Teach Soap

I made a batch of soap on Tuesday and I used oat milk as my liquid. This is the first time I have done a milk soap without first dissolving the lye in water and then adding the rest as milk. It went through full gel and is still in the mold. When I uncovered it on Wednesday (24 hours later) I noticed puddles of oil on top. So I let it sit because I've encountered that before and knew it would absorb back in. Well there are still beads of liquid on top of the soap. No zap and its not humid at all here in the desert we call Texas. Any ideas? I need to unmold it because I need to make another batch. Will it be ok or should I rebatch? Thanks.

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Haven

Could it have overheated? I do a soap with about 2/3 oat milk and 1/3 aloe and it doesn't seep despite gelling. I don't freeze the oat milk or aloe but they are chilled in the refrigerator.

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Linda

I learn so much when I can't leave well enough alone!

I guess overheating is a possibility. I've never had that happen. I did freeze the oat milk and added the lye to it. It was very odd. I guess maybe oat milk is not the right term. I boil oatmeal on the stove in water and then add more water and stuck blend the crap out of it until it is very liquid. When I added the lye and it melted the ice cubes, it got super thick, like cooked oatmeal. I kept stirring (I think I stirred for about 20 minutes total) until I felt like the lye would be dissolved. Everything came together fine. I combined everything when the temps were about 85° which is way cooler than I normally do but the lye mixture never got super hot. I wish I could post pics but not able to from my kindle and I don't have a pc at the moment.

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Haven

My bet is on the oatmeal or it overheated. I would have strained the oatmeal so it's only a liquid. Add enough water to it as your recipe dictates. Mix your oils and lye, then you can add the oatmeal solids when the oils and lye have emulsified.

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

It is still wet on top. After a week! Do you think I can rematch or is it a loss? I knew I should have stuck to what I know!

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Haven

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

Thank you. I will try rebatch and see how that goes.

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Haven