There is a post on here somewhere about how I screwed up on my first batch of soap. So I took my recipe and plugged it into several of the online calculators. I followed it using a scale. I first measured my container and then added the ingredients to the container, being sure to account for the original weight of the container, and to add the correct amount of ingredient.
So I made my soap yesterday. It didn't trace very well but I don't have an electric beater so I was doing it by hand...that could be why. It did harden. But this morning when I test it with my PH tape, it is showing very acidic (like off the scale). Is this normal? Did I somehow screw up again?
My recipe was as follows:
12 oz lard
12 oz coconut oil
10 oz vegetable oil
5 oz lye
16 oz water
plus extra virgin olive oil after trace and orange oil for scent.
So I made my soap yesterday. It didn't trace very well but I don't have an electric beater so I was doing it by hand...that could be why. It did harden. But this morning when I test it with my PH tape, it is showing very acidic (like off the scale). Is this normal? Did I somehow screw up again?
My recipe was as follows:
12 oz lard
12 oz coconut oil
10 oz vegetable oil
5 oz lye
16 oz water
plus extra virgin olive oil after trace and orange oil for scent.