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I’m finally going to test the left over lye tomorrow. It has to be what happened. Does the ambient temp of the water to start with matter?

I have some of the same lye. Does anyone know how to test it? It’s not too much water. And the two batches are the same, so I don’t think it was a mis measurement of the lye.

I’ve never rebatched either, but I’m guessing that the honey goat milk etc. would be an issue?

I think it did reach real trace, for sure the second batch (exact same recipe) did. Can over heating cause the soap to be very soft, if it did indeed saponify? First; I love that you have a sample soap archive!! Second, how can I know if my lye was weak? Lastly, it has been over two weeks...

Can anyone help me understand what may have gone wrong with BOTH batches of this recipe. I’ve made it before, with the new changes being a FO, added shea butter, colloidal oats. Oops. Posted too soon. Both batches of this updated goat milk and honey soap are freakishly soft, and they’re not...

That’s what I did. Just into the cooler. And it was really cold. 55f. Still looks like I got channels. Not full volcanos, but a weird trough. So then it’s either the shea butter (unlikely), the FO (possibly), or the colloidal oats. Colloidal oats are a starch, aren’t they? Would that cause...

There was only a cavern in a couple of bars. Very small hole, pea sized, Pencil tip size. The soap was wet looking, I think front he honey. I did save the soap and will test it soon and report back.

Yes! I had a couple of teeny ones.

That’s good to hear! This particular cooler is my soap cooler. It’s an old one dedicated. It fits my two 7lb molds. These soaps are 5lbs each. I’m going to try putting them in there with a towel wrapped. No heating pad this time. And, I’ll watch them! Thanks so much for your help!!

The tiny hole/tunnel in this soap had a few tiny bits that I think maybe were the ”teeth”. When I was looking up photos of volcano soap after the cut, it had little crystallike shapes. I assumed that was what @KiwiMoose was referring to. But now I’m curious.

It’s about 55-60F in myt soaping area and I work on a steel counter, so it’s cold. I have put this goat milk and honey soap into my soap cooler for insulation before, and I thought I’d used my small heating pad then also, and it worked well with this recipe (before those three additions.) I’m...

Here is my recipe. I’m posting here to keep it consistent with my request for help in this thread. I hope that’s ok.

Thanks so much for those who have been helpful. This soap has really done a number on my nervous system! So, from what I can tell I got a small over heated channel down the top of the soaps. Only two bars out of two large loaves even had a tiny hole. I waited 4 days to cut and it’s still quite...

I still have not rebatched a soap. I’ve been really intimidated by it. Would a recipe like this be suitable for Rebatching? I’ve been searching the forum for info about it. Is there a thorough tutorial anywhere that someone can recommend?

I love getting EOs from Liberty Naturals! The online shopping interface isn’t the easiest to use. But their oils have been top notch and their prices are good.

I haven’t cut it yet. Hoping for a miracle. It’s still squishy and weird. I thought it was perfect, I’m so bummed! It’s been really hard to even get my act toget her and make anything, and I was so excited about the new scent and addition of shea butter and colloidal oats. And, the swirl came...

Thank you. Will do. Thank you.

Usage rate was %6 and that’s what I used. Could it have partially volcanoed once out into my cooler?

I’ve been searching but can’t find, photos of partial volcanos in CP soap. Also, this is a new FO to me. So maybe had something to do with it.