First cold process soap - cut and on the rack

[songwind]

I created a hard soap shaving puck, based on the premise "what if I focus on the creaminess rating instead of specifically the stearic number?"

What I ended up with was a soap that's 65% palm, 25% coconut, and 10% stearic acid. I meant to put in extra glycerin, but forgot until after the batter was already in the mold. :roll:

IngredientPoundsOuncesGrams Water0.193.0486.182Lye - NaOH0.0721.15632.783 #√Oil/Fat%PoundsOuncesGrams 1Coconut Oil, 76 deg250.125256.6992Palm Oil650.3255.2147.4173Stearic Acid100.050.822.68 Totals1000.58226.796Soap Bar Quality Suggested Range Your Recipe Hardness 29 - 54 62 Cleansing 12 - 22 17 Conditioning 44 - 69 34 Bubbly 14 - 46 17 Creamy 16 - 48 45 Iodine 41 - 70 37 INS 136 - 165 178 Lauric 12 Myristic 5 Palmitic 31 Stearic 14 Ricinoleic 0 Oleic 27 Linoleic 7 Linolenic 0

It was my first successful cold process soap, and it unmolded without any drama last night.

Now I just have to wait. In the words of Inigo Montoya, "I hate waiting!"

 

[MaitriBB]

Congrats on your first batch!

 

[Shannon_m]

Very nice first batch!!! turned out a beautiful white!

 

[mel z]

That is nice, hope it works out just as planned.

 

[deedee1]

Lovely first batch, now for the patience and the waiting :grin:

 

[WallFlower]

Very nice! I also hate waiting especially when it was my first!

 

[songwind]

Thank you, everyone.

Luckily for my patience, this isn't my first batch of soap, just my first cold process soap. I have also made a couple of hot process soaps.