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@Gothtink4151 , did you use an essential oil or fragrance oil that has orange tendencies? Like orange essential oil? or some other EO or FO that is not quite so obvious? the cappuccino mica is probably dark enough that a hint of orange from an FO would not be noticeable. Anyway, that is the only thing that comes to my mind. I've never used grape seed oil or sweet almond oil, so I'm not familiar with what those two oils might do.
 
@Gothtink4151 , did you use an essential oil or fragrance oil that has orange tendencies? Like orange essential oil? or some other EO or FO that is not quite so obvious? the cappuccino mica is probably dark enough that a hint of orange from an FO would not be noticeable. Anyway, that is the only thing that comes to my mind. I've never used grape seed oil or sweet almond oil, so I'm not familiar with what those two oils might do.
No I used a dark coffee roast fragrance oil I have no idea where this orange color is coming from
 
@Gothtink4151 , I usually unmold after about 24 hours and cut at that time. My very last batch for some reason was soft and I should have waited longer. I knew it when I touched the top and pulled away the sides but then got impatient.

I really admire your patience!!! I could have used some of that last week 😞
But, I am wondering, is there a reason you are waiting another couple days? Today is Friday where I live.

For other more experienced soapers, I have a question: Is it possible to wait too long before unmolding and cutting? Can the loaf get too hard?
 
@akseattle You bring up a good point. I think it depends on your recipe and how you are cutting it. Salt soaps made in a loaf need to be cut after a few hours otherwise they get way too hard to cut and tend to crumble. Ask me how I know 😅. High or pure olive oil soaps (not ZNSC) for me have to sit for a week before you can unmold them. Otherwise they dent super easy. (It was one of my first recipes 100% OO)

I unmold and cut most of my soaps around 18-24 hrs. Much longer and my wire cutter doesn't like it. But I can go up to 48 hrs with a knife.

@Gothtink4151 after 24 hrs if you can pull the sides away from the soap and they are clean you should be able to unmold. If you're still unsure you could always wait another 24 hrs or pop the mold in the fridge or freezer for about 30 minutes before you unmold. I've done that when my soap only partially gels.
 
@Gothtink4151 , I usually unmold after about 24 hours and cut at that time. My very last batch for some reason was soft and I should have waited longer. I knew it when I touched the top and pulled away the sides but then got impatient.

I really admire your patience!!! I could have used some of that last week 😞
But, I am wondering, is there a reason you are waiting another couple days? Today is Friday where I live.

For other more experienced soapers, I have a question: Is it possible to wait too long before unmolding and cutting? Can the loaf get too hard?
I went out of town from Friday to Monday I unmolded it when I got home on Monday and what was orange has now turned to almost the color of the cappuccino colored part
 
@akseattle You bring up a good point. I think it depends on your recipe and how you are cutting it. Salt soaps made in a loaf need to be cut after a few hours otherwise they get way too hard to cut and tend to crumble. Ask me how I know 😅. High or pure olive oil soaps (not ZNSC) for me have to sit for a week before you can unmold them. Otherwise they dent super easy. (It was one of my first recipes 100% OO)

I unmold and cut most of my soaps around 18-24 hrs. Much longer and my wire cutter doesn't like it. But I can go up to 48 hrs with a knife.

@Gothtink4151 after 24 hrs if you can pull the sides away from the soap and they are clean you should be able to unmold. If you're still unsure you could always wait another 24 hrs or pop the mold in the fridge or freezer for about 30 minutes before you unmold. I've done that when my soap only partially gels.
Like I said I waited till Monday to unmold it and it was still super soft. I’m not sure what happened with this batch but usually I unmold at 24 hours and cut into bars. There’s no way I’m trying to cut this right now. It’s soft enough that I have finger imprints where I touched it to unmold it
 
@Gothtink4151 , good for you for showing patience!!!
I wish I had shown patience and not cut my loaf when I knew it was not ready. Who knows why it was soft and the other two loaves were not. Now I'm waiting until it is like cheddar cheese or little more to plane it.
 
I've definitely had recipes do that. All my ingredients were correct, did everything like I usually do, but somehow the loaf still came out soft.

I blame the soap chaos fairy, his name is Murphy and he likes to mess with us to keep us humble.
 
I've definitely had recipes do that. All my ingredients were correct, did everything like I usually do, but somehow the loaf still came out soft.

I blame the soap chaos fairy, his name is Murphy and he likes to mess with us to keep us humble.
Well I went ahead and cut it. Hoping that air to more surface area would make the bars hard. On the outside the part I colored with td is now brown but on the inside it is still yellow
 
Many times a fragrance oil will discolor soap, especially if it contains vanillin.
I remember when there was a guy on here who made a recipe that could be added to some of your soap and it would stop the soaps from turning yellow-orange. It was a vanilla stabilizer if I remember correctly. I have the recipe written down somewhere, do any of you long-time soapers use it and how does it work?
 

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