Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 hi all, i had some liquid soap yesterday. i am not sure if i cooked it long enough. i went from total liquid to a thick paste consistency. it did not seem to go through any stages. i did it in a roaster at about 140-150 degrees for about 4 hours. it has jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, coconut oil, and lye & water. i was just pretty much working with the oils i had handy for getting my feet wet. i tried some this morning and it seems to suds and all that good stuff. sence it is a extremely thickness i know i will have to dilute it. do i just try diluting alittle of it and wait to see how it turns out. do i have to reheat it. how does that work. but before diluting do you think i cooked it long enough. thank you donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Donna, Is it a neutragena ish color. Like an amber color? And what percentage of coconut oil did you use? The more palmitic acid in the fats you use the less transparent it will be. (coconut oil/palm oil have high concentrations of palmitic acid in them) It makes the oil harder (Ie as opposed to liquid oils (olive/ sweet almond) Jojoba is a wax, so that would add to the effect as well. Let me know Jennifer ---- d4lacoste 4/20/2007 7:43:35 AM liquid soap help hi all, i had some liquid soap yesterday. i am not sure if i cooked it long enough. i went from total liquid to a thick paste consistency. it did not seem to go through any stages. i did it in a roaster at about 140-150 degrees for about 4 hours. it has jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, coconut oil, and lye & water. i was just pretty much working with the oils i had handy for getting my feet wet. i tried some this morning and it seems to suds and all that good stuff. sence it is a extremely thickness i know i will have to dilute it. do i just try diluting alittle of it and wait to see how it turns out. do i have to reheat it. how does that work. but before diluting do you think i cooked it long enough. thank you donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 hi jennifer, this is the recipe 45oz coconut 40 oz jojoba 40oz sweet almond 48 oz water 26oz lye it is a lite yellow. thank you so much for the help donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Donna, It sounds like it's cooked enough. Did you do a ph test yet? ---- d4lacoste 4/20/2007 2:09:11 PM Re: liquid soap help hi jennifer, this is the recipe 45oz coconut 40 oz jojoba 40oz sweet almond 48 oz water 26oz lye it is a lite yellow. thank you so much for the help donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 jennifer, no i didn't. i had actually started cooking it again for about the last half hour. i can not do a test until i go to the health food store tomorrow. i am assuming i can use those to do the test. that is until i can order some for a supplier. thank you donna , " Jennifer Janek-Markey " <pixieladie wrote: > > Donna, > > It sounds like it's cooked enough. Did you do a ph test yet? > > > > ---- > > d4lacoste > 4/20/2007 2:09:11 PM > > Re: liquid soap help > > hi jennifer, > > this is the recipe > 45oz coconut > 40 oz jojoba > 40oz sweet almond > > 48 oz water > 26oz lye > > it is a lite yellow. > > thank you so much for the help > donna > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 okay. (disclaimer.. DO NOT DO THIS IT IS DANGEROUS. IF YOU DO THIS YOU ARE TAKING YOUR OWN TONGUE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS. YOU CAN SERIOUSLY BURN YOUR SELF IF YOU DO THIS. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU DO THIS I DO THIS MYSELF ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I AM THE IDIOT WHO WILL BE BLAMED FOR HURTING MYSELF.) when you don't have ph test strips you can touch the tip of your tongue to it to see if it's hot... (I call it hot but it's more like a battery to tongue... I know you're not supposed to do that, but sometimes I have to do what I can till you get what you need.) Anyway. if it tingles on your tongue it's not ready. ---- d4lacoste 4/20/2007 3:24:24 PM Re: liquid soap help jennifer, no i didn't. i had actually started cooking it again for about the last half hour. i can not do a test until i go to the health food store tomorrow. i am assuming i can use those to do the test. that is until i can order some for a supplier. thank you donna , " Jennifer Janek-Markey " <pixieladie wrote: > > Donna, > > It sounds like it's cooked enough. Did you do a ph test yet? > > > > ---- > > d4lacoste > 4/20/2007 2:09:11 PM > > Re: liquid soap help > > hi jennifer, > > this is the recipe > 45oz coconut > 40 oz jojoba > 40oz sweet almond > > 48 oz water > 26oz lye > > it is a lite yellow. > > thank you so much for the help > donna > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 ok thanks for the trick. its been cooking for about 2 hours now and loosed up a good bite. i am going to turn it off so it can cool down before i do the idoit thing. thanks alot for the help. but it is still not amber it is a bright yellow with like a creamy white stips when i stir it. but it also has like a silky look to it. looks like it will be a good feeling one. again thanks alot. donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Those white streaks are probably bubbles. I've done that before whipped way too much air into it and the only way to get that out is dilute it, and jojoba does this wonderful translucent thing when you have it in the make up Jennifer ---- d4lacoste 04/20/07 16:27:54 Re: liquid soap help ok thanks for the trick. its been cooking for about 2 hours now and loosed up a good bite. i am going to turn it off so it can cool down before i do the idoit thing. thanks alot for the help. but it is still not amber it is a bright yellow with like a creamy white stips when i stir it. but it also has like a silky look to it. looks like it will be a good feeling one. again thanks alot. donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 jennifer, i did the test. no zap. next thing is when i go to dilute. should i heat the concentrate to incorporate the additional water to it. or just add the water and stir it in. thank you for your help donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Warm the water. If you warm the water and add the paste it dissolves quicker. ---- d4lacoste 4/20/2007 6:42:32 PM Re: liquid soap help jennifer, i did the test. no zap. next thing is when i go to dilute. should i heat the concentrate to incorporate the additional water to it. or just add the water and stir it in. thank you for your help donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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