Goat milk soap

[acrehul]

Why is my liquid required negative?
My ingredients are 340.2 coconut oil, 425.2 g olive oil, 368.5 g lard, 368.5 g goat milk.
I am planing to freeze the milk, and add the lye directly to it. No water.

 

[Yooper]

It’s probably in your recipe settings- if you’re using more goat’s milk than required for liquid, it may show negative

 

[zukote1991]

Your liquid showing as negative is likely because you didn't add any water to your lye solution—just goat milk. Most calculators assume a certain total liquid amount (water + milk), so when there's only milk and it's not quite enough to meet the default water-to-lye ratio, it can go negative.
Freezing the milk and adding lye directly is fine, just make sure to go slow and keep it cold to avoid scorching. You might want to double-check your lye concentration manually if the calculator is giving you weird numbers.

 

[SaponFix]

If anyone doesn't have access to fresh goat milk or is interested in a different method, try powdered whole goat milk. I take just enough from the measured distilled water to mix (warmed) with the powder (sifted) to make it liquid and then add it at thin trace after blending in FOs or EOs, if I choose to use them. Sometimes I'll incorporate honey into the liquid milk. This is my FAVORITE method for goat milk soaping because I can concentrate the milk to my liking and the soap smells "heavenly" on its own without fragrance. With the milk sugar content, the soap wants to gel and the end result is just right. My most favorite soap ever!

 

[Eulogia]

hola! al momento de incorporar el hidroxido de sodio a la leche de cabra congelada, hay que mantener alguna temperatura? para que la leche no se queme?

 

[Yooper]

No, just keep it as cool as possible. I even put my goat milk ice cubes in a bowl over a bowl of ice. Do you want to keep the milk from burning.