icecold Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I made 2 batches of wine soap the other day, I have not cut them your but it looks like there is undissolved lye beads in the soap. I dissolved the lye in the wine and made sure all lye was dissolved but the mixture was really dark. Is it possible to rematch it if it is lye or should I just pitch it? How can you tell if it is lye? I know the tongue test if that's what I have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon01945 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Was there anything else added to the recipe?Any sterlic acid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecold Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 No just my normal recipe, it did start to seize but that was after I added the fragrance and all oils and lye/wine was mixed in well. Just think all lye was not dissolved. If the wine heated up with the lye you would think it would have been dissolved after stirring and stirring. Not sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon01945 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 mmm i dunno... i have never made wine soap.but yeah between the stiring and the heating up with the sugar in the wine and cool time it should be disolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I would zap test it, if it zaps I would toss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecold Posted October 7, 2011 Author Share Posted October 7, 2011 Well to let you all know I took it out of the mold and took the freezer paper off it and on the bottom the was a good size pocket of lye/wine that must not have mixed in. So I threw it away. I think next time I will do a lye water mix and then add the wine in at trace. Learn from your mistakes. I actually think it was the pink sugar fragrance I added as it did start to seize but I thought I mixed well but I guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Moral of Story: Drink the wine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecold Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 LOL, I did put half the bottle in the soap and drank the other half. But it looked pretty scary oozing out the bottom of my 7lb soap log! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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