Cracked soap

[The.thrifty.hippie]

I think my soap cracked due to the kaolin clay I put in. I hear i should add it with water prior to adding to my soap. Any thoughts? I soap at room temp it was about 75° this is the lavender lemonade FO from brambleberry. I added some tussah silk and cranberry seeds. Yellow oxide and purple mica. Lavender EO and sprigs of real lavender as well

 

[DeeAnna]

It looked like it cracked around the lavender sprig. It could be the woody stem absorbing liquid, expanding, and cracking the soap.

Maybe the clay contributed, but a lot of people use clays in their soap without problems. You don't say how much you used, so who knows?

 

[The.thrifty.hippie]

I used about 1 tbsp. I think that sounds like a good theory with the sprigs. I'll have to try again to see if the same thing happens. Thank you

 

[dibbles]

I used about 1 tbsp. I think that sounds like a good theory with the sprigs. I'll have to try again to see if the same thing happens. Thank you

1 tablespoon for how much in oil weight?

 

[Carly B]

I used about 1 tbsp. I think that sounds like a good theory with the sprigs. I'll have to try again to see if the same thing happens. Thank you

It could have been a double whammy of the sprig and then the pressure when you stamped. I've had soap crack if I've pushed down to hard, and my stamp is much smaller than yours.

 

[Dawni]

Cute soap though