So what happens if you just introduce your dry lye directly to the oils, nice and slowly?

[Saltynuts]

I keep reading/hearing that water is only really used to "introduce" the lye to the oils, its not needed for saponification to take place. So I am curious, what if you pour the dry lye into the oil directly, although at a very, very slow rate, while stirring/mixing the whole time?

Thanks!

 

[AliensrReal]

I keep reading/hearing that water is only really used to "introduce" the lye to the oils, its not needed for saponification to take place. So I am curious, what if you pour the dry lye into the oil directly, although at a very, very slow rate, while stirring/mixing the whole time?

Thanks!

Dry NaOH doesn’t dissolve in oils.

 

[Saltynuts]

Wow, so it won't even react at all? Amazing if so.

 

[AliOop]

@AliensrReal is correct - NaOH is not soluble in oils. If it were otherwise, we'd all be skipping the water!

 

[Lion Of Judah]

Where have you been reading that information at Saltynuts ??? you can use other liquids but a liquid is used for emulsion , creating the saponification process of turning a fat into a salt. which creates a soap.