Okay, I've been making my cold process soap and baking it a few hours and letting it set in the oven overnight to cure and it's ready to use the next day. I made some honeysuckle soap and I baked it as usual and it's still got zap.. I baked it again for a few hours and let it sit all night a second time and it's still got zap. What did I do wrong? I followed the recipe with the lye calculator... Here's the recipe I used... 4 ounces castor oil, 8 ounces coconut oil, 4 ounces olive oil, 8 ounces palm oil, 16 ounces of lard, 14 ounces of water, and 5.5 ounces of lye. Also, can you still bake it after you have cut it? I didn't test it before I cut it the first time and then I tested it after I cut it and it had zap... Can someone please help me??
I would just leave it to cure like loolee recommended. It's not very unusual for soap to zap when it's fresh from the mold, so I wouldn't worry about it at this point. If you find that it is still zapping after a week and a half or so, it may more than likely be a genuine case of lye-heaviness (or maybe it's the FO- some of them can mimic zap). My personal advice would be to test again in a week or so and let us know how it goes!
