Teach Soap

I need help. I'm working on an order of starfish-shaped soap - made from a mold. The ingredients include titanium dioxide, pigment, EO and base. The base is from a reputable source. The first few batches came out fine but the last few have something funky going on. Once hard, they come out of the mold greasy with a crystallized finish. The surface sparkles and they are so slippery they slide out of my hands. My first thought was the t.d. - it's water based. I tried adding just the t.d. (without water) but it didn't change a thing. Has anyone ever had this happen? Any ideas what could be causing it? I've tried reducing each ingredient but it hasn't helped. I'm starting to HATE starfish! >:\

dawna

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Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." - Milan Kundera

Maybe it wasn't mixed enough and some settling occurred? Just a guess...

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Deb.....


If you blow in a dogs face he gets mad....take him for a car ride ..and he sticks his head out the window....

I figured it out!!!! I just purchased some new eye droppers and assumed they were the same measurements as my old ones - they look exactly the same. However they are not (the new ones are milliliters) and today I realized that it was too much EO. Once I corrected that everything worked! Now I just have to figure out what to do with 10 slippery starfish!

Thank you Deb for responding.
dawna

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Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace." - Milan Kundera

Aw, good..Glad u figured it out...

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Deb.....


If you blow in a dogs face he gets mad....take him for a car ride ..and he sticks his head out the window....

That sounds like what was happening to me recently. I made a post about it as well. Wonder if this is what was wrong with mine as well.

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~Robin~

Sometimes a dream is what makes you a slave