Evaporated Goat milk?

TVivian · Jul 18, 2014

2 weeks ago I made a Bastille recipe using canned evaporated goat milk. My store was out of fresh milk and I spotted the canned kind and since it was already concentrated I figure I could skip the freezing part. I used a 1:1 lye/water solution, added to the oils then put the entire can into the mix. It worked great!.. No burning or weirdness.. Popped it into the fridge and cut in a few days
. Now, 2 weeks or so later the bars smell like perm solution I honestly have early 90's hair salon flashbacks when I smell them! I expected the smell to dissipate, but so far no. I used CC bedtime bath to fragrance and I've never had trouble with it before. Anyone else tried this stuff and gotten stinky soap?

seven · Jul 18, 2014

i've only used fresh and powdered gm, so i can't comment much. i do appreciate the heads up though. i think i'm going to stick with either fresh or powdered

hmlove1218 · Jul 18, 2014

I've used canned goats milk before but I used it half and half with water. Used the water to mix the lye and added the gm at emulation. I didn't notice a stinky smell

Candybee · Jul 18, 2014

I use canned gm for my lye solution and always get that ammonia smell when mixing it. The smell dissapates after a day or two. Never stayed like yours. Perhaps it may mellow out after a longer cure. Don't know. Did you do a water discount? Maybe it just needs more time for the moisture/water to evaporate.

I didn't care for mixing my canned gm in my lye solution so now I only add it directly into my soap batter after I have added my lye. No more ammonia smell. Since I use canned gm I use the water I would use to mix the gm for the lye solution and the concentrated gm straight out of the can goes directly into the batter at light trace.

TVivian · Jul 18, 2014

I didn't water discount. My lye was 9.5 and I mixed with the same amount of water. The canned milk was 10 ounces (I think) and I made up the additional 3.5 ounces I needed for my full liquid amount.

I think I'll stick with the fresh frozen GM method as well. The one I made almost a year ago is still my favorite soap to date!

dixiedragon · Jul 18, 2014

I use the canned milk, but I don't mix it with the lye. I do 1/2 of my liquid water and 1/2 canned milk, then I mix the lye with the milk. I melt my oils, and when they reach 90 or so, I pour the milk into the oils, then pour the lye water into the oils.