Teach Soap

I've been working on my Milk/Lye portion of the soap today, and concentrating so hard on that made me forget to add the Lard to my soap. Oops!

I assume it will be Lye heavy now?

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Most likely, but you can rebatch with the missing ingredient.

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Irena
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To do that, I just grate it, melt it down, add the lard and then re-poor into the mold?

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Grate it with gloves, heat it, get it to the mashed potatoes stage, then add your lard. Mix really, really well. You won't be able to pour; more like glop into your mold.

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Irena
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I've decided not to worry about rebatching since it was such a small test batch anyway. My main focus was getting the milk/lye mixture right so that I didn't get spots. And guess what - NO SPOTS!

Interesting thing though - I've pulled it out of it's mold. It was a mold with lots of individual soap bars, so although it was still a bit soft, it came out ok. Funny though was it cut b e a u t i f u l l y. Like, amazingly beautifully. Cutting the soap bars up to check for spots, my cutter slid straight in, the soap slid straight off. No tackyness at all.

So 1 - No Spots. Yay!
And 2 - It cut up SO nicely! It's like the perfect soap I have been aiming for, but better!
Lastly 3 - Slight zap. lol. I licked the soap. I wouldn't say ZAP. More like "tee hee that tingled".

I immediately thought "maybe I just omit the lard all the time?!", but then my recipe would just be Goat's Milk, Olive Oil, Castor (tiny amount), Sweet Almond (tiny amount), Coconut Oil, Beeswax (1%).

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What % was the lard supposed to be?

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Lye heavy soap will normally cut easily, unless it's way lye heavy; then it will crumble.

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Irena
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Just trash it and chalk it up to experience. Here's a thought for you. I have my recipes in clear plastic covers. I have a water soluble marker that I tick off the ingredients as I go. Once done, I wipe off the markers from the top of the plastic sheet and I'm good to go for next time.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Yeah, will trash it hehe.

Normally I don't forget ingredients. I was just concentrating so hard on the Milk/Lye solution after reading more info about how to get it right, that it happened this time.

But that's a good idea!

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Silly Coolah! Kind of reminds me of the time my sister and Nanna made a carrot cake and forgot the carrots!

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~~Heather~~
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Or the time my dad made pound cake and forgot the flour!

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Linda
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Coolah - Your blog gives me the Grins every time I check it.

I love Coolah's blog!

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Haha, yay I have readers!! I told my other personalities I wasn't just talking to them!

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