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MissCherryBlossom

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Hello everyone! This is my first time posting here, but I've been quietly perusing the forum for quite a while now. I need all the feedback you guys can kindly give me.
Here's the deal; I started soaping two years ago and made about a dozen really nice batches and that was it. But now I started again and the two batches I made have failed! I'm starting to think I'm cursed or something (not really though! Haha).
I was told the first one failed because of using a somewhat clumpy lye. So I got new lye but in flakes.

Recipe: The recipe for my small Bastile batch was this: OO 68.73% , Castor 6.29% , CO (Refined) 24.98%, Water 8.26 oz, Lye 3.45 oz, Superfatted at 5%, 1tsp Sodium Lactate
Problem: The soap was doing just fine and hardening for about an hour. Then it turned to mush, literally. It's extremely oily on the top and 24 hours laters I have no hopes for it.
Question: What do you think went wrong? I thought it was the lye the first time but I changed it. I hadn't used Refined CO on my previous batches but did with this one. Could that be the culprit? Or could it be a faulty scale?

Thanks for all the help you can give me!
 
You give the percentages, but not the actual weights of the oils. At what temp. did you soap? You could have gotten a false trace. Put your soap in an old Crockpot, stick blend and cook. You might be able to salvage it.
 
You're right sorry, here it is: OO 17.20 oz, CO 6.25 oz, 1.58 oz
So you think it could work? Do you have any idea why it happened? Thank you!
 
It could be a faulty scale for sure. I ran your recipe through SM3 and it is fine. It also could be as lsg said, the false trace. I agree with lsg to put it in a crock and fix it up.
 

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