HP Rebatch vegetable oil soap i need some answers to some questions

[jahangir ahmed]

Hi, how are you all
I hope everyone is doing well

I've saw a thread that I need milk to melt the soap cant I not use milk instead I use tallow oil but tallow oil will need saponification?right

Cant I do it without anything just the soap what's the disadvantage of it

Thanks

 

[mx5inpenn]

You don't have to use milk, you can use many liquids, the easiest is water.

You don't want to use an oil unless you are rebatching because it is lye heavy.

 

[jahangir ahmed]

You don't have to use milk, you can use many liquids, the easiest is water.

You don't want to use an oil unless you are rebatching because it is lye heavy.

But the thread said I have to use milk instead of water
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/oven-rebatch-cp.77457/
and cant I do it without adding water or milk and melt it what will happen and does rebatching decreases quality of the soap

 

[lsg]

Just because the thread stated that you have to use milk, doesn't make it so. You can use water to re-batch. I don't think the soap will melt without some form of liquid or glycerin.

Rebatch to transparent "glycerin" soap

 

[AliOop]

Just because the thread stated that you have to use milk, doesn't make it so. You can use water to re-batch.

Agreed. I used milk once for rebatch; never again! It smelled terrible within a week, probably because the milk didn't go through the saponification process when the original soap was made. Now I use water or glycerin, or a combination of those.

 

[mx5inpenn]

But the thread said I have to use milk instead of water
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/oven-rebatch-cp.77457/
and cant I do it without adding water or milk and melt it what will happen and does rebatching decreases quality of the soap

Regardless what someone else does, you *can* use water. If someone made an all veg oil soap in order to be vegan, they can't use milk.

If it's fairly fresh, you can grate it and try melting without added liquid, but it's unlikely to work well. You don't need a lot, but some with make it smoother and easier to remold. Rebatched soaps are still soap, they work like any other. I don't like the look as well, so avoid it whenever I can.