Cracking cp goat soap

[Jtilley]

Hello,

We have had issues with partial gel phase no matter what we did so we started to force gel phase by putting our soap in the oven. This was recommended by a friend that also makes cp goats milk soap and forces gel phase.
First heated oven to 95 degrees (bread proofing setting) then shut off. Now the last couple batches have cracked.

50% olive oil
6.25% castor oil
28.75% coconut oil
15% shea butter
10.3 oz goats milk
4.6 oz lye


All liquids are 75-85 degrees when mixed.

2oz fragrance from brambleberry
2- teaspoons sodium lactate added to lye solution
Spray of alcohol on top

One of the first batches with this method got too hot when going through gel phase and the milk burnt.

Any thoughts?

 

[dmcgee5034]

I make GMS, and don’t gel. I put my loaf up on 2 cans (beans, corn) and if it’s a warm day or the loaf feels too warm, I have a fan blowing on it and rotate it once in a while. I had a loaf crack before I started this, and was able to smooch it together. I used to put my loaves in the fridge or freezer, but this “can & fan” process really works well for me.

Just a note on your recipe, I’d drop the castor down to 5% and the coconut down to under 20%, maybe you have another oil to pop in for the difference from those 2? Avocado or sweet almond come to mind, depending on what you have. I also hope you are using a calculator for your recipe (even if it’s on BBs site, best to run it through a calculator), and that you are using their fragrance calc for the specific FO you are using because not all FOs have the same usage rate.

 

[Relle]

I don't gel mine either and put it straight in the frig, not the freezer.