Teach Soap

Well I've had a grand time doing my first batch of crock pot mini batch soap, 1 lb! When I put a wisk thru the batch to verify that all was saponified, I got no white bits, but to be sure I left if a few more minutes in the crock pot. After adding color, didn't take, and fragrance too light, I molded the soap. It had almost turned to stiff mash potatoes, but molded just fine. It was very soft when I unmolded it 24 hrs later, too soft to even do a soap stamp the first day, but developed nicely on days 2 and 3!

When I cut it I found 3 small white small curd cottage cheezy looking spots. Darn I tested the spots and sure enough the chemical I used turned a bright pink, bad news. Questions follow please pick one and give me a helping hand if you have any ideas! LOL Thanks guys

1. Is this soap safe for me to use, I wouldn't sell it with a few unsaponified bits.

2. I soaped at 137 deg for oils and 117 for lye, I think this was wrong, but I was afraid to let the oil cool more for fear of having to reheat the lye which I didn't want to reheat.

3. Although the fragrance is light, the soap has a peculiar scent to it, like maybe burnt or curdled. Is that possible?

I did purchase the Soap Makers Companion and just received it so I'm studying to keep the questions down! HAHAHA ha Thanks everyone for taking the time to consider these questions.

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

海の皂

I am assuming that by the chemical you used turned bright pink and that is bad means that there is still lye in your soap? If there is, I wouldn't use it. It could burn you. If you are uncertain, then maybe a rebatch would work? I don't know honestly and I am certain that others out there can help you better than me. I do know that I wouldn't use it with free lye in there.

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Haven

You soap is lye heavy. I would rebatch just to be on the safe side. Next time get your oils and lye to about 110 degrees. When doing 1 lb. batches, it is helpful to convert the ozs. to grams. You'll get a more accurate measurement that way.

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

The soap itself isn't lye heavy, there are a few pin point spots that are white like a few pimples. I put all my quantities in grams. Thank you for the help.

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

海の皂

Oh I'm exhausted, third try is a charm. I didn't have this much trouble the first time I put a photo up!

Nice Mica line in the loaf, that is the best part!


Individual bars

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

海の皂

It sounds like that soap wasn't cooked long enough. It probably should have went 15-20 minutes more. Just a thought.

Perhaps, but I did figure out how to post the photos!

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~bytheSEAsoap~ Mella bythesea, bythesea, bythebeautiful sea

海の皂

Looks like dessert! Can you tell I want something with sugar in it?

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

So do I!!

The soap does look lovely. Nice job!