I did something pretty careless the other day. I decided that I wanted to make Black Tea scented soap using actual Earl Grey Black Tea for the liquid portion of the recipe. That wasn't the careless part. First I boiled the water and steeped the tea bag until it turned nice and dark. That's still not the careless part. I decided that there really was no need to wait for the tea to cool before adding the lye since it's going to heat back up anyway, right? WRONG!! I measured out the correct amount of lye and began to slowly pour it into the tea. Big, Big, BIG mistake. The water started to literally boil in the pitcher and then began to rise up like it was going to boil over!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Note to Self: Do NOT Add Lye to Hot Liquids...
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The soap looks great! Glad you didn't hurt yourself. That lye s noooooooo joke.
ReplyDeleteI know. I'm glad I didn't hurt myself too!! LOL
ReplyDeleteEnde gut, alles gut!
ReplyDeleteDie Seife ist TROTZ Chaos ein Traum geworden!
liebe Grüße Dörte
Dank Dörte. Ich war sehr glücklich!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your soaps simply for beautiful eye candy! They are art in themselves. I look forward to actually seeing one in person, but since I live in the UK it will need to wait a bit :)
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