Update on my TD issue...Round 2 with pics...the Soap Gods are laughing

[Hermanam]

So yesterday I posted about how TD glycerin rivers/crackling are nearly sending me over the edge. Tried everything but not having much luck...my TD usually looks like this...



So I decided to try the same recipe, same mold, same process...but I used BB's Super Pearly White Mica because I didn't want to mess with the chance of crackling. I also used TKB Neon Green and BB cappuccino mica. This is what I got...



LOL...the white looks great, but the others...well, not so much! Using ED silicone mold with basket, covered with a shoe box and towel (I even used one instead of two this time). Do you think this is overheating? I really would be surprised, since it's a silicone mold with no wood around it.

Help ???

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Do what you did with the whites in this second one but what you did with the colours in the first one! If only it was that easy, eh?

 

[judymoody]

Look at the ingredients list for your colorants - betcha' TD is one of the components.

 

[Hermanam]

Look at the ingredients list for your colorants - betcha' TD is one of the components.

TD is in the BB cappuccino mica, but I don't see it listed in the ingredients list for the neon green. I know oxides in general are prone to this. Either way, I'm beginning to wonder if it is something with my recipe?

 

[Seawolfe]

See now the second one looks like a cut agate and I'd be all proud and telling everyone I meant to do that....

 

[soap_rat]

I think your top one is gorgeous with the patterns (is that a funnel swirl?) and the accent of white. TD crackle is a sign of a handmade soap!

 

[Hermanam]

Thanks Soaprat, it's a tiger stripe swirl. The second one is a coconut lime fragrance...maybe I'll just name it Coconut Lime Crackle...hehe

 

[Obsidian]

Is your recipe high in steric?

 

[Hermanam]

Is your recipe high in steric?

On Soapcalc, my stearic number is 5%.