RE: Beet Juice to color soap

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/8/07 6:00:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

angelicglow@... writes:

Ladies, A friend used half beet juice and half coconut milk to color the

soap pink and it turned yellow, so she assumed it was the coconut milk. Then

she

tried a 1-lb batch of mostly beet juice and some distilled water,and it

turned mustard yellow as well. I thought beet juice gave you a light pink

color.

Anyone tried beet juice?

Im not expert but have been reading about natural dye for wool and sometimes

you have to use a " mordant " to fix the color..I wish I had more to

say..beets you think would work...

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[Guest guest]

I have never tried using beet juice but I had heard from others that it is

not a reliable colorant.

Shaye

Beet Juice to color soap

Ladies, A friend used half beet juice and half coconut milk to color the

soap pink and it turned yellow, so she assumed it was the coconut milk. Then

she tried a 1-lb batch of mostly beet juice and some distilled water,and it

turned mustard yellow as well. I thought beet juice gave you a light pink

color. Anyone tried beet juice?

[Guest guest]

Everything I’ve heard about beets and beet juice is that it will not give a

pink color.

Jeanine

Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works

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On Behalf Of Angelicglow ()

Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 5:21 PM

Subject: Beet Juice to color soap

Ladies, A friend used half beet juice and half coconut milk to color the

soap pink and it turned yellow, so she assumed it was the coconut milk. Then

she tried a 1-lb batch of mostly beet juice and some distilled water,and it

turned mustard yellow as well. I thought beet juice gave you a light pink

color. Anyone tried beet juice?

[Guest guest]

Hi , I'm sure it's the lye that is causing the beet juice to turn yellow.

Lye is hard

on plant based additives of any kind. You might try making a hot process

batch and

adding the beet juice at the end. That way there will be little lye available

to affect the

beet juice. I'll be curious what the effect is if you try it. Good luck!

" Angelicglow () " <angelicglow@...> wrote:

Ladies, A friend used half beet juice and half coconut milk to color

the soap pink and it turned yellow, so she assumed it was the coconut milk. Then

she tried a 1-lb batch of mostly beet juice and some distilled water,and it

turned mustard yellow as well. I thought beet juice gave you a light pink color.

Anyone tried beet juice?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the responses. Sounds more logical to add it at the end if at all.

[Guest guest]

I tried beet juice once a long time ago and got brown. Yellow would have

been nice (as long as you know it'll be consistent)! :-)

Katy

[Guest guest]

,

The lye bleached out the beet juice color. She should use alkenent [sorry, my

brain's not working, forgot the spelling] root instead.

No " juice " , not matter how dark will lend it's color to CP soap, it will always

turn some type of yellowish color. And using milk will always change the color

to what you would think you will get. If you wanted pink, using milk would have

made it a musty mauve color instead. All milk soaps turn a different shade of

yellow depending on how hot the lye solution gets if your milk if not ice cold.

Marisol in Brooklyn

" Angelicglow () " <angelicglow@...> wrote:

Ladies, A friend used half beet juice and half coconut milk to color the soap

pink and it turned yellow, so she assumed it was the coconut milk. Then she

tried a 1-lb batch of mostly beet juice and some distilled water,and it turned

mustard yellow as well. I thought beet juice gave you a light pink color.

Anyone tried beet juice?

[Guest guest]

,

The lye bleached out the beet juice color. She should use alkenent [sorry, my

brain's not working, forgot the spelling] root instead.

No " juice " , not matter how dark will lend it's color to CP soap, it will always

turn some type of yellowish color. And using milk will always change the color

to what you would think you will get. If you wanted pink, using milk would have

made it a musty mauve color instead. All milk soaps turn a different shade of

yellow depending on how hot the lye solution gets if your milk if not ice cold.

Marisol in Brooklyn

" Angelicglow () " <angelicglow@...> wrote:

Ladies, A friend used half beet juice and half coconut milk to color the soap

pink and it turned yellow, so she assumed it was the coconut milk. Then she

tried a 1-lb batch of mostly beet juice and some distilled water,and it turned

mustard yellow as well. I thought beet juice gave you a light pink color.

Anyone tried beet juice?