Coconut and Tallow Soap forgot to melt oils

[sephera]

Hi

I made Coconut and rendered lamb tallow at 0% superfat.

I forgot to melt the oils when I mixed the lye water and fats. Will that be a problem?

It was always in trace I then added sugar. I blended very well. Will I have to rebatch?

I am insulating it to gel it.

 

[Susie]

I don't melt my solid oils first either, it is called the heat transfer method. You add the lye to the water, stir til dissolved, then add that hot mixture to your solid oils, then when they are melted, add that to the liquid oils, and bring to trace.

I do, however, melt my sugar in a bit of hot water(part of the total water called for) and allowing to cool before adding that to the rest of the water before adding the lye.

I think your soap should be fine. Check it often the first few hours, and if it is looking puffy, unwrap quickly to prevent volcano.

 

[sephera]

Okay but my lye mixture was cool before I mixed it. Seems okay it's gelling so it should be fine. Heating up in the box.

 

[Obsidian]

Did your oils melt or was there still chunks? If it didn't melt all the way, you will probably have oily spots in the soap.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Also bear in mind that as you went for a 0% SF (out of interest, why did you go for that?) AND you have blocks of oil, that means that not all of the lye will have been used up - you will have oily spots and lye heavy areas.

 

[sephera]

I did this because I wanted to use it as dish and laundry soap. It was just a small test batch. 180 grams of oil. Just rendered tallow from the roast lamb.

 

[sephera]

Oils didn't melt it stayed a thick trace consistency. I did double boil for 2 mind just stayed thick.

 

[Susie]

I would rebatch in a double boiler, crock pot, or oven. I would not take a chance. As said above, you are going to have oil slicks and lye water separation.

 

[Obsidian]

Yeah, I think rebatching is a good idea. If you ever have something like this happen again, I would switch to HP to finish it off.

 

[sephera]

Can I test it somehow to see whether I need to rebatch or not.

 

[sephera]

This was meant to be a liquid dish soap can I just got to thus step without rematch? http://www.mommypotamus.com/homemade-liquid-dish-soap-recipe/

I think I will rebatch as the grease paper stuck to the soap and didn't readily peel off. Still smells like Lamb Tallow too.


Once I rebatch can I go straight to the adding washing soda and bicarb and add more liquids to my soap to make it a liquid dish soap?

How can you put in a lye excess and then neutralize that with citric acid.

 

[Susie]

Rebatch for safety's sake.

If you ever want to know how to make liquid soap from scratch, we have an awesome forum on that subject, and many of us have favorite dish soap recipes we are happy to share.

 

[sephera]

Hi I rebatched it, it never gelled or went clear or it just when into a white cream soap.