ETA: you can see the stearin spots in this soap which I usually don't get in this recipe just because I had to leave it out at room temp for so long. The top was also softer than the bottom of the soap. I think it will be lovely after a cure.
I attemted a spin for the challenge.
All I got was mud... :sick:
My fault. I was expecting it to set up, but it took a while, and when I thought it was sturdy enough, I started the spin.
And mud here we go.
Will unmold and cut to show the mess. But it will take a while, it was with olive and lard and tiny bit coconut. I covered it so it will gel, at least that will enhance the colors some.
Wonder how it will look on the inside when it was this ugly on the outside. Not expecting any awesome looking mirror image on this one..:?
My failed attempt scented with Green Irish Tweed. Was going to name it"Irish Greens" but have decided to go with "Blarney Stone" instead. Now it sounds like it was intentional. This was done in a loaf mold and I cut it horizontally. Trace was wayyyy too thin. It actually ended up taking 2 hours after I poured it to even be able to put it in the oven to CPOP it. It also leaked a little.
MSH, your experience sounds pretty much like mine. Way too thick to swirl, and I wasn't at all happy with how it looked after I cut it up. So I thought about it a while, and ended up shredding it and putting it in another batch. I just posted a pic in the photo gallery. Much happier with it now. I hope you're at least happy with yours when it's done, even if it's not swirled. But all is not lost, you can always use it another way.
If you use low water, feel free to post your fo choice (before soaping ), and let us tell you if we have used it, and whether or not it performs well, in low water.
We are all here to help!
Afterthought, what fo did you use?
I am getting ready to use the following recipe for this challenge as The first attempt failed and I have a couple of questions before I make any big mistakes or end up with a hot mess on my hands.
40 percent Olive oil
40 Percent Lard
15 Percent Coconut oil
5 Percent Caster Oil
Lye water ratio at 1.4:1
so that breaks down to the following in the soap calc
Water 17.30 oz
Lye 12.36 oz
Coconut oil 13.5 oz
castor oil 4.5 oz
Olive Oil 36 oz
Lard 36 Oz
Total Oil weight 90.0 Oz
Fragrance oil will be Crafters choice Peony has anyone had any experience with this fragrance oil does it cause acceleration ?
Thanks in advance Todd
Unless you've used that (Peony) already, I wouldn't chance it. In low water it would be exponentially worse if it's an accelerator, and it seems like most florals are (barring perhaps lavender.) Also, that's a pretty big batch. Do you need that much for your mold or is there a smaller mold you can do a smaller test batch in? If things don't go your way.....well, that's a lot of soap!
I am getting ready to use the following recipe for this challenge as The first attempt failed and I have a couple of questions before I make any big mistakes or end up with a hot mess on my hands.
40 percent Olive oil
40 Percent Lard
15 Percent Coconut oil
5 Percent Caster Oil
Lye water ratio at 1.4:1
so that breaks down to the following in the soap calc
Water 17.30 oz
Lye 12.36 oz
Coconut oil 13.5 oz
castor oil 4.5 oz
Olive Oil 36 oz
Lard 36 Oz
Total Oil weight 90.0 Oz
Fragrance oil will be Crafters choice Peony has anyone had any experience with this fragrance oil does it cause acceleration ?
Thanks in advance Todd
Thank you, I really wanted a different outcome.
I used low water (beer+ water actually) (33%) and I brought it to emulsification by whisk instead of stick blender. That was the real difference. This is also a slow tracing FO. But, I've never seen it this slow, even without FOs and this recipe is 55% hard oils + 8% castor. I also mixed my colors in oil this time instead of water. I'm going to attempt again with this same method/recipe only with a different FO and color scheme.
ETA: you can see the stearin spots in this soap which I usually don't get in this recipe just because I had to leave it out at room temp for so long. The top was also softer than the bottom of the soap. I think it will be lovely after a cure.
Fragrance oil will be Crafters choice Peony has anyone had any experience with this fragrance oil does it cause acceleration ?
Thanks in advance Todd
Galaxy, could those "Stearin spots" be prevented by mixing the hard and soft oils with a SB before you put the lye in?
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