ok i need some help here

i finally finished up checking the magnesium hydroxide concern (milk of magnesia) and something strange has happened.

first off it does not appear to be absorbed into the solvent, that so far is good.

the problem is that it forms a emulsion inside the naphtha and even after a few days does not fall out, you can see the difference clear as day, its heavier than the solvent, but it is not being absorb, but it is there. i then also added some epsom salts (hopign to break up the emulsion) without luck).

the end though was that the solvent i did pull out was as clean as day

the other thing is i saw nothing like this occur during the last two tests did (or any for that matter) so if someone can answer this question it would be of great asset.

magnesium sulphate is incredibly hydrophilic (hygroscopic), but would this property override the chemical reaction to produce magnesium hydroxide?

it appears that unless you have another chemical involved it doesnt happen, one obvious example is the production of copper sulphate, which will then when added to magnesium sulphate water and an electric current will produce magnesium hydroxide, copper sulphate and hydrogen.

now lye is a bit different here but the hygroscopic nature of epsom salts may override any chance for the lye to react.

im doing the test again, thus time intentionally NOT shaking it like crazy and hopefully ill have better luck, but so far with a jar of 8g of magnesium sulphate, 8g of magnesium hydroxide, 100ml of water and naphta to the top (didnt measure it probably about 30-40ml) other than the fact that the masgnesium sulphate got absorbed into the water and there were two white and two clear layers (milk on the bottom without bubbles, water with salt in it, milk with bubbles in it sitting inside the naphtha on top of the water and then naphtha.

it sounds more like im trying to make shots of alcohol.