rebatch questions

[rob]

hi. I tried to search for rebatching methods, but the search feature on this otherwise excellent forum leaves much to be desired. Anywho, I've got a huge pile of little soap chips sitting around, and i'm thinking i'd hate to waste all of those materials. so, the way i see it, maybe i can put those itty bitty chips into my next batch?

I'm not looking to make flawless soap yet. I'm still buried deep within the learning process. I just wanna conerve stuff. So, what do i do, exaclty? My impression, from the stuff i have read, is that i need to make a new batch, and add the tiny wasted chunks to the batch at some point. at what point? Do i add any extra lye and/or water for the old stuff, or do i just calc out a new batch, and put the old chunks in at some point during the process?

As you've probably gathered, i'm 98% clueless, so any help would be super-appreciated

-rob

 

[krissy]

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/forum/vi ... hp?t=11502
this should help

 

[rob]

that certainly does help, but i still need to know when i add it to the next batch, and whether or not i take the old soap into account when figuring out my lye/water needs...


thanks
-rob

 

[Lindy]

Hey Rob - nope you don't have to take the oldsoap into account for your lye or water - you do however need to figure it out in your weight for the size of your mold. What I mean here is that you are going to be adding bulk here with the old soap chunks or however you are going to do it so be prepared for that. You can also check in the Soap Making Tutorials for rebatching tutorials....

Have fun.....

 

[xraygrl]

2/3 of new soap base, add 1/3 weight of old soap chunks.

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

Rob, check this out:

http://soapmakingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9267&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

 

[rob]

thanks, all, for the tips/links

I just bought a buttload of olive oil, and i've got more lye on order, so i'll likely rebatch quite soon.

-rob