tumbleweeds321
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I made two pounds of soap today. 2 recipes, 1 lb. each.
The first pound I put in to this as a mold:
http://www.sterilite.com/Holiday.html (the picture on top)
They were on clearance at Walmart for 2 bucks ea. so got a couple 'cause I thought they'd make really neat half-sphere molds. Notice the lid, that may come in to play with my problem.
The other batch I poured into some plastic molds I'd picked up at Hobby Lobby. Different shapes in a single 'sheet' of plastic.
After I'd poured the soap in the molds, I put them both in my oven which had been set at 150, then turned the oven off.
I just checked them (it's been about 8 hours now) and the soaps in the plastic 'sheet' mold are coming along fine. Hardening nicely.
The soap in the Sterilite box (link above) is like jelly. Not hardening at all. It's way way looser than when I poured because after I added the fragrance it traced so fast it was like pouring pudding!
Could it be that it's too hot in that box with the lid on it? Should I break the lid off? Will the soap eventually harden or have I totally ruined it? Can or should I pour the jelly-like soap into a different container? Are you allowed to do that after the process has started?
Any help would be much appreciated! I was going to leave them in there until tomorrow morning but after seeing the mess in the Sterilite mold thought I should post here now for a chance of saving it.
Thank you!!
The first pound I put in to this as a mold:
http://www.sterilite.com/Holiday.html (the picture on top)
They were on clearance at Walmart for 2 bucks ea. so got a couple 'cause I thought they'd make really neat half-sphere molds. Notice the lid, that may come in to play with my problem.
The other batch I poured into some plastic molds I'd picked up at Hobby Lobby. Different shapes in a single 'sheet' of plastic.
After I'd poured the soap in the molds, I put them both in my oven which had been set at 150, then turned the oven off.
I just checked them (it's been about 8 hours now) and the soaps in the plastic 'sheet' mold are coming along fine. Hardening nicely.
The soap in the Sterilite box (link above) is like jelly. Not hardening at all. It's way way looser than when I poured because after I added the fragrance it traced so fast it was like pouring pudding!
Could it be that it's too hot in that box with the lid on it? Should I break the lid off? Will the soap eventually harden or have I totally ruined it? Can or should I pour the jelly-like soap into a different container? Are you allowed to do that after the process has started?
Any help would be much appreciated! I was going to leave them in there until tomorrow morning but after seeing the mess in the Sterilite mold thought I should post here now for a chance of saving it.
Thank you!!