konadogsmom
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Hi, soap pros. I've been making hot and cold process for about a year now, experimenting with different recipes to find one that works well for me. In my latest experiment, I attempted to make a three layer cold process soap - Peppermint Mocha. I used a recipe that I'd made 5 previous times - with solid results. The bottom layer is scented with a Mocha fragrance oil, the middle and top with peppermint fragrance oil. Unfortunately, the middle segment ended up being a bit gooey, sticky and crumbly (like feta cheese had been squeezed together), while the white topping and bottom layers were both smooth, hard and easy to cut. Do you have any insights? Here's the recipe:
Lye: 6.85 ounces
Water: 15.84 ounces
Oils:
Safflower: 2.4 ounces (5%)
Coconut: 14.4 ounces (30%)
Olive: 16.8 ounces (35%)
Palm: 14.4 ounces (30%)
Soaped at 105 degrees.
Divided the batch into thirds.
First 1/3: added 1 ounce Mocha fragrance oil and 1t coffee grounds, stirred and poured into the mold.
Second 1/3: added 1/2 t oil disbursed titanium dioxide and 1/4t Raspberry Mica. 1 ounce of Peppermint fragrance oil, stirred and poured on first layer.
Third 1/3 (ha): added 1/2 t oil disbursed titanium dioxie and 1 ounce of peppermint fragrance oil, stirred and poured onto second layer.
It's that second, or middle layer, that was the epic fail.
I've "sticky, crumbly feta cheese" results before using another recipe. That recipe had come through just fine 9/10 times, too. I just can't seem to find a good, solid recipe that works consistently. So frustrating. I want to LOVE cold process soap making because of all the fun you can have with it, but can't seem to get it right. Even with recipes straight from books (and run through a lye calculator just to be safe). BAAAAH! SOS!
Lye: 6.85 ounces
Water: 15.84 ounces
Oils:
Safflower: 2.4 ounces (5%)
Coconut: 14.4 ounces (30%)
Olive: 16.8 ounces (35%)
Palm: 14.4 ounces (30%)
Soaped at 105 degrees.
Divided the batch into thirds.
First 1/3: added 1 ounce Mocha fragrance oil and 1t coffee grounds, stirred and poured into the mold.
Second 1/3: added 1/2 t oil disbursed titanium dioxide and 1/4t Raspberry Mica. 1 ounce of Peppermint fragrance oil, stirred and poured on first layer.
Third 1/3 (ha): added 1/2 t oil disbursed titanium dioxie and 1 ounce of peppermint fragrance oil, stirred and poured onto second layer.
It's that second, or middle layer, that was the epic fail.
I've "sticky, crumbly feta cheese" results before using another recipe. That recipe had come through just fine 9/10 times, too. I just can't seem to find a good, solid recipe that works consistently. So frustrating. I want to LOVE cold process soap making because of all the fun you can have with it, but can't seem to get it right. Even with recipes straight from books (and run through a lye calculator just to be safe). BAAAAH! SOS!