I made 4 pounds of soap and divided into two 2 pound molds...one mold is wood and the other is the white plastic loaf mold (the...I usually soap at 110 degrees for both lye and oils.....here is the recipe I used......1lb 8 oz water, 9.7 oz lye, 2 lb 10 oz Olive oil, 1 lb 5 oz coconut oil and I superfatted with Castor Oil at trace with 4 tbsp.
When I mixed the oils and lye the temps were around 100 degrees F. At light trace, I separated soap. Added 3 tbsp Oatmeal Honey fragrance oil along with ground up oatmeal.
The second batch was fragranced with 3 tbsp Champagne. Both were poured into the molds and I let sit for 24 hours..covered both molds with plastic wrap and the plastic mold I wrapped with a dish towel.
When I unmold, the Honey oatmeal loaf was pliable almost like play dough.....
The second mold was hard but it looks like litte drops of oil throughout the soap...the bars are not oily though....
Can I reheat these soaps to get them to saponify. I was thinking of either putting the bars in the over or cutting up into small pieces and heating up in the crock pot.... Any advice is welcome!!!!!
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