soycrazy Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 My first ricing happened tonight and I'm so dissappointed. Of course it happened with pine tar. It just had to rice on top of breathing the most horrible smell ugh! I knew with pine tar you had to work fast, but geez I didn't even have time to mix it all in. It got so thick quickly once I got it in the mold. Some bits of pine tar I couldn't get mixed in all the way so do I trash this batch? I know I shouldn't have let it traced so thick, but I was trying to get my butter & wax to melt. My oils were room temp and my lye mixture was hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I mix my pine tar right in with the oils and make sure it's blended good before I add my lye mix which is ALWAYS under 100 degrees. I have to work fast with my whisk, but I always have enough time to get it in the mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soycrazy Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Wish I would of known that, I thought I had read up on everything about making pine tar soap, I guess not. I know for sure I won't ever work with pine tar again, because it bothered my allergies way too much and it still is. I'll only buy it for now on. I just love the stuff it helps my skin and scalp so much. Here's some pics of it after I took it out of the mold, first pic is the top of the soap, 2nd is the bottom. It's so fugly lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soycrazy Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 You guys think I could rebatch this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbren Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I don't see why not! I made my first batch of pine tar soap tonite. It worked out pretty well I think, but I did have to get it in the mold quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soycrazy Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 It's actually smelling much better and curing nicely, I just want to put more peppermint in it Thanks a bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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