now). I fully expected a lye volcano...and I got one! When I added the lye, no issues at first....it did get some sediment at the bottom and turned brown. When I moved it to the safe area and stirred, after the third stir it expanded to 4x its volume in half a second flat!!! The pitcher has 8x the volume so no overflow-use a big pitcher for this! Turned dark brown and smelled BLECH. Worse than using coffee as water.
After mixing it into the oils (lard based recipe) the smell was much much better, almost a honey smell. The sugars carmelized I'm assuming from the color so it kinda was honey. No issues during the HP cook or pour at all. Soap is a dark brown color, will update after it cools down. I scented with lemongrass but the straight smell was similar to unscented oatmeal/honey soap.
Now to wait and see how it lathers!