heartsong
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I love this method of soaping because it gives me all the time in the world, even with "drama queen" f/o's. this is a milky way plastic mold, and in order for it to come out in one piece I have found that using mineral oil to completely coat the mold and FORCING GEL afterwards gives nice results...all oils and lye are at room temp, or colder.
this is just a simple "no-frills" family soap, and it takes 24 oz oils to perfectly fill the mold with no extra batter...50% lard, 25% coconut, 20% olive & 10% castor...btw, this soap floats, too...well, it lurks just below the surface.
the night before I melt all my fats together & do my lye...I use a 5% superfat and a 2:1 water/lye mix. I added 1 Tbsp sugar ppo, and reserved an add'l 1 oz ppo canned coconut milk, added after lye is thoroughly incorporated...for 24 oz oil I added 1/8 cup (2 tbsp.) ground slow cooking oats and 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, along with 1-1/2 oz honey f/o, which accelerates like a teenager in a stolen sports car!
I use a $6 electric hand mixer and whip the fats a bit before I add the lye...whip it on low for about 3-4 minutes, this will be like a loose and pourable cake batter...then I add the coconut milk, cinnamon, oats and lastly the f/o...this method gives you all the time in the world to play with colors...I then pour it into the mold, which is on a cookie sheet, gently lift & drop a few times to get rid of any air pockets, cover with cardboard & towels...this sat for 2 hours before I finally placed it on my heating pad on low for about 4-5 hours before complete gel...I set the kitchen timer for 1 hour and check it periodically.
I let it sit for 48 hours, then gently eased the sides away, making sure the corners were moving freely, then turned it over on a cake rack & gently pressed my hand over the middle & it popped out...viola!
thanks for looking!
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this is just a simple "no-frills" family soap, and it takes 24 oz oils to perfectly fill the mold with no extra batter...50% lard, 25% coconut, 20% olive & 10% castor...btw, this soap floats, too...well, it lurks just below the surface.
the night before I melt all my fats together & do my lye...I use a 5% superfat and a 2:1 water/lye mix. I added 1 Tbsp sugar ppo, and reserved an add'l 1 oz ppo canned coconut milk, added after lye is thoroughly incorporated...for 24 oz oil I added 1/8 cup (2 tbsp.) ground slow cooking oats and 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, along with 1-1/2 oz honey f/o, which accelerates like a teenager in a stolen sports car!
I use a $6 electric hand mixer and whip the fats a bit before I add the lye...whip it on low for about 3-4 minutes, this will be like a loose and pourable cake batter...then I add the coconut milk, cinnamon, oats and lastly the f/o...this method gives you all the time in the world to play with colors...I then pour it into the mold, which is on a cookie sheet, gently lift & drop a few times to get rid of any air pockets, cover with cardboard & towels...this sat for 2 hours before I finally placed it on my heating pad on low for about 4-5 hours before complete gel...I set the kitchen timer for 1 hour and check it periodically.
I let it sit for 48 hours, then gently eased the sides away, making sure the corners were moving freely, then turned it over on a cake rack & gently pressed my hand over the middle & it popped out...viola!
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