Ventilation

[soycrazy]

I am missing my vent hood when I lived in texas so now that I'm in a older home there isn't one. Plus a very small kitchen, how do you guys mix the lye if you have no vent hood? Do you just crack a window open or mix it outside?

[CareBear]

Sometimes I open a window. Usually I don't. I just keep my face back and don't sweat it.

[8-GRAN-ONES]

I hold a slightly damp dish towel over my mouth and nose..

while I am stirring, and just breathe into the towel...If I breathe in the fumes, it makes me start coughing..

[soycrazy]

I guess I'll be ok then since I wear a mask, thanks so much

[Louise]

I mix mine outside, making sure I'm upwind of the container. I leave it out there until I have all my oils/fats measured and melted and sometimes until they've cooled down also. It all depends on how I'm going to soap that day.

[katshe]

mask, mix in the garage with door half opened.

[Patty13637]

I mix mine in the kitchen even in the winter . I just stand at arms length and mix. I have never had a problem.

Patty

[Jcandleattic]

I have a heavy duty mask that you could stick right into the fumes and not inhale anything. Of course I dont' do that and I usually put my ceiling fan on with the window above the sink cracked, just in case the kids or hub come close to the kitchen, they don't get hit with the fumes full force.

I tried to find the pic I have with me in it, but I can't find it in my computer. If I find it I'll post a pic of it.

[soycrazy]

I just cracked a window and it worked out really nice Now if I could only get my soap to gel here lol.

[Sally]

I wear a mask, open a window & the back door if it's not too cold & stand well back. Seems to work for me.

Sally.

[TexasBrat]

I mix mine outside.

[kidsngarden]

I mix mine with no ventilation - 30 pounds at a time (in 6 pound increments) with no problems. I just don't stand with my face over it. I have actually smelled fumes on very few occasions - I think I'd have to stick my face over the pitcher to smell it!

[Scented]

I used to run fans, but pretty much do the same everyone else does. I have no windows and if I blow it into the hallway of where I live then the door downstairs needs to be open, fans sitting in a line to blow it out (real pita). I can't go outside and mix it ... every junkie in town would know where to come for lye or the Mayberry police would get too interested and create havoc. So pretty much I stand back.

Now if I had a balcony ... I'd probably do it out there.