Teach Soap

Hi everyone,

I just made a batch of kitchen coffee and when I poured the lye into the oils it started thickening in less than 30 seconds! I'm always very careful with the measuring and I don't think it was lye heavy.
I poured the lye into the oils very slow (I have no idea why!) and after I started stirring with the blender it thickened so fast!
I used:

almond 5%
castor 5%
coconut 20%
palm 30%
olive 40%

sf 5%

the only difference in this batch from my previous batches was that I used unrefined olive oil which was a little thick and green.
any idea of what could have gone wrong?

Thanks a lot

were you mixing at higher temps? sometimes on warm days I can mix at higher temps without realizing it, just because i'm comparing things to the room temp.

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A tad bit OT:

So wait- you used coffee as the water that you mixed with lye?

You can do that??

.....cool.

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Hi magichands, I soaped at 120F. It was a small batch 0.5lb and I thought it's better to
mix a little bit warmer.
By the way, I just LOVE the way your soaps look.

120 is pretty high. Try it at around 110 degrees. If you are making a small batch, I would convert the ozs. to grams. You'll get better accuracy that way.

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Ok soapbuddy, Thanks a lot

You're welcome.

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