Soap Pot Weekend: Memorial Day

[Val]

I looked at the soap calcs 3 of them .... at Soap calc I entered 40% lye content and looked at the water amt and the lye. I then did it at just a 33% water ... looked at the water and lye .... and used the Calc at MMS entered the info and looked at what it gave. Then I used the SoapSheet that I downloaded. Each gave different water. The lowest was 8.108 oz that was the 40%. I thought that was way too little considering the other two came up with 14 oz but low as 10 oz. So I used 11.6 oz.

I think I could have used more water and very glad I did not use the 8 oz LOL

Traced quickly..... didn't even get to use my stick blender but about 10 seconds total. LOL Poured it up at like a med trace due to thinking I could stir it down some with a spoon. NOT I did not have the SB where it could draw air but I did notice bubbles in it. Tried to use the spoon to get rid of them but I doubt I got them all. So I am expecting to have Swiss cheese type soap when it hardens enough to cut. Which could be Tomorrow LOL

Val

 

[SimplyE]

I have been on withdrawals! I just finished an orange coffee kitchen and a bastille. Tomorrow, I don't know. Probably facial with clay and some lip balm and body butter...waiting to get some zinc in, though. Will probably wait on lip balm til zinc comes in.

 

[ChrissyB]

40% lye solution is your lye amount multiplied by 1.5

 

[Val]

yes soap calc came up with 8.108 and lye amount of 5.405 Lye for a 5% SF. I didn't want to use that small amount of water. So went with the higher #s. Someone had said 2:1 is the least you should go.

Not taking any chances LOL

Val

 

[Bigmoose]

I am going to make a liquid beer shower gel this afternoon but my big project is making new labels for 75% of my soaps.

Bruce