ewenique
Well-Known Member
After I explain what I did, will soapers with way more experience than I have let me know what's happened with this soap?
I usually use individual molds since I've only made 1 lb batches, but I used a small loaf pan lined with bubble wrap instead. My plan was to try layering in the mold. I used a simple recipe that I've made before, but after mixing the oils I split it in half. I added frozen cucumber puree to one half the lye and frozen fruit tea to the other half lye. Then added the different lye solutions to each half of oil and stickblended each separately before adding 1/2 teaspoon of cucumber melon FO to each half. (I was hoping for green and peach layers.) So I poured the peach colored soap into the mold first, then the green on top. It looked like the layers mixed a bit. The temps of the lye and oils ranged from 82 - 95. The mold went into the oven with the light on for 7 hours (CPOP) and finished the night in the oven. When I took the mold out after 11 hours, there was a layer of bubbles on top of the soap - no zap, but tasted oily. After 24 hours I unmolded the soap and the bubble wrap impression and colors look great, but the soap is oily all over. Any idea what happened? I don't want to cut the soap until it is dry. Thanks for your help!
I usually use individual molds since I've only made 1 lb batches, but I used a small loaf pan lined with bubble wrap instead. My plan was to try layering in the mold. I used a simple recipe that I've made before, but after mixing the oils I split it in half. I added frozen cucumber puree to one half the lye and frozen fruit tea to the other half lye. Then added the different lye solutions to each half of oil and stickblended each separately before adding 1/2 teaspoon of cucumber melon FO to each half. (I was hoping for green and peach layers.) So I poured the peach colored soap into the mold first, then the green on top. It looked like the layers mixed a bit. The temps of the lye and oils ranged from 82 - 95. The mold went into the oven with the light on for 7 hours (CPOP) and finished the night in the oven. When I took the mold out after 11 hours, there was a layer of bubbles on top of the soap - no zap, but tasted oily. After 24 hours I unmolded the soap and the bubble wrap impression and colors look great, but the soap is oily all over. Any idea what happened? I don't want to cut the soap until it is dry. Thanks for your help!
