Teach Soap

I just un-molded my soap and it was wet when I cut it. But it was more an oil than water. It is the same recipe I have been using. I tested the ph and it's about 8. When you rinse the wet or oil off your hands it lathers, so it's like liquid soap. Now the only two things I did different was I poured it into the mold at very light trace. I also left it in the mold for 4 days. I use the silicone/plastic mold from the Soap Hutch. I cut it this morning and I can see it will dry ok but was wondering why it happened. I was also wondering how long should I keep the soap in the mold? Soapbuddy, I know you have a mold like this. Am I leaving it too long or not long enought. I have been adding SL and beeswax at about .5% total. Should I put in .5% of each? The mold makes 48 5.5 oz bars. I can see that you can never be bored making soap. I feel like every batch can be an adventure.

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Diana
Butter Babies Soap
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it sounds like it could be separation. are you sure you had a true trace when you poured?

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Sounds like you didn't get true trace. When I use my SoapHutch molds, I use 1% beeswax and 1% sodium lactate. Did the soap gel?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

No. I put it in the basement to prevent gel. Should I let it cure or do I need to rebatch. I might have pured too soon. It's when I burned out my blender. Soapbuddy, how long does it have to stay in the mold?

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Diana
Butter Babies Soap
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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Thanks Irena. As soon as my new blender comes in I'll up the SL and Beeswax. Thanks for the web site for the blender.

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Diana
Butter Babies Soap
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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

The soap is still wet but not as bad as it was. Should I let it cure or should I rebatch? I have time to let it cure. I'll go with the experts on this one.

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Diana
Butter Babies Soap
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So you made it 2 days ago? If so, I would give it another couple of days. If that doesn't change anything, then I would rebatch.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Thanks.

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Diana
Butter Babies Soap
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