So, I tried this as my official (and unofficial) 3rd batch of soap. The first batch I pitched because I overloaded it with preservative and was afraid it would be irritating (it WAS irritating to me! lol) The second batch turned out okay except I over-diluted it following the recipe and it turned out cloudy - I'm assuming from the FO that I used. Those were both the same recipe using full glycerin with the KOH.
I read IL recipe and REALLY liked the dissolve the KOH with water and THEN add glycerin (omgosh - sooo much easier and I wasn't all anxious about whether or not I had dissolved everything!) That recipe was/seemed oh so easy and fast to me.
So? Why am I posting? Because this is only my 2nd somewhat successful batch and I have newbie questions! lol My plan is to store most of the paste in the fridge until I need it since I currently have a plethora of liquid soap. So, I scraped off the bubbly part to make just one bottle and put the rest of the paste in another jar for storage.
And then it begins...
I had my very small (6oz of paste) in a Ball jar in the pan of water to warm up for dilution. Boiled the distilled water/SL mixture and dumped it in, put the lid on the jar with the pan still on the heat but the heat not turned on and waited 15 minutes. I was able to break up some clumps right away (before putting on said lid) and felt confident!
After 15+ minutes, I shook up the soap, readied the stick blender, removed my Ball jar from the pan and ready to stick blend into submission.
Stick blender will not fit in said Ball jar. I have another - different (Braun) stick blender - same deal. At this point my lips are pursed in frustration and disappointment as I pour the soap out of said Ball jar into another container and SB the devil out (or so I thought). It got quite foamy and bubbly so I stuck it back into aforementioned pan o'water and heated it a little. I let everything set overnight expecting it to clear up by morning. You can see by the photo that no, it did NOT submit to the SB and clear up at all, but rather continues in it's foamy goodness, disappointing me all to heck and back.
So, is this only because I scraped the already bubbly stuff off for my 'test' batch? Is it something I did wrong? Just curious at this point. It actually seems like a lovely soap even though it's about 28 hours old.
@IrishLass @DeeAnna @Zany_in_CO
Photo proof!
I read IL recipe and REALLY liked the dissolve the KOH with water and THEN add glycerin (omgosh - sooo much easier and I wasn't all anxious about whether or not I had dissolved everything!) That recipe was/seemed oh so easy and fast to me.
So? Why am I posting? Because this is only my 2nd somewhat successful batch and I have newbie questions! lol My plan is to store most of the paste in the fridge until I need it since I currently have a plethora of liquid soap. So, I scraped off the bubbly part to make just one bottle and put the rest of the paste in another jar for storage.
And then it begins...
I had my very small (6oz of paste) in a Ball jar in the pan of water to warm up for dilution. Boiled the distilled water/SL mixture and dumped it in, put the lid on the jar with the pan still on the heat but the heat not turned on and waited 15 minutes. I was able to break up some clumps right away (before putting on said lid) and felt confident!
After 15+ minutes, I shook up the soap, readied the stick blender, removed my Ball jar from the pan and ready to stick blend into submission.
Stick blender will not fit in said Ball jar. I have another - different (Braun) stick blender - same deal. At this point my lips are pursed in frustration and disappointment as I pour the soap out of said Ball jar into another container and SB the devil out (or so I thought). It got quite foamy and bubbly so I stuck it back into aforementioned pan o'water and heated it a little. I let everything set overnight expecting it to clear up by morning. You can see by the photo that no, it did NOT submit to the SB and clear up at all, but rather continues in it's foamy goodness, disappointing me all to heck and back.
So, is this only because I scraped the already bubbly stuff off for my 'test' batch? Is it something I did wrong? Just curious at this point. It actually seems like a lovely soap even though it's about 28 hours old.
@IrishLass @DeeAnna @Zany_in_CO Photo proof!
