Notes on blender soapRe: I cut the carrot soap today.....

[Guest guest]

I'd be very careful with making soap in the blender. I have visions of

fresh soap splashes.

Also I've heard that the lye eats away at the blades or the rubber thing or

something that make the blender go wwwwrrrrrrrr.

Lye or fresh soap spashes don't leave me with pretty visions. Where did you

get the recipe?

Hey does anyone remember that woman who got her contact lenses seared to her

eyes from a lye splash? (no eye coverings) - her sight survived luckily,

after a painful rush to the emergency room. Some day, some way, there's going

to be an accident. That blender sounds testy to me.

in Cambridge

~~Madness takes its toll, please have the exact change~~

[Guest guest]

I'd be very careful with making soap in the blender. I have visions of

fresh soap splashes.

Also I've heard that the lye eats away at the blades or the rubber thing or

something that make the blender go wwwwrrrrrrrr.

Lye or fresh soap spashes don't leave me with pretty visions. Where did you

get the recipe?

Hey does anyone remember that woman who got her contact lenses seared to her

eyes from a lye splash? (no eye coverings) - her sight survived luckily,

after a painful rush to the emergency room. Some day, some way, there's going

to be an accident. That blender sounds testy to me.

in Cambridge

~~Madness takes its toll, please have the exact change~~

[Guest guest]

I'd be very careful with making soap in the blender. I have visions of

fresh soap splashes.

Also I've heard that the lye eats away at the blades or the rubber thing or

something that make the blender go wwwwrrrrrrrr.

Lye or fresh soap spashes don't leave me with pretty visions. Where did you

get the recipe?

Hey does anyone remember that woman who got her contact lenses seared to her

eyes from a lye splash? (no eye coverings) - her sight survived luckily,

after a painful rush to the emergency room. Some day, some way, there's going

to be an accident. That blender sounds testy to me.

in Cambridge

~~Madness takes its toll, please have the exact change~~

[Guest guest]

For some good recipes, look up cole brothers on google. You can send

in for more recipes, plus a floppy to help you convert any recipe to

a 1 lb recipe. I've been doing it for 2 & 1/2 years and haven't had

any mis-haps yet. My blender still works. I wash or soak it after

each use. I just do the lye water, then melt the oils, pour the oils

into the blender, fix up any scent/color/additive to have them

handy, get molds ready, give the oils a whirr to mix them again,

pour in my lye water, put the lid on & cover it with a towel, whir

for about 30 seconds, stop, let burp, and peek for trace, whir again

for about 20 sec, then usually it's ready for scent etc, cover whirr

whirr, pour! I bet the longest time I've ever had to blend was maybe

a minute, two at most. Never once had a single seperation problem,

or any type of failed batch. In the beginning I had some that were

quite pudding-ey, cos I whirrrred too long, but I've learned, and it

didn't hurt the soap, just made it challenging to get out and into a

mold without looking a little too rustic. A pound doesn't fill up

the blender more than about half way. The up side is it's fast and

easy. The down side is that you can only do a pound at a time. If

you do alot of test batches, that works out great, but if you love

one and want to do a big batch, you either have to calculate it and

do it the " old fashioned " way, or (for a 4 lb batch) line up 4 jars

to do lye water, 4 big batter bowls to do the oils, etc. Then do

one, pour it, do another, pour it on top etc. Works out well if you

want to swirl colors or scents or whatever, cos your batches are

seperate already, and you can do whatever with each one. Probably

your time savings are not as great when doing a big batch. But,

yeah, you're right, you have to be careful. You have to put the lid

on, that is the hard and fast rule, but not a hard one to remember,

and you have to let it burp before lifting the lid. You probably

should wash your blender when you're all done for the day. Or leave

it to soak if you're tired out from all that fun. (more my style I'm

afraid) You should wear gloves and goggles, too, I'm sure. I

probably will after I hurt myself. I do my soaps by blender pretty

much exclusively. I think people get used to the way they started

doing it, and are most comfortable continuing to do it that way. I

give most of my soaps away, so have the luxury of experimenting

constantly. I have few recipes I do 4 or 5 lb batches of. And I

usually do them " blender style " I don't know why. Critter of habit,

I suppose.

> I'd be very careful with making soap in the blender. I have

visions of

> fresh soap splashes.

>

> Also I've heard that the lye eats away at the blades or the rubber

thing or

> something that make the blender go wwwwrrrrrrrr.

>

> Lye or fresh soap spashes don't leave me with pretty visions.

Where did you

> get the recipe?

>

> Hey does anyone remember that woman who got her contact lenses

seared to her

> eyes from a lye splash? (no eye coverings) - her sight survived

luckily,

> after a painful rush to the emergency room. Some day, some way,

there's going

> to be an accident. That blender sounds testy to me.

>

> in Cambridge

> ~~Madness takes its toll, please have the exact change~~

>

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