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And why would it zap if it isn’t lye?

What is the difference between lye crystals and lye crust?

I am new to the forum, this was one of my first posts, and to get snarky replies that make me feel like a failure has tempted me to leave this group. I was so excited to have a soap making community but y’all did not welcome me in a kind way. Please consider your words before posting. I asked...

“48 hours after unmolding”

Through my research (which is extensive) the lye crystals do not form but they float to the outside of the bars. They are not present until at least a few days into the cure. And I was not checking my soap every day as it cured, unfortunately. They are also hard to spot, so it really wasn’t...

About 100 bars. It’s a big disappointment but I have decided to throw them away. Thank you for the reply!

I am sorry you think I am ungrateful! It is hard to sense others intentions through texts, so please don’t think me ungrateful. (:

I have been making soap since 2019, without any problems. I would say I am pretty experienced and have had many successes with different recipes. The lye crystals don’t show up until partially into the cure, so there is no way I could have sensed them at the beginning when I cut my bars. I...

The lye crystals started appearing during the cure, I would never make multiple batches knowing I was ruining them. I add my sugar and salt to hot water and then add that to my milk and lye solution. I then strained it into my oils, with a lot of salt and sugar getting caught in the strainer...

I am not familiar with this, could you share some info please?

I did, there’s not much info. ):

I know my mistake; I didn’t allow the lye to dissolve fully in the milk. Yes I added sugar and salt. No, I don’t do heat transfer since I use frozen goat milk. No oozing or anything.

Yes. I posted a thread on here and decided they are lye crystals. This is just one. They zap.

How do you rebatch soap with lye crystals? The lye did not dissolve in half of my stock of soap and I really don’t want to throw away 100s of dollars worth of soap if at all possible.

Can anyone tell me what this is?

I wasn’t sure what category to post this under (im new here!) so I hope this is ok. I made soap dough a while back with great success! 70% olive oil, 30% coconut oil, and I think I had it at 2.5:1 water:lye. I went to make a bigger batch to sell at a festival this weekend (4 pounds, 4...