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This is two issues with the same batch, rolled into one post.
Soapbuddy, you mentioned that when soap goes in the freezer to prevent overheating, it can zap up to three days. Does this mean the majority of the saponification process is not complete for several more days than if the soap had gelled? I ask because I put my second attempt at goat milk soap in the freezer--after 30 minutes in the fridge it was overheating; the gelled inside was pushing through the top crust a bit. After 12 hours I took it out of the freezer--no heat on the soap then--and put it in the fridge with the rest before removing it, then left for 24 hours at room temp. I just cut it. It looks like the soap gelled almost throughout even though it was in the freezer, but there are no lye pockets are anything so I think it is fine.
However, it has a chemical odor (unscented batch). In my first goat milk batch that had lye pockets from overheating, I smelled a heavy chemical odor. The batch described above smells faintly like that. I do not fancy sticking my tongue on it for zap, but I am wondering if what I am smelling is an incomplete saponification. I double checked my numbers--the thing is superfatted at 7%, so I know the problem is not the recipe (and I was very careful about measurements. I accidentally added 2 g more castor oil b/c I overpoured and it was mixed with the rest). If I leave it to cure will this eventually finish saponifying and be fine? (In brief: looks fine; smells not fine.)
Anyone else smell when soap is lye heavy? Boy, I can smell that chemical odor very clearly. Then again, I am pregnant, and have dog nose.
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