1st Pine Tar Soap - brittle?

[Deborah Long]

So, I made my first pine tar soap this morning. I was laughing! It started out soooooo easy and fine and ended up like everyone else's - a mad dash to get it into the mold.

It's ended up hard as a rock, a little brittle. Here's the cut (yes, already)

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/media/pinetarsoap.2011/full

ETA - recipe
Olive Oil - 55%
Coconut Oil - 25%
Pine Tar - 15%
Castor Oil - 5%
Silk and Sodium lactate added to lye water

33% Lye Concentration

 

[SaltedFig]

I like the colour and the swirly bits (was that meant to happen? I like the interest it adds ).

 

[hungryhawaiian]

I’m not seeing a photo?!? The link takes me to another thread...

 

[SaltedFig]

The link is to @Deborah Long's media photo:

@Deborah Long, if you click the picture icon and paste your media link into the "Image URL", your media photo's will show up in the thread
(it does not automatically translate the link, when it's posted directly into the forum)

 

[Deborah Long]

I like the colour and the swirly bits (was that meant to happen? I like the interest it adds ).

Umm - no - That's where the split part didn't get mixed into the pine tar part enough! Happy accident! Thanks for the tips on posting pics! It took me forever to figure out how to post in the media section! LOL

 

[user 29721]

Pine tar speeds up trace, to the point of making the soap batter firm in a matter of 30 seconds or so. Gotta move fast with it! I have slightly different recipe that uses about 12% pine tar and a mix of approximately same percentage of lard, CO and OO. Never had any issues with it except pouring it as soon as I mix in lye and hand stir for a short bit.