Seizing sopa

[RochelleBBS]

Well, I had my first seizing experience today! I guess that's what it was...the soap quickly went from a light trace to a chunky pudding type of consistency. Very odd...

I'm not sure what I did differently except that my carrier oils were hotter than usual (about 115 degrees) and I used palmarosa essential oil, which I'd never used before. Maybe it was that?

Anyway, I did my best to stuff it into molds and wrapped it until tomorrow - we'll see how it turns out. I expect it'll be a wasted batch, but a good learning experience!

 

[Susie]

NEVER throw away a batch until you check here first. You can save almost any soap as long as you can accurately tell us what is in it.

 

[RochelleBBS]

NEVER throw away a batch until you check here first. You can save almost any soap as long as you can accurately tell us what is in it.

Good advice! I haven't tossed it yet. I just "plopped" it into my rectangular molds, tried to tamp it down with a rubber scraper, and then set it away to cure until tomorrow.

The consistency was odd. Like a chunky gelatin pudding... I'm thinking my carrier oils were too hot.

 

[judymoody]

It might have been your essential oil. I don't remember if palmarosa has a reputation for seizing or not, but other florals certainly do. I routinely soap at around 115 with no incident unless I'm using a fussy additive or fragance.

 

[El_Granado_Loco]

It shouldn't be the EO, in my opinion. Actually, this is the reason I love Palmarosa (apart from its great aroma), it doesn't give me a hard time... But maybe there could be different kinds of EO....?