• Monsieur Jibbles :: S0@PY_003 alpha
Recipe Instructions
Riffin' on Tree Marie's splash swirl technique demo (batch 5): https://youtu.be/Jg_lxFatmoA?si=drHo10VZ5udt_bbs
Hindsight
Appending alpha to the name of this batch (as in test) because made big mistake of including Styrian pumpkin seed oil (copped from lidl) amazing oil but inevitably affected base colour. In a panic tried to compensate by adding titanium oxide to blended batter. Consequences - batter became thick quickly when dividing and adding coloured mica, was difficult to pour and is definitely not a splash swirl. Air pockets present when cut. Colours muted and pastel (meh)
Additive Ingredients (800 grams of oils for 1.2 kg soap loaf mold)
- 16 g Sodium lactate 60% solution
- Mica (Golden Brown, Clementine Orange, Lemon Sherbet, Pistachio Green, Ultramarine Blue, Silken Lilac) approx. 1 g per 100 g
- Essential Oils (approx. 10 g)
- 1.70 g Copaiba Balsam
- 2.65 g Ylang Ylang
- 2.50 g Bergamot
- 0.80 g Linaloe Berry
- 0.55 g Thyme Linalol
- 1.15 g Cypress
- 0.65 g Star Anise
- 0.35 g Cistus
- 12 g Citric acid
Method
Tool fashioned from straw threaded on a wire coat hanger to dip and drag colours upward along the whole length of the mould to be made in advance!!!
Prepare lye
- measure distilled water, weigh sodium hydroxide 304 g / 110 g (+7.5 g for 12 g citric acid offset)
- add sodium hydroxide to distilled water and set aside in well ventilated area
Measure sodium lactate (16 g)
Measure citric acid (12 g)
- note: if using ensure extra 10 g sodium hydroxide is used in lye preparation
Prepare oils
- weigh & melt hard oils
- add stearic acid to melted hard oils
- weigh liquid oils
- reserve 12 g for mica preparations
- add liquid oils to melted hard oils
Prepare mica (premix - like oil paint & pigment - at 1:1 ratio with reserved liquid oil)
using 6 colours batch divided at 40%, 15%, 15%, 10%, 10%, 10% (listed in pouring order) for rounded total pre-cook soap weight 1200 g
- 4.8 g Golden Brown
- 1.8 g Clementine Orange
- 1.2 g Lemon Sherbet
- 1.2 g Pistachio Green
- 1.2 g Ultramarine Blue
- 1.8 g Silken Lilac
When lye cools to 32 degrees centigrade
- add sodium lactate
Blend the batter
- add lye water to oil
- whizz to thin trace
- add essential oils
- add citric acid
- panic! went off-piste right here and added total of 12g of titanium (4g then another 8g)
- blend a little bit more, avoid going too hard to allow time to work the splash swirls
Divide the batter for colour & pour
2 x 15
Pour, allow 48 hours before cutting
Cure for 4-6 weeks
Ingredient suppliers:
https://www.thesoapery.co.uk/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/
https://betterfood.co.uk/
https://www.nhrorganicoils.com/
https://oshadhi.co.uk/
https://pellwall.com/
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Soap Properties
Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.
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INS: 141.54 (ideal)
iodine: 61.58 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 362.19 Gram(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 249.37 Gram(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 135.58 Gram(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 51.52:48.48 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Gram(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 26.90% |
| Linoleic | 16.52% |
| Linolenic | 0.43% |
| Ricinoleic | 4.28% |
| Lauric | 9.44% |
| Myristic | 4.71% |
| Palmitic | 15.97% |
| Stearic | 15.16% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 35 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 8 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 1.62 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 6 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 3.55 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 6.07 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 10.40 - 31.20 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 12.80 - 38.40 Gram(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 3.20 - 4 Gram(s) | ||||||
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Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous) |
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Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A. |
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