TD is going to send me over the edge!

[new12soap]

Since your TD is both oil and water dispersible I would say your best bet would be to stir some into glycerin and leave it for a few days. That is what the Wilton brand icing whitener is made of, TD and glycerin in a little bottle with a drip cap. You only need a little bit, TD is a very powerful whitener. You don't say how much you used, but really a small amount is all you need.

There was a post around here not too long ago where someone experimented with putting TD into the oils before adding the lye and putting it in (pre-dispersed) after trace, and they got much better results using the TD up front.

 

[cmzaha]

am i the only 1 who loves td? i use it in almost every batch. yes, it gave me funky stuff in the past, but there's a way around it. just gotta watch for overheating me thinks.

Nope you are not the only one. I love td. I use oil td and the only time I have had td crackle is when using a water td. But who knows lets see what happens tonight with my soap I just poured and decided to let it gel. Hope all this talk of crackle is not contagious :-D I used quite a lot of td

 

[cmzaha]

No crackling with my two anise soaps I poured last night. Granted they did not gel even though I did not put them in the freezer. I only use oil td from soapsupplies.net I also had over a tablespoon of td in approx 40 oz of soap batter which I had seperated off from the main batch

 

[clhigh29]

That soap looks amazing! I dream about making a soap that beautiful. Can't say I've ever had td problems, so no help here, but it looks like you have what you need from others.

 

[Candybee]

Are you using oil soluble or water soluble TD? I use the water soluble and have a very similar recipe. I premix my TD in a little reserve water. I bought the water soluble because I heard it works better than the oil one. So far I have never seen any crackling. I do RTCP.

When I add the TD to my soap batter I just mix it in as usual with my SB. The only problem I have is if its not mixed long enough I get tiny white specks in the soap. But the SB works it in pretty good.

 

[cmzaha]

Hermanam, I think you really need to chuck B&B's TD and get some from soapsupplies.net. She also has some very nice fragrances and flat rate shipping. Oil td is really the best in my opinion. I posted a pic of the soaps I made the other night that have a lot of td. The batch I almost messed up

 

[Hermanam]

Hermanam, I think you really need to chuck B&B's TD and get some from soapsupplies.net. She also has some very nice fragrances and flat rate shipping. Oil td is really the best in my opinion. I posted a pic of the soaps I made the other night that have a lot of td. The batch I almost messed up

I agree, I think that is what I am going to try, because I am not sure what else to try at this point?

Although, did you see my follow up with the crackle in the neon green and cappuccino brown? Certainly, I cannot have this bad of luck...I must be doing something wrong. For the life of me, though, I cannot figure out what my trouble seems to be with oxides in general. I really don't think things are overheating, but maybe I am wrong.

And thanks again to those of you with such kind compliments about my soap...I am still learning and I am so appreciative of everyone's help

 

[Crombie]

TD - Add to Oils

I use oil-soluable TD. I sprinkle the TD powder over the top of the oils and walk away for 5 - 10 minutes. Then I stick blend well. I have never had crackling/TD rivers.

 

[peepla]

Try mixing the td with water. Its been my experience that sometimes td is mislabeled. So do a test...if water drops in...sinks to bottom and stirs....even if it says oil dispersable....its a water base.

 

[Hermanam]

I've tried both oil and water...it seems to disperse fine in both (actually better in water), but it doesn't seem to matter...I get crackle either way. I am going to try a different brand of TD and see how that goes. Although, I am apparently having this issue with colored oxides as well, and I am stumped as to what I am doing wrong.

 

[new12soap]

Since it is happening in the colored areas that don't have any TD, I am gonna say it isn't the TD. Just a guess, but now we are narrowing it down to stearic streaks and heat. I believe there were some tips earlier in this thread about how to manage temp control during gel. Give it a try, or just embrace it