CountryGal Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I have been using MP bases for awhile and recently stumbled on a book at the library with some recipes in it. One of them calls for 2 c. MP base and 1/2 c. Water. Now, during my heavy research phase, I recall reading that you shouldn't add water to MP because it becomes slimy. This recipe really didn't call for anything else (it's a specific kind of water). My question is has anyone used water with the MP bases and while I think 1/2 c. sounds like a lot, what about reducing that to like 3 T. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katshe Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I have done m&p but never add water and only supposed to add oil at 1 tb per lb and that can cut suds down, not sure about what water does but it is not reccommended that you add water to m&p , maybe you are reading the recipe as a rebatching cold process soap..You do add water to rebatch cp if it has cured a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryGal Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 No, it's MP. I double checked because I was thinking the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I tried adding a tbs of water to M&P once. The soap came out funny, kinda slimy and greasy. Had to trash it. Will never do that again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryGal Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Ok, thanks for the info! I wondered about that. Hmm...makes me leery of trying any of the other recipes in the book. It's written by the gal that own sunfeather... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Sandy Maine? I thought she only did cp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryGal Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 she has a section in her book Clean, Naturally on MP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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