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I dispersed the clay in oil before adding. When I scraped part of a spot off it left a little hole so I'm assuming bubble. But there are a ton of them. Only on the inside of the bar though.

Yep I use a 3lb silicone loaf mold. I've never had this happen before but I accidentally left it in front of the heat for 2 hours opposed to 1. I was hoping it wouldn't make a difference. I guess I was wrong!

First time using French green clay and noticed these marks when I cut the loaf today. Not sure if they are air bubbles somehow? Or if it could be a side effect of the clay. Recipe was 27% coconut oil, 3% castor, 10% canola and 60% olive. 3lb silicone loaf and I did force gel. I may have left it...

Penelope Jane it is a steel rack but it is coated. Thanks everyone for your help! Think I'm gonna try one last time with this recipe and if I still get the same results I'm gonna ditch it all together.

The round bars have a bit of a swirl pattern cause it traced quicker than I thought and I had to swirl it to get it flat because that will technically be the bottom. The round ones in person are very uniform in color and have hardly any ash. That's why I found it weird because I used practically...

Even after using it several times it will not come off. Is it possible to have ash that bad? I was hoping to clean the ash off but it seems to be too deep in the bar.

I keep getting these white areas in and on my cold process soaps. The first one I used 45% coconut oil, 40% olive oil, 10% grape seed oil, 5% castor oil and scented with lavender and lemongrass essential oils. What I thought was soda ash appears to be a thick crust on top and a lot of it runs...