dogmom1 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 ok, my lye seemed to be caked, but one fairly easy hit to the container and it went back to granules except for a few small chunks which separated with a couple more shakes. it was in the original container and then the container was inside a zip lock bag.where does this fall in the good/not good category? opinions needed! i'll be ordering new, but it seems to me the last time i ordered from the lye guy it took a while. if it seems like a bad idea to count on it, does anyone have a suggestion for a fastest order/delivery place?thanks!ei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 (edited) The sodium hydroxide is still good, but it's lower strength because it has absorbed moisture. When you weigh it out, part of the weight will be water instead of NaOH. There's no way to account for that without analyzing it for moisture content, but you can still use it. Your soap will have more residual oil than it would with fresh NaOH. I would probably decrease the lye discount in the calculator to help compensate a little, but probably all will be well even if you don't. Edited April 13, 2010 by topofmurrayhill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmom1 Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 hi top! i'll try tomorrow with a CPHP batch and discount the lye. since i generally superfat my CPHP at 8%, i'm thinking of doing 6%. thanx for answering!ei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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