Teach Soap

Eeeerm, what's this on top of my soap?







Normal CP batch (OO, CO, PO, Castor, Shea, Lye, GM) with Cheesecake FO
Popped in the oven after mixing it to help force gel - oven was barely even warm though... was about 2 hours after lunch was cooked in there hehe.
I did two batches - both same oils, both same fragrance, both in the oven. But only this batch has the oil slick on top.

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Give it some time. It might absorb back in. Did you reach true trace?

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Irena
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Yup - 99% sure I got true trace.

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*blink blink* Coolah, you've done it again! You've stumped us! I've had stuff seep out and pool on the surface, but it didn't look like wax like yours. I wonder what it is....

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Out of curiosity why are the edges so much darker? Mine don't look that way when they gel.

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Irena
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I think that that is the colour of the soap, the white is like a waxy oily layer.

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~~Heather~~
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Irena
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I think it is all that dark colour underneath the white "oil slick".

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

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Ok, I need to ask; what was your recipe and at what temp did you combine your oils and lye?

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SoapMaker3 Recipe Exported: Mar 08, 2012 Program Version: 3.4.6
Recipe Name: 'Mar 7th - GM - Cheesecake' Type: Solid Soap

BASE OILS:
Olive 350 gr 50.0%
Coconut 175 gr 25.0%
Palm 70 gr 10.0%
Shea butter 70 gr 10.0%
Castor 35 gr 5.0%

ADDITIVES:

PACKAGING ITEMS:

LYE & WATER:
Lye Discount: 5%
Use Pre-mixed Lye: No
Water Discount: 0%
Expected Water Loss: 0%

NOTES:
GM = 32 deg
Oils = 40 deg
Strained through strainer

Approx 30 - 40g Cheesecake FO.
Not really that strong.
Didn't accelerate trace, but did discolour to a lovely caramel brown
PLENTY of time for swirl!

Popped in the turned off oven for a bit to force gel...

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Did you use all goat's milk, or did you mix your lye with water then add the rest as GM? Was the GM cold, slushy or frozen?

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Irena
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All GM - Frozen. Poured the Lye over the frozen milk (it's frozen into ice-cubes) and stirred until it all dissolved and the temp stopped rising.

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This is the other batch of soap - same recipe, same FO, everything.

There also appears to be a very thin wax/oil slick on this one too... the soft is soft and tacky although the rest of the soap is rock hard. It's only the top 1mm that seems like this...

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I've seen that before. See if it absorbs back in. Give it a couple of days, then I would check for zap.

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Irena
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