Teach Soap

I made a soap that was pretty much my regular recipe, but I changed out palm for GV shortening. I ran it through Soapcalc and printed the recipe. Since that time, I've made the same recipe with no problem.

Well, this batch is just odd. First, its very pretty, almost translucent. But it's not hardening. In fact, it feels...rubbery. The other soaps I made have a similar translucent property, I assume its the shortening. But at 3 weeks they're fairly hard. I just shoved this one to the back of my shelves and check it now and again. LOL! Initially, it did sweat a bit, I assume it was the FO, which was "There's Snow Place Like Home" by Sweetcakes. Its kinda heavy on pine notes.

Any ideas on this? I wonder if maybe I accidently measured too much water.

Thanks!

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Logansama aka Belinda
Nor Cal

Glad it's curing out okay!
It could be the water, but it could also be the shortening. Did you use the all vegetable one or the one with tallow? Both are listed in soapcalc. Maybe you entered the wrong one?

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

I used the tallow blend, not the vegetable. I'm inclined to think I just added too much fluid. Maybe even too much oil, between my SF (7%) and the FO.

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Logansama aka Belinda
Nor Cal