Really dumb question but, I'm curious

[MickeyRat]

I read a thread on here discussing an old soap recipe using ammonia. DeeAnna mentioned that ammonium hydroxide can saponify fat just as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide can. Well I and others have noticed that goats milk used in soap at too high a temperature gives off an ammonia smell. Would that be ammonium hydroxide? If so, will it affect the saponification? Told you it was a dumb question.

 

[Obsidian]

Nope, its butyric acid that makes that smell. It in all milks, not just goat.

 

[Misschief]

I read a thread on here discussing an old soap recipe using ammonia. DeeAnna mentioned that ammonium hydroxide can saponify fat just as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide can. Well I and others have noticed that goats milk used in soap at too high a temperature gives off an ammonia smell. Would that be ammonium hydroxide? If so, will it affect the saponification? Told you it was a dumb question.

There is no dumb question. If you don't ask, you won't know.

 

[lenarenee]

Nope, not a dumb question. You wondered about something that I've never seen anyone else on the forum ever wonder about (myself included).

 

[MickeyRat]

Thanks guys. I figured it couldn't be an issue but, I was curious. Now my curiuosity is satisfied.