ArD
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Hi I tried to make liquid soap for the first time using this recipe: How To Make DIY Liquid Castile Soap | Northwest Edible Life
All was going great for the first 2 hrs of cooking it
Then it stopped gelling and for the next few hours didn't change at all, it was white on the outside and gel on the inside/top and every time i mixed it it all turned into a not - quite - transparent colour
and got softer and softer until it was like super fluffy mashed potatoes.
All clarity tests turned cloudy white almost immediately.
Wanted to do zap test but the lightest touch makes it stick to my finger its very soft gel.
I needed to go to sleep so turned off the crockpot and it's been sitting there for the last 2 days, a semi-transparent amber colour, texture of soft gel.
When I made the lye mixture, I poured the lye fast into the water and ran out of the room for a few mins so as not to breathe it in.
Could be maybe that not all the lye got in or that some spilled?
I used filtered water from my Berkey filter would that do it?
Is there any way to fix it, really don't want to throw it all out.
Any help would be super appreciated!
All was going great for the first 2 hrs of cooking it
Then it stopped gelling and for the next few hours didn't change at all, it was white on the outside and gel on the inside/top and every time i mixed it it all turned into a not - quite - transparent colour
and got softer and softer until it was like super fluffy mashed potatoes.
All clarity tests turned cloudy white almost immediately.
Wanted to do zap test but the lightest touch makes it stick to my finger its very soft gel.
I needed to go to sleep so turned off the crockpot and it's been sitting there for the last 2 days, a semi-transparent amber colour, texture of soft gel.
When I made the lye mixture, I poured the lye fast into the water and ran out of the room for a few mins so as not to breathe it in.
Could be maybe that not all the lye got in or that some spilled?
I used filtered water from my Berkey filter would that do it?
Is there any way to fix it, really don't want to throw it all out.
Any help would be super appreciated!