Oat milk soap

[eleraine]

I just used 100% oat milk as my liquid and got a glob...more like cookie dough.

Wish I did a search on this forum and saw IrishLass's comment before doing this whole thing. But I chalk it up to experimenting. Will see if I get soap in the end (it was light trace when I poured it into the mould and is slowly starting to thicken up - is behaving just like my breastmilk soap).

If not, I'll just refine the recipe again.

 

[Fragola]

What was the glob ? The milk mixed with lye or the traced soap batter ?

 

[eleraine]

@Fragola, the glob was the lye and milk. I think my soap has lots of undissolved lye in it as when I took a peek at the soap earlier today, it had this funky lye smell. Will check later to see if it zaps.

UPDATE: Unmolded and I didn't like what I saw - very uneven, lots of flakes here and there. It tasted like soap but I didn't like it or the smell so I chucked it out. Will be attempting this again later today but with some changes to the recipe. I'll update this thread once it's done.

 

[Fragola]

Thinking about it, I would dissolve the lye in water and add powder oat milk (which in fact is oat flour ).

 

[eleraine]

Okies, I tweaked the recipe - used 20% oatmilk (the remaining 80% is water for the lye) and added after I mix the lye with the oils. It was well-behaved, no hiccups and I also soaped at a lower temp - 35 C. This is the loaf while it's saponifying - it has been three hours and no insulation or any sign of gelling.

Btw, that's granulated brown sugar on the top.

All in all, I had fun learning from this mistake batch.

 

[Padamae]

I have to say I love the color. And second I know it is a bit off topic but what mold are you using. I am really looking at buying one but there are many brands and I am confused by which is best.

 

[eleraine]

It's the milk loaf from Cafe de Savon (Japanese) and is acrylic. Am thinking of getting another (longer one so that I can do bigger batches without changing the width of the bar) but am still looking around.

 

[Maythorn]

It's really pretty but I think I would still add the oat milk to the oils instead of adding lye to it. I hate bad smells, weird reactions and any hitch like that would throw me for the whole cold process event. :wink:

 

[Seventeen Soaps]

I have never used oat milk in my soaps but I have a question about the oat milk you are using...does it contain oil? The oat milk available here (in Australia) has oil in the ingredients so if the oat milk you are using also contains oil that would explain the cookie dough effect when mixing the lye.

 

[eleraine]

@gratia, it's unlined - you don't have to line acrylic moulds.

@Seventeen Soaps - I made my own oat milk. It's just water and oats, and you blend it together before straining.

Here's a picture of my soap - the second time around. No changes to the colour during cure, is a little soft after 24 hours (normal with honey and castor oil but it is hardening well now) so this recipe is a keeper!

 

[Padamae]

I love the finished pictures. I need to take more pictures of mine.

 

[Seventeen Soaps]

Oh I had no idea, thank you I might try making some oat milk

Soap looks great too!!

 

[jujubean]

I love oat milk soap. It is really great for people with skin issues!!

 

[Fran2]

Hi, I am a new soaper. I tried to make my own oatmilk for my soap. When I put the oat milk in the lye I did get a glop. I did insulate the soap which after reading this post maybe I should not have not insulated. It has a funky smell, was very, very soft when I cut it. I am going to throw it out.

Would it be too much to ask how I can manage to get the oat milk in my soap. I read this, but not quite sure what you added after you mixed the lye with the water.

Also, what is the difference between gelling and not gelling. Is this soap gelled?

I tweaked the recipe - used 20% oatmilk (the remaining 80% is water for the lye) and added after I mix the lye with the oils. It was well-behaved, no hiccups and I also soaped at a lower temp - 35 C. This is the loaf while it's saponifying - it has been three hours and no insulation or any sign of gelling.

 

[soapcakes]

Hi Fran2, I'm not the person you quoted, but I have made oat milk and can share with you what I did

I chose not to use 100% oat milk for the liquid, because I read it could turn into a glob too.
Instead, I used 1/2 of the water called for to mix with the lye, and then I added the other half of the liquid as oat milk, which I added to the oils at the same time as the lye water. I didn't insulated mine, but it still gelled anyways (probably because 50% of the liquid used was oat milk)

There is a picture of the soap on my blog here: http://oilandbutter.blogspot.ca/2012/07/oat-milk-soap.html

 

[Pepsi Girl]

I had no idea what oat milk was, in fact I first thought it was a typo (goat milk) So thanks for putting in your "oat"milk recipe I will be trying it. Your soap is beautiful!
Love the color!

 

[Fran2]

Thank you for your answer. So I will ty 1/2 the oat milk and 1/2 water to lye? What do I do with the rest of the goat milk, the reciepe called for 3 cups of oat mike. You soap came out beautiful. I have been trying so many recipes some come up good, some others not so good.

 

[soapcakes]

Hi Fran2, thanks you for the compliment

Yes, for instance, if your recipe called for 15 ounces of liquid, you would mix 7.5 ounces of water with your lye, and set aside 7.5 ounces of oat milk to add into your oils at the same time as your lye water.

Which recipe calls for 3 cups of oat milk? Do you mean you think you will have some oat milk left over? If so, I just froze the leftover oat milk in ice cube trays for future use, I'll just thaw it and add it the same way again next time. Hope that helps!

 

[Fran2]

the receipe I got was from www.soap-making-resource.com It called for 3 cups of Oat Milk. Is that too much? What amount should I be using for a 5 lb batch of soap?

Also, so whatever amount you tell me to use, I use half in the lye solution itself and the rest pour into my oils?

My next questions would be how hot should the oils be when pouring the oat milk into it?

 

[soapcakes]

Hi Fran2, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. The method they use for their oat milk is different than what I did. I used 4 cups of water + 1 cup of oats and let it soak overnight in the fridge, then I blended it and strained it through cheesecloth. I posted the recipe I used here: http://oilandbutter.blogspot.ca/2012/07/oat-milk-recipe.html I should have measured how much oat milk I got out of it, but I'm pretty sure it would have been close to enough for a 5-lb batch. I only used a small portion of the oat milk for my 1.5-pound batch, and I froze the rest to use at a later time. 5 pounds is a large batch to make for the first one, are you able to reduce your recipe at all?

It might be easier if you post your recipe, and then I could tell you what amounts I would use

I don't take temperatures when I soap, so I can't help you there unfortunately. I soap with my oils at room temperature and hot lye. I added the room-temperature oat milk once the soap had reached light trace.