Leaking FO *added pics*

[strawberryred]

I finally used my first FO in a batch (Juniper breeze from mms) last night and it smells awesome. I used .80 oz for a 2 lb batch.

I covered it and put it in a warm oven and checked on it before I went to bed and everything seemed fine. This morning though it had overheated and the top was wrinkled and there are pockets of fo around all the swirl imbeds and soap balls I had added. I went ahead and cut it to see what would it looked like inside, and the bottom of the soap is almost spongy feeling and it is very oily all throughout with fo.

So what can I do to save it? I'm still pretty new to all this, but I'm thinking I'm going to have to rebatch? I just don't want to do this and loose the pretty design I made on top, but I might just have to. I'd rather have something functional as opposed to something pretty. Or is there someway I can fix this without rebatching? And if I do have to rebatch, how do I do that? TIA!

 

[soapbuddy]

If there are FO pockets and it overheated, there's a chance there are lye pockets there as well. I would rebatch. It just won't look as pretty.

 

[krissy]

if you end up rebatching, do it with the microwave. it is so much faster, and easier than trying to do it in a crock pot or bag.

just shred the soap w a cheese grater, them microwave at 30-60 second intervals and stir, then when melted pour/glop into the mold as fast as you can. i caved a batch yesterday by doing it this way.

 

[strawberryred]

Here are pictures of it when I first poured it.

Then in the morning this is what it looked like:

The fo only seems to be around the embeds.

There doesn't seem to be any lye pockets or anything through the soap, just fo around the embeds, and when you pick up the bar it feels oily like fragrance oil.

 

[busymakinsoap!]

Oh no! What a shame, that looks lovely

 

[scouter139]

I've had it happen a few times...I've dabbed it with a papertowel and left it alone, the rest reabsorbed and I've just left it alone and it reabsorbed. It took a while longer without the blot but both ended up being fine...I"m not so sure the oil that rose was all fo....there was plenty of fragrance still left after the blot. Whichever oil does it...I haven't figured out which it is yet, it doesn't seem to hurt the final product.

 

[carebear]

can you show a cut edge? spongy is not a good sign.

 

[strawberryred]

can you show a cut edge? spongy is not a good sign.

Here is the bottom

And here is the sides

You can see the residue it left on the freezer paper in that last one. I did a zap test, but nothing happened, it's safe that way. It's just the fo that is a problem. You can kind of see on the top part of the soap ball the area that is a little darker and that is fo on it.

 

[strawberryred]

Oh, and I know it kind of looks like ash on the bottom, but it's not. It's not something growing on the bottom, it's just the hole-y spongy-esqueness of the soap.

 

[Bubbles Galore]

What a shame. It's so pretty. When I put fragranced soap in a warm oven, I check it every 10 minutes and any sign of overheating and I whip it out. This has happened to me quite a few times now so I'm wary. :wink: