Thesdelights
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Hi everyone,
I tried to make a coconut milk soap today! I replaced the water 100% by frozen coconut milk.
I took all my time to gently mix in the lye (and kept stirring)! When I was done I went to melt my butter and oils and when I returned (after ~5min) there was a thickkk layer sitting ontop of the lye/coconut milk solution.
I tried by best to break it up with a spoon (picture 2). When both my oils and the lye sultion was ~ 49 C // 120 F I poured the solution through a strainer but it was too thick to go through!
So I decided to scoop it out and blend it with the oils (thinking that its soap that started to form).
After I blended everything (thick trace) I ended up with all those white speckles in the soap batter (picture 5).
Is this soap that started to form? Could this be undissolved lye? Is it normal or should I worry?
I tried to make a coconut milk soap today! I replaced the water 100% by frozen coconut milk.
I took all my time to gently mix in the lye (and kept stirring)! When I was done I went to melt my butter and oils and when I returned (after ~5min) there was a thickkk layer sitting ontop of the lye/coconut milk solution.
I tried by best to break it up with a spoon (picture 2). When both my oils and the lye sultion was ~ 49 C // 120 F I poured the solution through a strainer but it was too thick to go through!
So I decided to scoop it out and blend it with the oils (thinking that its soap that started to form).
After I blended everything (thick trace) I ended up with all those white speckles in the soap batter (picture 5).
Is this soap that started to form? Could this be undissolved lye? Is it normal or should I worry?
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