i have been waiting anxiously for my yellow dock powder to arrive and today it finally did! i tried infusing into warmed olive oil and i didn't like what i got. so i sprinkled some in the lye solution.....much better! turned pink right away but then went to an orange tan color. i don't know if i added too much or too little. i was trying to do just one experimental bar.
well about the time i was adding the lye to the oils my daughter informed me i had to go get one of her friends....they were having a party at my house......you know about a watched pot....i told her i would do so after my soap 'gelled'.....well what if i doesn't.....she said, super annoyed that i wasn't dropping everything and running out the door to get her friend
well...i'm not sure if it did ever trace. if it did it was a very light trace. i finally said the H## with it and poured it into it's small tuperware container.
i really don't think it traced....but i guess i'll let it sit until tomorrow and see what happens. one thing is that since i did such a small batch the naoh solution didn't get very hot and i didn't heat the oils up very much either. i think i had it going at maybe 80 deg F. i actually stuck it in the microwave to try to heat it abit...once the lye and oils were combined....i had also added grapefruit seed extract and usually that gives me a fast trace. not this time. i have a feeling the temp was too low and my naoh may not have been enough
oh well, back to the drawing board. once the girls leave. soap making w/ a bunch of teenagers in the kitchen may not be the best idea....
well about the time i was adding the lye to the oils my daughter informed me i had to go get one of her friends....they were having a party at my house......you know about a watched pot....i told her i would do so after my soap 'gelled'.....well what if i doesn't.....she said, super annoyed that i wasn't dropping everything and running out the door to get her friend
well...i'm not sure if it did ever trace. if it did it was a very light trace. i finally said the H## with it and poured it into it's small tuperware container.
i really don't think it traced....but i guess i'll let it sit until tomorrow and see what happens. one thing is that since i did such a small batch the naoh solution didn't get very hot and i didn't heat the oils up very much either. i think i had it going at maybe 80 deg F. i actually stuck it in the microwave to try to heat it abit...once the lye and oils were combined....i had also added grapefruit seed extract and usually that gives me a fast trace. not this time. i have a feeling the temp was too low and my naoh may not have been enough
oh well, back to the drawing board. once the girls leave. soap making w/ a bunch of teenagers in the kitchen may not be the best idea....
