Teach Soap

yay! I just unmolded my very first batch of soap! It looks like it went well.

I used a stick blender, I followed directions very carefully on every step, and measured as precisely as possible.
For the 3 pound recipe I used 2 oz of Energy fragrance. And the bars smell just right. Not too strong, but not too mild either.

I used
25% Coconut Oil
25% Palm Oil
25% Olive oil
10% Avocado Oil
10% Castor oil
5% Jojoba oil

Superfatted at 5%.

I poured at a medium trace. Basically, it poured easily, without glopping, but it still had a light pudding constancy.

I noticed only in the first mold I poured into I had a bit of yellow spotting. I did the tongue test, but it tasted like soap. No zap.
And one of the bars got a little wrecked in the un-molding process. Oh well! Success for a first timer???

Good job Kat. I like the quilted top! We learn something from each batch we make.

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Susie
Sometimes A Mistake is so much fun, You just have to do it again!

Looks good!

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

Neato! So you've just unmolded them and now will have the curing process right? I just made my first CP batch on the 16th, unmolded yesterday and sliced. Should I be testing them for lye now or after the curing process of 4-6 weeks? I still wore gloves yesterday and didn't swipe my tongue across because I thought the lye was still present . . . could someone clarify that point for me?

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

I guess I'm not getting the "zap" thing - I put my tongue on the bar of soap (albeit just the tip and very hesitantly). I didnt feel zapped, it was just . . . umm tart? to my tongue. 2 days old at that point.

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

how bad is this zap from the zap test? im kind of afraid of doing it myself...

ive already started conning DH into doin it for me

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

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

Nice soap! Good job for your first batch!

I remember my first batch of CP, what a disaster, they never went hard, they just stayed like jelly and ended up with orange dots

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I think the hardest part of making soap is waiting! LOL

That looks fantastic! I love the quilted top as well!

I will agree that you will KNOW if you're getting zapped. I haven't been zapped testing it out, but somehow a stray bubble must have popped out when I hot processed the first time and I KNEW! It hit my lip and man it was nasty, a little water and vinegar and I was fine (wish I'd have known about apple juice LOL). I have a feeling that if it's going to be bad, you'd be feeling tingly before you even get your tongue on the bar.

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Amy in Soapland