bubbling and fizzing out of the soap molds. In a matter of seconds we
had a very big, caustic mess.
I am wondering if it was more than one issue that created the grand
finale.
Teacrk
--- In CosmeticLab@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Goodman" <robgood@...> wrote:
>
> > I had a very dramatic failure with a batch of soap today. Right
off when
> > I mixed the lye and oil it seemed grainy but I proceeded. At trace,
> > the graininess increased. I poured it in the molds and then it
> > started to fizz, foam, expand and separate.....it was spilling out of
> > the molds. A Lucille Ball kind of situation.
> >
> > I added tangerine essential oil. In theory, I was using one of Dr.
> > Bob's formula's......I must have mis-measured.
>
> Heh...Dr. Bob McDaniel, not Dr. Bob Goodman.
>
> > Any ideas on what went wrong and can this batch be saved?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Evelyn
> > ------------------------------------
> Is tangerine one of those known to catalyze saponif'n? If so, his
formula
> might be rather unforgiving -- a little decrease in temperature or
slowness
> of mixing, and pockets of rapid sapnif'n develop while the enthalpy
of the
> oil decreases enough for it to form grains. It would be rebatchable
with
> slow heating, but maybe not worth the time & trouble.
>
> Robert
>
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