Am I over complicating this? Dividing Oils

[Tara_H]

Beautiful! And what a rollercoaster of a story, lucky you had that bowl of excess mountains handy!

 

[heartofnebraska]

As a simple example...I want to make 4 layer soap. I would mix up the total amount of oils/butters and lye solution I need...55 oz oils and 23.3 oz of solution...and then I would divide by 4 to get the amounts of each that I need. Don't forget to divide your FO. Then I would weigh out 13.75 oz of oils, 5.825 oz of solution and do my do-wah-diddy and pour. When the layer has set, I would weigh out the next layer and do-wah...rinse and repeat.

This is how I do it as well. I did a 5 layer soap and just divided the portions by 5. I would mix each portion with the portioned out lye water when I got ready to make the next layer. It turned out great.

 

[CpnDouchette]

Were you short on oils? The lye could potentially be due to evaporation?

Finished product looks awesome!

 

[Stephd31]

What a fantastic result - great job!!

Thank you so much!

Beautiful! And what a rollercoaster of a story, lucky you had that bowl of excess mountains handy!

Yes, it was quite the rollercoaster, and I was very grateful to have the mountains set aside. Now, the soap in your profile picture was a REAL rollercoaster. I read all about your experience making that one. It came out beautiful!

Were you short on oils? The lye could potentially be due to evaporation?

Finished product looks awesome!

The oils were exactly as I had initially measured. I wondered if the lye had evaporated, 32g seems like a lot of evaporation for the amount of time I had it cooling, but I think it's a real possibility. Next time I make soap, I'll weigh the lye before starting and see if I have a similar result.

My finished product gives me a little bit of an '80s vibe, like a stock photo hung in a mall. I think that's part of the reason I'm happy with the outcome.

 

[TheGecko]

Wow...it's beautiful.

 

[Stephd31]

Wow...it's beautiful.

Thank you! Also, thanks for your help earilier.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Wow' your soap looks great!

 

[Stephd31]

Wow' your soap looks great!

Thank you!

 

[KimW]

Wowie, that is come very lovely soap! Nicely done.

 

[Tracy von Elling]

This is inspiring - I have wanted to make landscape soap for a while and may give it a try. It's amazing how when we may think a batch isn't going to turn out as we planned how we can be so surprised. This is a huge part of soap making that I love!