oil underneath soap

[Jaccart789]

Hello everyone... I attempted to try the yogurt soap again. I added the yogurt in the oils before mixing the lye. The soap came out beautiful in my heart silicone mold, and then I put the rest in a wood soap mold. My problem is that I was about to unmold the soap in the wood mold (looks beautiful), but as I was lifting the paper some oil spilled out. The heart mold was solid and easy to unmold.

It looks solid and firm... are there any explanations to the oil leaking out? Its been in the mold for 24 hours. Should it be in mold longer...will that help?

Thank you in advance!

 

[judymoody]

It is possible that the soap in the wood mold overheated and separated, causing the oil to leak out. Wood traps the heat and silicone does not. Also if your wood mold holds more soap, you will get a hotter and longer lasting reaction with a larger quantity of soap batter in a loaf mold that has less surface area than, say, a tray-style mold.

If there is a little bit of oily residue on the surface, it might reabsorb. But if there was enough to spill out, than waiting is unlikely to resolve the problem.

When you cut it, if there are oozy pockets, it is separation and your only recourse it to rebatch.

Jenneelk started a thread on this very problem and posted some good pictures of separated soap.

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=38216

 

[paillo]

I always add milk/cream/yogurt at early trace, and don't have separation problems. I almost always use a wire whisk (rarely a stick blender) to bring the batter to faint trace before adding milk products. Could be you're adding it too early?

Agreed that a rebatch is probably your best option if the oil is pourable...

 

[Jaccart789]

Thank you so much! I find your explanation so helpful! I will unmold and see how it looks. I will let you know...

 

[Jaccart789]

I am so new at this... that I need to watch a video on rebatching. LOL Thank you all for your help.

 

[Jaccart789]

Well... I see a lot of videos on rebatching old soap, can I do this with fresh oozing soap? Do I have to cut it up?

 

[lpstephy85]

Well... I see a lot of videos on rebatching old soap, can I do this with fresh oozing soap? Do I have to cut it up?

The rebatching with the fresh soap should be a lot easier because it is still soft. You will still need to cut it up in to smaller pieces so I would suggest wearing gloves. Good luck!


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[Jaccart789]

Thank you...thank you! Its in the crockpot. Wish me luck!:smile: