Too much olive oil?

[bodhi]

I made that mistake once and had a gloppy mess that never turned into soap. There are a few people here who use well water and havent had a problem so you might be ok if it looks good so far.

 

[Nite Hawk]

I took the soap out of the mold today, and the hardness is sort of like an "almost hard'- toffee candy. It cuts, but isn't extreme rock hard, either. It looks sort of like there might have been a very small amount of seperation in some areas, but there isn't any pools of oil either. The surface still has a tiny bit of an oily film, but i think it may dry as it was only in the mold for about 2 days. It seems to be mild, didn't get a "zap" from zap testing it, just "yucky" soap taste.
I am having a bit of a problem with determing when to put it in the mold when stirring. Think I am stirring it too much with the stick blender and it"s getting pretty thick before putting it in the mold, amd then I am having "air pockets" from the thick "pudding" type soap that doesn't fill the mold properly.
The one disappointment is that there doesn't seem to be much of a coffee scent, just the brown color.
On the up side even though I boo-booed and used well water it doesn't seem to have caused problems that I can see..

 

[kazmi]

It will harden very quickly if you ended up using your original recipe. That's part of the curing phase and you will notice it the most over the next couple of days. I haven't tried a coffee soap yet but most of the soapers here say that the coffee smell does not carryover into soap. You have to use a FO if you want a coffee scent.

btw as you make more soap you will get more comfortable when to stop stick blending and when to get it in the mold. My first cp was a little at heavy trace too

 

[Nite Hawk]

Thanks ...still learning..