Has anyone experienced your CP soap seizing due to palm oil? I have used the Royalty soap recipe for several batches with no problems, but recently changed to a different brand of palm oil and my last 4-5 batches have all gone to trace immediately and I've ended up with soap on a stick. I can't think of anything else that's changed. Next batch will be without that palm oil (I kinda hope it's not the problem because I have about three pounds of it left).
Issue with Soap Seizing
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Is it possible that the container of palm oil is old, or perhaps oxidized from being stored in a warmer area, or in sunlight?
If so, that will definitely accelerate your soap batter.
If so, that will definitely accelerate your soap batter.
I haven’t had it long, a couple months, but don’t know how old it was before that. I ordered it off the world wide internets, but I don’t think it was from one of the known good suppliers. It was subjected to some fairly warm temps for a couple of weeks until I moved it. Probably a combination of all those things. I’ll go back to the more-expensive-but-worth-it-in-the-long-run-providers. Sometimes it is all about “you get what you pay for”.
Was pleased with my latest rebatch of seized soap. Orange cranberry. It smells great! Still not pretty.
I found a slightly used salad shooter on line and let the seized soap dry out a couple of days before shredding. It worked great.@KimLynn it looks great! The texture and color totally go with that scent, too.
Just tell people you made it that way on purpose. They will believe you!
I agree it looks nice ‐ like pie with ground walnuts. You accidentally pulled out looks that people struggle to achieve on purpose. Even the top looks different and I can definitely mistake it for baked goods
The top has a thin layer of orange M&P that I had left over from another project. A happy coincidence!
And it made for a very effective crust!
akseattle
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@KimLynn The last batch of soap I made seized really badly, I dumped over a cup of boiling hot water into it ( a 1000 gram batch- which was big for me) so that I could chop it up and soften it to and stir it a little to get into a mold. It was pretty unsightly but I unmolded it. It was firm enough to slice but soft enough I could have pinched and dented it easily. It had oatmeal and espresso grounds and it looks a little like meatloaf (or dog food?). But, I peak at about once a week. It's been almost a month, It's still soft .... don't know when all that excess water will ever evaporate off. But, I'm getting kind of used to it. It actually smells pretty good.
I really liked your idea of pouring a thin layer of M&P on top.
Even though it's been a month, since the soap is still soft, do you think it's too late to pour a little M&P on the top? (or dip it into some M&P?)
Or, maybe since I've adjusted to the look and am actually starting to be okay with it, should I stop while I'm ahead?
I really liked your idea of pouring a thin layer of M&P on top.
Even though it's been a month, since the soap is still soft, do you think it's too late to pour a little M&P on the top? (or dip it into some M&P?)
Or, maybe since I've adjusted to the look and am actually starting to be okay with it, should I stop while I'm ahead?
