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andralynn62

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I just made 5 lbs of soap that did not harden. I left it for 48 hours and it is still too soft to slice. Should I re-melt it and stir until I get a heavier trace or re-melt and add more lye water?
 
I just made 5 lbs of soap that did not harden. I left it for 48 hours and it is still too soft to slice. Should I re-melt it and stir until I get a heavier trace or re-melt and add more lye water?

First, this is in the wrong forum. You need the Beginner Forum. Maybe an admin will move it for us.

Second, no one can help answer this without you posting the full recipe in weights. We need to know that everything that should be in the soap is in there, and be able to run the recipe through a lye calculator.

Third, and this is why we need your recipe, some soaps will not be hard in two days. It depends on the oils used. For now, until you hear from us, do nothing.
 
This is also why we suggest (quite strongly) that newbies make 1lb or 500g batches at a time, adding to what Susie said. In the off chance your soap can't be saved, you just wasted a lot of NaOH, water, and especially oil.
 
As stated, please post your recipe and any additives. I also echo not making huge batches. A lot of waste it something goes wrong or if you don't like it.
 
Hi, welcome to the forum! Can you post pics?

Please post your recipe. Also, review your actions - did you add water twice? Or an oil twice?

If your mold is oven safe, you could preheat your oven to 150-200F or so, turn it off, and then put your soap in the oven to force a gel. I like to wrap the soap in a glass casserole dish when i do this. Or cover a cookie sheet with wax paper or saran wrap, and put the soap mold on that.
 
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