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    Troubleshooting: Clear Streaks

    I'm having the same problem. At first I noticed it with red sandalwood as a colorant (1/2 teas. ppo, i think). but now I'm noticing it in my soap colored with ultramarine violet. I probably tend to over-insulate rather than under insulate and it only happens on me when I do a water discount (33%)
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    webby water discounts

    Yes. Somewhat. I'll see if I can figure out how to upload a picture.
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    webby water discounts

    Stearic streaks. Strangely compelling. It could be. I'll have to see if they seem fatty or not so fatty. But that would make it odd for them to appear in the part of the soap that's gelling most thoroughly, and hence heating up the most.
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    webby water discounts

    40% olive, 30% coconut (76°), 25% palm and 5% castor
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    webby water discounts

    I am discounting water as 33% of oils (per soapcalc) and keep coming out with bars of soap that have cool but odd, web-like (almost fractal) patterns on them. It occurs in the middle of the soap, the ends do not seem as affected. At first I thought it was just my red sandalwood soaps, but...
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