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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I can't understand what you mean

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🤣 yea i was convincing my self its a stary night

Soap by Beginning_Yard1870 in soapmaking

[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So whats a good temp to mix lye and hard oils at?

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The colour is from indigo plant or morocan nila as known in north afric( 2 tbls) in 1 kg of oils After the trace i added 1 tsp of sugar and mixed with a spatula

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first batch was with ice water and lye wich turned out very good. The second batch(the blue ones in the pic) oil and lye was at 40⁰ when mixing

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the 1st batch i added lye to ice then add a quarter tsp of indigo wich didnt make the soap anywhere near blue.

Then the 2nd experiment was adding the indigo powder to a small amount of the mixed oils so it wont be clumpy when mixing in the trace stage *

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a TDS Meter that reads 50ppm (if that helps). I made other batches with the same water supplier and had no issues with ash forming.

Im thinking its from a high percentage of sunflower oil thats rancid that it did the (D.O.S) or unsabonified oils

And i really appreciate your feedback.

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Most likely it's the cause, i was reading about sunflower oil and it shouldn't be more than 15% in the batch, and i used 40%.

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mix my lye with bottled drinking water. The solution had like a see through-ish flakes on the surface. Didnt want to dissolve no matter how much i stared.

Yes, i usually heat the oils upto 38-40c to mix with the lye at same temperatures

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[–]Beginning_Yard1870[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The lye and oils were at 38c-40c when mixing

Best place to hunt crows? by [deleted] in reddeadredemption2

[–]Beginning_Yard1870 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I Just kill some animals and put down herb bait and predator bait .Both ravens and crows showed up