Oily soap

[Greebus]

Greetings,

I am new here. I have been reading soem threads but just joined because I finally have a question. I am new to this and this is only my second batch of CP soap. I have read a couple of books and have done a lot of online research. I figured I would just start making soap and get my feet wet. I used a soap calculator, so everything thing should be good.

I did use goats milk instead of water in the lye solution. This seemed thicker and more fatty than the lye/water solution so it has me concerned.

So I made a batch last night and I pulled it out of the mold and cut it into bars this morning. It seems rather oily. I am not sure if this is just supposed to be this way or what, but I have it sitting on cardboard and the two pieces that I cut from the middle are very oily. What I mean is that those two pieces are sitting on cardboard in almost a puddle of oil. Basically I made two pounds and the mold was a square cake pan. It seems that the two bars cut from the middle are a lot more oily than the others. The end pieces are not like this.

Is this normal? Or should I rebatch?

Thank You for your answers ahead of time.

 

[Fragola]

That's not goat related, the lye/milk solution is supposed to be thicker.

You sure that puddle is oil and not lye water ?

 

[Greebus]

It's oil

 

[judymoody]

Post your complete recipe, soaping temperatures, additives, type of FO or EO used if any and we may be able to help you out.

If you do end up rebatching, use everything, including the seeping liquid. Don't sop it up and then throw it away. Then you won't know what you have.

 

[Fragola]

If you do end up rebatching, use everything, including the seeping liquid. Don't sop it up and then throw it away.

Unless your soap indeed has too much oil inside, which should be thrown away.

At least this is what I just did with an oily little batch of mine. Meaning I melted it, strained the extra oil and poured the soap into the mold.

 

[debbism]

Did you insulate and gel?

I found that by delaying gel for about 30 minutes after pouring, and not insulating as heavily, I got less oil on the surface. I think it was a combo of sweating glycerine and FO but now our soaps seem to be way less oily when we delay gel.

On the ones where we skipped gel, there was zero oil/glycerine on the surface

 

[Greebus]

Did you insulate and gel?

I found that by delaying gel for about 30 minutes after pouring, and not insulating as heavily, I got less oil on the surface. I think it was a combo of sweating glycerine and FO but now our soaps seem to be way less oily when we delay gel.

On the ones where we skipped gel, there was zero oil/glycerine on the surface

Yes. It seems to be drying up a little. I'll just see what happens at this point. Next time I won't insulate right away.

 

[musmar.firas]

I have the same problem today. When I start pouring the batch in mold I noticed that end of the pouring is crumbly and smudged. So I stopped pouring and tried manually to blend it and poured the end of the batch in different mold.
Now the first pour has some oil on the surface but the second pour has a lot of oil on surface.

I noticed in comments above that I can rebatch it through heat. Can any one guide me plz ?

 

[penelopejane]

I have the same problem today. When I start pouring the batch in mold I noticed that end of the pouring is crumbly and smudged. So I stopped pouring and tried manually to blend it and poured the end of the batch in different mold.
Now the first pour has some oil on the surface but the second pour has a lot of oil on surface.

I noticed in comments above that I can rebatch it through heat. Can any one guide me plz ?

If you start a new thread with your recipe and a photo of your soap we will be able to help you. This thread is from 2012.

 

[amd]

I think musmar.firas needs to be reported to admins. This is the third or fourth OLD thread that he/she has posted on the same message.