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[Susie]

Have you tried egg soap?

How do we add egg to soap without curdling?

 

[seven]

How do we add egg to soap without curdling?

soap cool, and pour lil by lil while continually stirring. that's what i do anyway. a while ago, i was adding egg to my beer shampoo bar. it has shea butter in it, so the batter was already warm-ish. almost had scramble eggs

 

[Susie]

And you use the whole egg? Not just the yolk? Has anyone tried mixing it with the liquid oils first?

 

[shunt2011]

I use Goya Coconut Milk too. One of my favorites is Buttermilk. Nice creamy lather. I too use the 50% water/milk method. Dissolve lye in water and add milk to the oils, stick blend and then add lye mixture. Adding sugar is great too. I gel all my soaps and no problems as long as you watch them. May need to uncover to let some heat out. I'll generally just shift the lids on my molds. You can get Avocado oil pretty reasonably if you have a Costco. I love avocado oil in several of my products.

 

[DWinMadison]

Not as "sexy" as the milks, etc... but adding some palm to your recipe would help with the conditioning factor.

 

[DWinMadison]

Question: I have a coupon for flax seed oil. Good for soaping?

 

[Susie]

I would be concerned about the shelf life on flax seed oil.

http://www.soapnuts.com/shelf.html

 

[DWinMadison]

I gel pretty much all of my soaps, besides the salt soaps. I was going to post a picture of the soap tomorrow for DWin. To show him how my great idea on using a hacksaw blade to do the swirl just failed miserably. haha

LOL. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I bent a new, larger wire hanger yesterday and made what I truly believe will be the ugliest soap of my brief but illustrious soaping career.

 

[JustBeachy]

Not as "sexy" as the milks, etc... but adding some plam to your recipe would help with the conditioning factor.

Getting harder to find that "plam" oil though. Ever since the Northwestern Spotted Plam got put on the endangered list, the price has gone through the roof!!

Haha, just kidding ther DWin. I know you meant palm, I just couldn't resist.

 

[DWinMadison]

LOL. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I bent a new, larger wire hanger yesterday and made what I truly believe will be the ugliest soap of my brief but illustrious soaping career.

No. Seriously. like, "Bu++ Ugly" threatened to sue me because I was "giving them a bad name."

 

[DWinMadison]

Getting harder to find that "plam" oil though. Ever since the Northwestern Spotted Plam got put on the endangered list, the price has gone through the roof!!

Haha, just kidding ther DWin. I know you meant palm, I just couldn't resist.

Ouch! Corrected.

 

[OliveOil2]

You can vary the amount of milk you use, 50% is nice, and when I want to use multiple colors and swirls I reduce the amount of milk. Even 20% makes a difference that I notice. Because I use a wooden log mold I gel most of my soaps, and I don't have problems with the milk.
The egg soap is similar to making a sauce, look up 'Temper Sauce' and get directions. I just make sure that I add a little at a time.

 

[Susie]

I am well experienced tempering eggs, I was really more worried about the lye reacting with the protein in the white. I will trust y'all, though.

 

[DWinMadison]

LOL. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I bent a new, larger wire hanger yesterday and made what I truly believe will be the ugliest soap of my brief but illustrious soaping career.

Well, if that don't beat all!

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=50013

 

[cmzaha]

How do we add egg to soap without curdling?

I prefer using whole egg powder which I purchase from Honeyville Farms in 2.25 lb cans. It works great with no issues. Also comes in very handy if you run out of eggs when cooking

 

[girlishcharm2004]

And you use the whole egg? Not just the yolk? Has anyone tried mixing it with the liquid oils first?

Some people just use the yolk. I use the whole egg because I hate trying to find something else to use the egg whites in and don't want to waste it!

I hear that most people temper the egg -- warm the oils, then temper the egg into it, and then add the lye. That seemed like too much work to me. So! I just add the egg to the cold liquid oils and blend it in -- instant mayonnaise. Then I add my solid oils to the pot and slowly warm it up to 100-110F or so until the solid oils are melted. Blend some more. Then I add my coolish lye to it. I don't have a problem with curdled egg. If you've never made it before, it has a green hue and distinct smell; however, both fade with curing.

 

[DWinMadison]

Some people just use the yolk. I use the whole egg because I hate trying to find something else to use the egg whites in and don't want to waste it!

I hear that most people temper the egg -- warm the oils, then temper the egg into it, and then add the lye. That seemed like too much work to me. So! I just add the egg to the cold liquid oils and blend it in -- instant mayonnaise. Then I add my solid oils to the pot and slowly warm it up to 100-110F or so until the solid oils are melted. Blend some more. Then I add my coolish lye to it. I don't have a problem with curdled egg. If you've never made it before, it has a green hue and distinct smell; however, both fade with curing.

So this begs the question, how would actual mayonnaise do in soap? Maybe use it as a superfat?

 

[girlishcharm2004]

So this begs the question, how would actual mayonnaise do in soap? Maybe use it as a superfat?

Do you know how to make mayonnaise? It's *about* 1 cup oil to 1 egg yolk with up to 2 TBS of an acid like vinegar or lemon juice. Unless you get your mayonnaise from a health food store, it's most likely going to have a preservative of some sort.

Hellmans/Best Foods makes mayonnaise, Kraft does not (at least the last time I checked the ingredients).

I wouldn't know how to calculate an accurate outcome. The egg yolk would add to lather, while the canola oil would saponify/superfat, and the vinegar will neutralize some of the lye into sodium acetate thereby increasing the superfat even more -- too much, and it'll undo your whole soap!

I don't even know how the preservatives affect those with skin issues.