Disaster- please tell me what to do with this soap?

[saltydog]

That is what I do too Soapbuddy, I always add he fo/eos first.

Could it be that your soap got a little hot? I had a batch with white marbling too and mine got a little hot

Maybe it was. I poured the lye at 110 because I was impatient.

 

[soapbuddy]

110 is normally what I soap at. Some fragrances can heat up the soap batch though.

 

[Jezzy]

Yep... 110 is ok. Like Soapbuddy said some things cause the soap to get hotter so insulation is not needed (even when soaping at room temp). Like some scents, sugar, honey and dairy products.

 

[lovelysuds]

sometimes my rebatched soaps are accidentally my favorite. i didnt think it was bad enough to rebatch. trust me, you shouldve see what i had to rebatch. itd make an onion cry, :cry: Dont be too hard on yourself! I think you did a nice job, so what if its not flashing pink, neon yellow with sparkles. I actually think that sometimes a nice mellow soap is appropriate.

 

[Guest]

Recently I have been doing my oils differently and it has been working great. First I prepare the lye (I put my lye/water mix cup in a bowl of ice). Once the lye has cooled, here's what I do for the oils. I put my hard oils in a plastic mixing bowl and pop them in the microwave just until melted. Then I add my liquid oils straight from the containers into my plastic bowl. The liquid oils at room temperature will cool down the heated oils and it is ready for mixing immediately. If there are no hard oils in my recipe, I just skip the microwave step all together and mix my room temperature oils and add the cooled lye. Quick and easy.

I also take about a tbsp. of my batch oil (before adding the lye) and mix in a seperate container with my fragrance oils. Then when I add the oil/fragrance mixure at trace, no seize problems.

 

[honor435]

looks ok to me, no zap, keep it, people will still love handmade soap.

 

[saltydog]

So I finally decided to try the rebatch! Before:


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After:


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I guess those holes are air bubbles? I did smack it on the counter a few times to try and prevent that. They seem awfully wet & they are high in OO, so I guess I'm looking at a long cure, yes? I actually do think they look better now, and I just wanted to see what it was like to do. I didn't really think it was that bad!

 

[Dragonkaz]

Your 'new' soap looks amazing ... love the colour!