Barry
Posts: 1740 Joined: 10-Jan-2010 Last visit: 05-Mar-2014 Location: Inside the Higgs Boson
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swim just added 100g of mhrb to 1.5 litre of water before he added the lye, is this ok or does the lye need to be added first? thanks
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 4804 Joined: 08-Dec-2008 Last visit: 18-Aug-2023 Location: UK
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That should be just fine.
Though I think the reason folk add lye first is so that they can see it's completely desolved before adding the bark. But if you add a little bit at a time and shake it quite vigourously it will be just fine.
I always add enough lye so that when I give it a good hard shake, any bubbles that form on the surface will quickly break up and this is a good sign you won't get an emulsion later on down the line.
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Barry
Posts: 1740 Joined: 10-Jan-2010 Last visit: 05-Mar-2014 Location: Inside the Higgs Boson
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cheers soul 
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Barry
Posts: 1740 Joined: 10-Jan-2010 Last visit: 05-Mar-2014 Location: Inside the Higgs Boson
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the water swim added to the jug was hot also
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 4804 Joined: 08-Dec-2008 Last visit: 18-Aug-2023 Location: UK
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If the water's hot then definately add the lye quite slow as it will get hotter. But the lye should also disolve a little more efficently.
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Barry
Posts: 1740 Joined: 10-Jan-2010 Last visit: 05-Mar-2014 Location: Inside the Higgs Boson
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its working great so far  swim will be pulling very soon
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 178 Joined: 26-Mar-2010 Last visit: 26-May-2013 Location: Middle Of The Jungle
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Glad to see everything worked out DeMenTed. swim just put another 100ml pull in the freezer like 5 minutes ago.  All above posts are absolutely fictional and have nothing to do with actual reality whatsoever. If you are waiting for "that moment", that moment is now.
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