What do you think would happen?
In my case, it pretty much instantly turned to a crumbly mess. If I'd been trying to bring together a pie crust, it would have been awesome. As a soap, not so much.
What do you think would happen?
In my case, it pretty much instantly turned to a crumbly mess. If I'd been trying to bring together a pie crust, it would have been awesome. As a soap, not so much.
Mine went almost the same way, anywhere the lye hit the oils it went opaque and gloopy almost instantly, but after a bit of stirring and squidging with the spatula it looked almost like apple sauce, but started to separate very quickly. I set about it with my stick blender in short bursts for about 10 minutes and it all came together quite nicely. I delayed putting it in the oven for 10 minutes just to see what would happen and it seemed to stay emulsified ok, like a really thick custard. It would take a more patient man than me to CP it though, I guess with all KOH it would take ages.
songwind - thanks so much for sharing your experience with this. I noticed on the B & B forum the original poster said he might cook his second batch longer than he did the first. Did you find 90 minutes to be about right or did it take longer? Was the crockpot on low or high?
Also, did you read on the other forum where the poster suggested making the soap unscented, shredding it, spritzing on essential oil, then packing the soap into PVC, then slicing into bars? I just can't imagine this working without reheating the soap, but I do think I might try it. I hope Lindy will see this and stop by to give her opinion about this. If I am remembering correctly, Lindy (genius that she is!) does make her shaving soap unscented, grates it, then custom blends scents to customer's specifications. I think, though, that she heats the mix before pouring it. I guess I could PM her with my questions or start a new thread, which I will do if she doesn't stop by. I'm not interested in custom blending anything for customers (what customers???), I just am interested in the possiblity of using a little bit less essential oil than I would have to use if I put it in the crockpot with the original batter.
Hi Songwind, do you know where the person you got the recipe from found out that the MdC was all coconut and stearic? Im going to try it to recreate for someone who has used MdC and loved it, but i just looked on a site of theirs that was translated to english and on it they say they use olive and coconut. Do you know if they have multiple base formulas and maybe I missed it? I have no way of getting my hands on a pot to check the label myself. http://www.savonnerie-martin-de-candre.com/index.php?id_product=632&controller=product&id_lang=1
I did a small batch (8 oz). 52% stearic acid, 48% coconut oil, saponified with KOH. I added 1.5 tablespoons of glycerin after it was done cooking, along with 1/4 oz of essential oils: 2/3 lemon & bergamot, 1/3 rosemary.
BEAUTIFUL LATHER!! Would you have the same skin drying issues with such a high % of CO that gets warned about in CP (or HP, using NaOH)?
And where was your good friend Phil in all of this drama and excitement???
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