GV shortening

[Guest]

I did a boo-boo. I bought the GV all vegetable shortening...instead of the beef tallow and palm...when I cut it this am it felt greasy...is this ok? Or should I throw it all away? The ingredients are partially hydrogenated soybean oil, fully hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono and diglycerides added.
I know on the single swap oil website it says BOTH of these oils are horriblew in soap....IM SO UPSET! :cry:

 

[soapbuddy]

It's greasy because different oils have different SAP values. I would recalculate your recipe with soybean and see what the difference in lye amount is.

 

[falldowngobump]

Dont throw it out---Do what Soapbuddy said, recalculate and then possibly do a rebatch. It might just be saveable!

 

[Guest]

I ran it through the soapcalc & I originally had to use 4.296 oz lye....now recalculated to soybean oil it says 4.229...I have no idea what the heck to do?

 

[soapbuddy]

I ran it through the soapcalc & I originally had to use 4.296 oz lye....now recalculated to soybean oil it says 4.229...I have no idea what the heck to do?

I normally round off the number, so the first would be 4.3 oz lye and the second would be 4.2. It's 0.1 oz off. I would try to shred it or cut it and add it to another batch if you want to try to save it.

 

[Soaplady22]

What was your SF amount?? If it was high enough (7-10%??), then the .1 oz extra lye won't hurt. Or shred and add to a new batch. That would work fine also.