Teach Soap

:O( EPIC FAIL , it curdled and smells bad. I mixed the Monkey Farts in after trace & after superfatting . I put 2 & 1/2 ounces of Monkey Farts fragrance oil. I tried to rebatch but it smells sour (SWEET) and it feels almost waxy .Think I might have to take a loss on this one :O( anyone have any ideas why this happened. My recipe :
1 oz almond oil
8 oz coconut oil
20 oz olive oil
8 oz palm oil
4 oz Shea butter
13 oz distilled water
5.55 oz lye
I added my lye when the temp was 115
My oils were 110
I want to try it again but I'm worried I will get the same results :O(

Did you add all your oils up front or hold one back for superfatting, or maybe add another oil for superfatting? I ran your recipe through Soapcalc with all the oils up front and it looks fine. Your temps are ok, too. Was the FO skin safe or was it a candle FO? Was it from a reputable supplier? You used it at 1 oz PPO - did you check to see if that was in the safe range? I'm just throwing questions out hoping that maybe one of them will help!

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Linda
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Where did the fragrance come from? Instead of adding so called superfatting oils at trace, add it all up front. Lye is still very active at trace and it will take whatever it wants. There is no guarantee that adding any oils or butters at trace will end up as your superfat. Calculate ALL your oils an butters right up front with a soap calculator. Depending where your fragrance came from, some do accelerate trace or can make your soap seize. I add my fragrance to the cooled off oils, not at trace.

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Irena
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