Soap seized!

[Tkbahama]

I made a large batch of soap today and I added titanium dioxide ( I used alcohol to melt the powder) and as soon as I added the lye the soap seized within minutes!!! I barely had time to mix it.
Drs anyone know why?
Was it the alcohol ? Or the titanium Dioxide???
the batch was14 lbs if soap and at most two teaspoons of titanium and a few teaspoons of alcohol.

 

[shunt2011]

It's the alcohol that made it seize. Mix TD in either water or oil depending on what kind it may be. And why are you making such a large batch? Have you been making soap a long time? I make and sell and don't make batches that large. Just wondering. You can probably rebatch the soap.

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[jcandleattic]

Agreed it's most likely the alcohol that made it seize. The temp you were soaping at could also be a factor, and/or the oils used. Without knowing the recipe all of this is just a guess.

I also agree this was a rather large batch for a new soapmaker.

 

[Tkbahama]

Hi

It's the alcohol that made it seize. Mix TD in either water or oil depending on what kind it may be. And why are you making such a large batch? Have you been making soap a long time? I make and sell and don't make batches that large. Just wondering. You can probably rebatch the soap.

Welcome to the forum! Please venture over to the introduction forum and tell us a bit about yourself.
Hi, and thank you so much for your reply!
I think it must have been the alcohol too!!! First time using it. I’ve made batches before with great success so I wasn’t afraid to make a large batch this time although i
Must say I haven’t made cool soap for three years so I’m a little out of touch.
The recipe I used today was as follows:
Olive oil 40%
ciconut oil 30%
Palm oil20%
almond oil 5%
castor oil 5%
superfat 5%
Lye concentration 35% added the TD blended in alcohol into the oils first then added the lye and the seizing was immediate.
I would not have thought that two tablespoons of alcohol would seize a big batch like that but it must have???

 

[moodymama]

I've used a little bit, maybe a teaspoon, 50% isopropyl alcohol to help firm up layers in my soap a couple months ago. I knew alcohol did that from reading on here and experimented a bit when I used an FO that just wouldn't allow the batter to firm up enough.

 

[Tkbahama]

It's the alcohol that made it seize. Mix TD in either water or oil depending on what kind it may be. And why are you making such a large batch? Have you been making soap a long time? I make and sell and don't make batches that large. Just wondering. You can probably rebatch the soap.

Welcome to the forum! Please venture over to the introduction forum and tell us a bit about yourself.

Agreed it's most likely the alcohol that made it seize. The temp you were soaping at could also be a factor, and/or the oils used. Without knowing the recipe all of this is just a guess.

I also agree this was a rather large batch for a new soapmaker.

Hi, and thank you so much for your reply!
I think it must have been the alcohol too!!! First time using it. I’ve made batches before with great success so I wasn’t afraid to make a large batch this time although i
Must say I haven’t made cool soap for three years so I’m a little out of touch.
The recipe I used today was as follows:
Olive oil 40%
ciconut oil 30%
Palm oil20%
almond oil 5%
castor oil 5%
superfat 5%
Lye concentration 35% added the TD blended in alcohol into the oils first then added the lye and the seizing was immediate.

Temp of oils and lye was around 106
I would not have thought that two tablespoons of alcohol would seize a big batch like that but it must have???

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