I'd also like to see the percentages..34 hrs sounds like a really long time to leave in a mold imo. I'd go with the advice of running a sharp knife down the side and getting it loose..it wont dry on the sides very fast with no air to it.
ETA: Im also curious..why did you wipe it down with vinegar? Do you always do that, or is this the first time?
I did wipe it with vinegar because the mold had some oily residue from the previous soap batch, and if i used a damp or wet cloth to wipe it, it bubbles and lathers like wet soap.
i wiped the laminated sides thoroughly after the vinegar with clean damp cloth. It's just my way of cleaning my molds i guess.
Here's the percentages:
5% castor oil
35% coconut oil 76 degrees
10% cocoa butter
25% olive oil
15% rice bran oil
10% sunflower oil
5% superfat
34% lye concentration, water only (no milk)
Essential oil blend
So i guess here is the reason why my soap got stuck:
It was the first time i used activated charcoal and titanium dioxide. I premixed these into water, not oil. It was equal parts titanium dioxide/activated charcoal and water. I believe that had i used oils to premix the activated charcoal and titanium dioxide, the soap would not have become stuck in my molds. Because indeed, the molds i used do not need liners.
I used water based on what i searched from online resources. No, i did not try to premix the t.d and a.c in oil. My bad...
Lessons learned:
1. Better line the no-liner-needed molds preferably with freezer paper, except maybe for silicon molds. Wax paper for me works fine. I cant find freezer paper here in the Philippines and ordering online from Amazon or other foreign sites is too costly for me.
2. Lessen the water content for this recipe, or premix the activated charcoal and titanium dioxide in oil.
3. PATIENCE! And do not panic.
And i have finally removed the soap loaf from the mold
i should have just left it there, probably for 2 weeks, 3 to 4 weeks at most.
