Bad soap weekend...

[JeanieB]

What an awful weekend..my salt bars are oozing..and my soap(although it smells amazing) has turned from a beautiful 'seafoam' green to a not so beautiful vomit green..errrr! Well played soap gods..well played!

 

[Hazel]

"Man plans, God laughs"

What a coincidence! I had a vomit green batch, too.

I'm sorry you had such a bad weekend. My soapmaking wasn't great, either. The soap gremlins ran rampant through the kitchen, laughing hysterically.

What type of salt did you use in your salt bars?

 

[new12soap]

I just saw Hazel already asked, what kind of salt did you put in your salt bars? Epsom salts and Dead Sea Salts are a big no-no, they are full of other minerals and will draw moisture. I just use plain old fine sea salt from the grocery store.

Those soap gremlins are devious little critters!

 

[hoegarden]

hmmmz... I have kind of an oozing batch too... but only 2 piece of soaps affected.. the rest look okay on the surface.. Its my first time seeing my soap like that. Any issue with that? I want to post the pic but my hp currently low batt, so I do not wish to transport the phone around first..

 

[Badger]

Sorry the soap gods were not with you this weekend :-( I hope things get better with your soaping soon!

 

[JeanieB]

I used fine sea salt from the grocery store..nothing fancy..it smells good, doesn't look too bad..just oozy..we'll see what happens after a few days..I still have hope for those..the soap..not so much..lol

 

[Hazel]

That's odd. I use sea salt and I've never had oozing. I don't know what would have caused it. How much salt did you add?

 

[Smee]

How sad :-(

What's worse - a weekend with bad soaping or a weekend with no soaping at all?

 

[new12soap]

Is it oil oozing out of the bars? was the soap not to trace when you added the salt and molded it?

 

[TeriDk]

I used fine sea salt from the grocery store..nothing fancy..it smells good, doesn't look too bad..just oozy..we'll see what happens after a few days..I still have hope for those..the soap..not so much..lol

I had the same thing happen to when I made my 1st salt soap batch. The good folks here told me that it may reabsorb and it did. Puke green, haven't a clue but hope it fades to pretty.

 

[RocknRoll]

I feel your pain. I had 3 days off and soaped my heart out the first day. Both batches turned out not as planned. One got stuck in the mold and I had to scoop it out and turn it into another usable batch which took forever (and still didnt turn out like I had visioned)! The next one got stuck in my soap cutter and is ok but was still a stressful process given everything involved. The last one I forgot to reserve aside some batter that I wanted to leave for a white top. Meh.... next time. :yawn:

 

[SueSoap]

So sorry! I've had the vomit green more than once.

 

[AlchemyandAshes]

hmmmz... I have kind of an oozing batch too... but only 2 piece of soaps affected.. the rest look okay on the surface.. Its my first time seeing my soap like that. Any issue with that? I want to post the pic but my hp currently low batt, so I do not wish to transport the phone around first..

What is oozing? Oil, lye, fragrance oil? Is it oozing from pockets, or is it sweating?

 

[hoegarden]

Hihi, the oozing is from a pocket.. lyk a small air bubble hole in the middle of the soap.. i taste the liquid that flow out.. it don't zap my tongue and its tasteless.. i am thinking of air that got trap in an air bubbles which went through evaporation and condensation in the saponification process. I will post the picture later.

 

[hoegarden]

I just posted the pic in 'photo gallery'. Can take a look over there to see if the problem is the same.

 

[JeanieB]

I am hoping it will..and that the unnatural green of my soap will fade..keeping my fingers crossed