Hi soapers!
I need some guidance & instruction, here. It involves rebatching castile soap, using goat's milk as the liquid.
I've got a 2.5 pound batch of crockpot castile soap I made about 2 wks ago. I think I overcooked a tiny bit, because the bars are VERY hard -- but they're cracking a little bit. The cracks started when I first cut the bars, & have gotten a bit more noticeable. In fact, some of the cracks run right down the bar of soap, splitting it in half.
I did a 10% SF on this batch. 100% olive oil. No scent, no color.
I've mentioned in another thread that I have alien lizard skin, & it's very annoyed at all soap, even this batch, although it does tolerate it better than other soap.
Because I've heard such great things about goat's milk for skin like mine, I thought I'd try an experiment.
What I'm thinking about doing, is experimenting with half of the batch. I want to rebatch, & add some goat's milk during the cook as my liquid. The kind my store carries is the canned, evaporated, double strength kind -- Meyersberg I think is the brand. The can says to mix with equal parts of water to make it the correct strength for drinking.
I will be using the double boiler method. My crockpot is too big for a 1-pound batch.
What suggestions would you all have? My main questions are:
* how much goat's milk to use for approx 1 pound of shredded soap?
* Do I use it at the double strength that it came in, or should I add equal parts of water?
* Do I heat it first, & then add the shredded soap? Or soap & milk into the pot all at the same time?
* Is there a chance that the milk will sour in the soap if I use it for rebatching like this, & make the soap stink like sour milk??
The original crockpot batch had sugar & salt in it. I probably won't use anymore sugar in this rebatch, although if it gets gloppy & gross on me, I know that the sugar will make it more liquid, so I may have to.
Has anyone ever attempted this before? :shock: Any tips or advice you can share would be very much appreciated. I feel like I'm flying blind here.
I appreciate your help, guys! Thanks!
I need some guidance & instruction, here. It involves rebatching castile soap, using goat's milk as the liquid.
I've got a 2.5 pound batch of crockpot castile soap I made about 2 wks ago. I think I overcooked a tiny bit, because the bars are VERY hard -- but they're cracking a little bit. The cracks started when I first cut the bars, & have gotten a bit more noticeable. In fact, some of the cracks run right down the bar of soap, splitting it in half.
I did a 10% SF on this batch. 100% olive oil. No scent, no color.
I've mentioned in another thread that I have alien lizard skin, & it's very annoyed at all soap, even this batch, although it does tolerate it better than other soap.
Because I've heard such great things about goat's milk for skin like mine, I thought I'd try an experiment.
What I'm thinking about doing, is experimenting with half of the batch. I want to rebatch, & add some goat's milk during the cook as my liquid. The kind my store carries is the canned, evaporated, double strength kind -- Meyersberg I think is the brand. The can says to mix with equal parts of water to make it the correct strength for drinking.
I will be using the double boiler method. My crockpot is too big for a 1-pound batch.
What suggestions would you all have? My main questions are:
* how much goat's milk to use for approx 1 pound of shredded soap?
* Do I use it at the double strength that it came in, or should I add equal parts of water?
* Do I heat it first, & then add the shredded soap? Or soap & milk into the pot all at the same time?
* Is there a chance that the milk will sour in the soap if I use it for rebatching like this, & make the soap stink like sour milk??
The original crockpot batch had sugar & salt in it. I probably won't use anymore sugar in this rebatch, although if it gets gloppy & gross on me, I know that the sugar will make it more liquid, so I may have to.
Has anyone ever attempted this before? :shock: Any tips or advice you can share would be very much appreciated. I feel like I'm flying blind here.
I appreciate your help, guys! Thanks!
