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If it's got sugar, it will massively volcano when you add the lye to it LOL...I made soap out of Mountain Dew and the liquid volume expanded to a LOT . I used the soda as my water, after letting it go flat. It turned bright orange and more than tripled in volume. No smell survived, but talk about bubbles! It was a great soap in the end but whew on the volcano! If I do it again, I'll only sub out maybe half the water for the soda...
I knew there was someone who had done a Mt. Dew soap! Thanks for the heads up about the size increase. I plan to try a small batch with my 1:1 lye solution, not sure if I will do 2 parts soda or only 1 part soda, but regardless I will plan for expansion due to your warning! I appreciate the heads up
Not sure if I will get to it this week - we're still adjusting to back to school this week. I put the whole house on a schedule - last year was chaos with one kid flunking a class because he was gaming instead of doing homework, one kid still wandering the house at midnight, one kid refusing to do his chores, and one kid crying every morning because she was exhausted from everyone else keeping her awake at night. So this year everyone has been told that homework and chores will be done before doing anything else, devices off half an hour before bedtime, and everyone has a bedtime. Last night was lovely, my husband and I read the newspaper together, without interruption, and talked, without interruption. And then we both went to bed before midnight because we were calm and relaxed. This is probably going to cut into my soaping time, but I'm ok with that