Teach Soap

Did 3 loaves of gm soap today... my first. I have 50+ loaves of CP under my belt in the last 4 months or so.

1st, NO issues, no fragrance or color, stayed a pretty nice creamy color naturally. did not put in the fridge or freezer

2nd, no issue when making, added in some 10X lemon essential oil and some course ground rosemary. Did not put in freezer... 2 hours later, it was burning hot, slight crack and soap inside was more yellow'ish, than creamy like #1. tried to repair crack and did so... then in the freezer.

Noticed soap 1 after 4 hours was VERY hot... into the freezer. Looks fine, no issues

Soap 3, no issues, lavender scented. right to freezer. no issues

With Soap #2, it was a slight crack, soap was hard everywhere, but there was gel inside (normal I guess), when I was touching up the crack, some seeped out. Will that harden up, or did I just mess up that loaf?

And, I use coconut, palm, olive, castor and shea in my recipes... I found using goat milk, it was a LOT harder to get to a thicker trace. Is this normal with goat milk? I mean everything was room temp and I used the stick blender for 5 minutes fr a mid range trace. 1 min with my non goat milk soap, it would have been cement. exact same recipe, only difference is the milk.

When you see a crack, that means the soap is too hot and could overheat. For your last soap, if it was gel inside, that means it's still gelling and not done saponifying. You need to leave it alone til it cools off. Milk has natural fats, which can account for a slower tracing time.

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

They all turned out, I was quite impressed!

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

Grats! That calls for pictures.

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Linda

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

I cannot seem to attach a picture here to save my life. I have now done 20+ batches of goat milk (2lb loaves) and so in love with it. Once I figured a few ways that worked for me, its soooooo easy and fast to make a batch. Thrilled. I love that once my oils are at the right temp, I can do the frozen milk with lye and be ready to go so much quicker.

Just went really crazy and did a BB salty mariner gm soap... and it WORKED! beyond thrilled. So addicted to the scent, and couldnt give up on it.