Grannyscandles Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I am making a milk soap and want to add the milk at trace, so I have reduced my water amount by 50% and dissolved the lye in it. It appears cloudy, like it is very dense with lye. Is this gonna be ok? It kinda has a scum on the top of it. I have always used frozen milk and dissolved my lye on it but I am going for a lighter goatmilk bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinInOR Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 It may be OK. The physical limits you have to work with are that a lye solution can only go down to about 50% - ie, equal amount of liquid and lye. So 8 oz of lye, 8 oz of water, and you're about at the limit that NaOH dissolves at. Warmer water might allow more to dissolve. I usually see a bit of "scum" when I do water discounts, but I've only gone down to a 40% solution before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grannyscandles Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 Thanks Robin. I thought it was ok but I wasn't positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I do that when I make my 100% GM soap. Since the canned GM is concentrated, you have to dilute with equal parts water. Instead of diluting, I just leave the milk as is and freeze it. Then I mix my lye with half my normal amount of water. It's a bit more challenging to get that much lye dissolved into that much water, but it can be done with patience!That way, when I'm done, my soap has 1/2 concentrated GM and 1/2 water, or basically, reconstituted GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 P.S. Thanks for reminding me I need to get up off my butt and go make a batch of GM soap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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