Master of disaster

[rebekahp]

I seem to have lost my soap making mojo, here is what happened last night....

Made honey & lavender EO soap. All ingredients were weighed & measured, ready to go. I used half water & half coconut cream. Last time I found the CC sped up trace, so I added my EO with orris root powder at light trace, before the CC. No issues, everything blended nicely.

I stop to add in the honey & the soap siezed! At this point I thought maybe I could hand mix in the honey & CC, so added this as well. Oh dear! This didn't happen, the soap went hard so I thought putting it on the heat might help, it didn't.

So I ended up moulding a concoction of light coloured bits in a brown liquid sludge. It has hardened up overnight.

Will rebatching save it?

Adding pics tonight.

 

[Half Caper Farm]

You never know! It might turn out ok.

I made some soap with a new fragrance - Mango Lemonade (love it!). I decided to colour 1/3 with paprika and while I was mixing that, the white portion decided to go pretty solid. I squooshed it together (not much of a "swirl") and mushed it into the mold. Since it was so thick, I made peaks on the top. When I cut it into slices, it looked like slabs of marble - quite pretty.

 

[cmd439]

You never know! It might turn out ok.

I made some soap with a new fragrance - Mango Lemonade (love it!). I decided to colour 1/3 with paprika and while I was mixing that, the white portion decided to go pretty solid. I squooshed it together (not much of a "swirl") and mushed it into the mold. Since it was so thick, I made peaks on the top. When I cut it into slices, it looked like slabs of marble - quite pretty.

I had a similar problems when making Hot Cocoa fO soap. I was trying to figure out how the unscented (white) part traced faster left alone in a cup than the one I added my FO to and was stick blending.

 

[Half Caper Farm]

Soap gremlins. :roll:

 

[photoshadows]

Sorry to be off topic, but where'd you find the Mango Lemonade FO?

 

[ewenique]

I have a Mango Lemonade FO that moves at warp speed, too, even though I soap at room temp. Smells yummy, though. I got my FO from a retired soaper, so don't know what supplier made it.

 

[Half Caper Farm]

Sorry to be off topic, but where'd you find the Mango Lemonade FO?

I got it from http://www.saffireblue.ca/ - they're about a 40 minute drive from me, nice and convenient!

 

[rebekahp]

Here is the mess

Here is the finished product after rebatch - does it look really bad?

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[jarvan]

Oh my! At first I thought brownies with large walnuts. Then I thought ...NO. You might find this to be useful for yourself, but ugh...not a pretty soap. Sorry. You tried really hard as I can see and they for sure have texture. They just look burnt. Hugs!

 

[jarvan]

Oh my! At first I thought brownies with large walnuts. Then I thought ...NO. You might find this to be useful for yourself, but ugh...not a pretty soap. Sorry. You tried really hard as I can see and they for sure have texture. They just look burnt. Hugs!

 

[scouter139]

Wow...I read your description before the pictures and imagined what your sludge looked like but I didn't even come close to what the pictures look like.
I have to give you an A+ for rebatching. While I probably wouldn't sell it or give it away I would use it myself as long as it isn't lye heavy in spots.
Give it a couple weeks and then zap test it. And watch, it will turn out to be the best soap you've ever used and you'll never be able to recreate it again.

 

[photoshadows]

Perhaps it's not the prettiest soap, but I actually think it looks kinda cool in a way. Kinda looks like a chunk of marbled fudge. Others are right. I doubt it would sell, but you made the best of a sticky situation and probably have some usable soap that, as scouter139 said, will probably be the best batch ever!

 

[rebekahp]

Thanks guys. I have already washed my hands with a small bit & it is super creamy, not lye heavy at all. Up until the honey & coconut cream, it blended perfectly.

I have a feeling I may have mixed it a little too cold & the aircon was on as well as it was a warm night.

Personally I like it looks cute with the lighter bits, like brownies.

Friends & family will be appreciative.

 

[Bama]

Wow, looks like desert.

 

[ewenique]

I'd be tempted to rebatch it again and this time use a mixer to blend in those chunky bits. I had one batch of soap that I redid about 5 times before I thought it was presentable. But then I don't mind rebatching because I see it as experimenting. I use the microwave to rebatch.

 

[chefinblue]

I actually like the way it looks..I say cut the smooshed top part off, cut it into nice, smooth cubes and sell it as a rock soap..it's lovely that way.