oozy pockets

[MooreThanBags]

I have successfully made soap for about a year now with each batch turning our beautifully UNTIL now. I make plain jane soap and wanted to venture into color swirls but didn't want to waste my expensive colorants. I decided to try a swirl using a little instant coffee and cocoa. As you will see it didn't dissolve well and is ugly but I still hoped for usable soap. The top side looked okay and I turned it out of the mold and this (see photo) us what I got. Holes opened up in the soap oozing oily liquid. I reluctantly did a zap test with my tongue and it zinged pretty good. Is there anything I can do with it except toss it out? 44 ounces of expensive oils down the drain is a real bummer.

 

[jcandleattic]

If you are absolutely sure that everything was weighed out correctly in the first place and it's only lye pockets from not getting incorporated well enough, you could rebatch. Otherwise, you won't know which oil was mis-weighed or what the problem is so you might have to just toss it.

I would at least try to rebatch and see if that helps. If not, then yes, toss it.

 

[AnitaB]

Hoping you can save it! Oils are expensive...

 

[MooreThanBags]

I am a fanatic putting my recipes thourgh a soap calc and weighing out. I think I may not have gotten it all mixed properly. It was a half batch for me in a very large container. I had a hard time even using my stik blender because it was so shallow. It is not in my crock pot slowwwwwwwwwwwwly melting. Hopefully I will have a batch of ugly soap we can use for the next year.

 

[MooreThanBags]

Oh, I am so happy with how my rebatched soap turned out. I rebatched it in the crockpot and love the look of it; looks just like peanut butter fudge to me. I am posting a pic of the rebatched soap.

 

[three_little_fishes]

It does look like PB fudge!! Glad you were able to save it!

 

[kazmi]

Those look yummy!