dry milk?

[darci]

curious... has anyone here ever used dry milk in their soap?

[Kitn]

Do you mean using the powder and not reconstituting it ?

I have not tried that. I use reconstituted powdered milk in every soap batch I make tho.

[darci]

so, then, do you reconstitute it and then use it the same way others would goats milk? (milk)ice cubes, or whatever...

[Barbara AL]

I put the powder directly in my oils and mix it up just right before I add my lye water.

Barb

[bconrade884]

I put the powder directly in my oils and mix it up just right before I add my lye water.

Barb

Nice to know Barb, I often wander by the powder milk and wonder if I could use it. TY

[Barbara AL]

Billie

I have been experimenting with Heavy Whipping cream lately adding 1 ounce of Whipping Cream to 1 pound of oils I add it at trace. I am loving the feel of the Cream.

Barbara AL

[darci]

whipping cream? VERRRRY interesting. you put 'milk fat' into your soap calc?

[Barbara AL]

Darci,

I don't put it into the soapcalc just like I do my goatmilk soaps I just deduct it from the water amount. When doing the Heavy Whipping cream I keep my superfat lower like 4-5%.

Barb

[Meridith]

When working with powder milks and not liquid, I make a slurry with some of my liquid and the powders that I then incorporate into the soap mix after I've added my lye. I make the slurry to make sure I get all the lumps mixed in. If you don't get the lumps mixed in, it will look like brown spots in your soap.

[Kitn]

I add the milk powder to 1/2 my lye water, stick blend it well, add the rest of the water amount in ice and add the lye.

[Noodle]

When working with powder milks and not liquid, I make a slurry with some of my liquid and the powders that I then incorporate into the soap mix after I've added my lye. I make the slurry to make sure I get all the lumps mixed in. If you don't get the lumps mixed in, it will look like brown spots in your soap.

I do pretty much the same. I let the powder sit in the liquid a while to soften those lumps.

[Phyra02]

I do the slurry method also and then blend into the oils.