I just tried to make my first soap batch. Let's just say it was a big disaster.
I had all of the precautions taken down about lye safety. The first disaster was I breathed in some fumes by accident several times and coughed a little bit. I was sitting next to the back door with the door opened letting air in so it would be more ventilated while I did this. Once I started coughing I also opened the front door. Could any damage be done to be health since I breathed in the fumes?
Then I measured my ingredients the oils and the lye. Here is what I did and maybe someone can tell me what I did wrong.
1. I poured all of the oils in one bowl and heated it up in the microwave to 115 degrees.
2. I filled a glass jar half way with cold tap water and added the lye and mixed it well.
3. The oils were 110 degrees and the lye mixture was 100 degrees.
4. I started mixing and then remembered the water I did not have distilled water and so I used rainwater that was about a week old.
5. I started using a stick blender and did not see a change in the mixture's thickness so I used a wire whisk. No change. Finally I gave up.
Here is the recipe I used that I created with a lye calculator:
Canola Oil 3 oz.
Castor Oil 2 oz.
Coconut Oil 8 oz.
Lye 2.24 oz
Liquid (Rainwater) 4.95 oz
I saved the mixture in a bowl and have it covered up outside where no person or animal can get to it. Is there any way of saving it?
If anyone can tell me what I did wrong I would appreciate it.
I had all of the precautions taken down about lye safety. The first disaster was I breathed in some fumes by accident several times and coughed a little bit. I was sitting next to the back door with the door opened letting air in so it would be more ventilated while I did this. Once I started coughing I also opened the front door. Could any damage be done to be health since I breathed in the fumes?
Then I measured my ingredients the oils and the lye. Here is what I did and maybe someone can tell me what I did wrong.
1. I poured all of the oils in one bowl and heated it up in the microwave to 115 degrees.
2. I filled a glass jar half way with cold tap water and added the lye and mixed it well.
3. The oils were 110 degrees and the lye mixture was 100 degrees.
4. I started mixing and then remembered the water I did not have distilled water and so I used rainwater that was about a week old.
5. I started using a stick blender and did not see a change in the mixture's thickness so I used a wire whisk. No change. Finally I gave up.
Here is the recipe I used that I created with a lye calculator:
Canola Oil 3 oz.
Castor Oil 2 oz.
Coconut Oil 8 oz.
Lye 2.24 oz
Liquid (Rainwater) 4.95 oz
I saved the mixture in a bowl and have it covered up outside where no person or animal can get to it. Is there any way of saving it?
If anyone can tell me what I did wrong I would appreciate it.
