What happened to my soap ??

[mimimakingsoap]

What happened to my soap ???
Its been 5 months since i first making CP soap...
Strangely, this batch result have this strange pattern, i dunno what happened
I use honey and charcoal as additive... This is my recipe

Olive oil 40 %
Sunflower oil 10%
Castor oil 7 %
Coconut oil 17%
Palm oil 16%

Actvated charcoal 2%
Honey 2%


Water 38%
Superfat 5%

Before this, my soap looking better no white pattern...

Is this soap safe to use ?
What makes the white pattern appear ???
I usually cut my soap 12 hrs to 24 hrs after making, is it to fast ? Do i need to wait a little longer ??? Thankyou for your answer....

 

[Ekuzo]

If you have doubts about the safety of your soap, try zap testing.

https://soapyfriends.com/zap-testing-soap/

Looks fine to me though. Maybe those are what's calles glycerin rivers? Can't say for sure, never got them, but someone else might confirm.

Upon checking your recipe, it seems 10% of the oils are missing - probably not an important aspect regarding the 'issue', but felt like letting you know.

Also, if you're using 38% of oils as water, you may want to try switching the calculation to 'lye concentration' instead and start with 33% (it's the same as water to lye ratio 2:1). That way you'll get more consistent results by getting the same concentration each time and adjust that, if needed. 38% of oils is usually a lot of liquid, and given that the recipe has more liquid oils, it would be better to tone that down a bit - who knows, with less water you may fix this?

 

[mimimakingsoap]

Thank you @Ekuzo
I never heard about glycerin river... Let me take alook after this..

Yes, my friends says that my soaps are too soft... I plan to reduce the water to 1.5 times lye ...

If i reduce the water, how about the curing time ? Its will take shorter or longer time to cure ?

 

[Ekuzo]

Thank you @Ekuzo
I never heard about glycerin river... Let me take alook after this..

Yes, my friends says that my soaps are too soft... I plan to reduce the water to 1.5 times lye ...

If i reduce the water, how about the curing time ? Its will take shorter or longer time to cure ?

https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-.../river-runs-deep-explanation-glycerin-rivers/

A little article on that. You can see in the pictures it looks different than what you got on your soap, that's why I'm not exactly sure it's glycerin rivers in your case. But it might be.

According to this website, they form if your batter gets too hot. Using less water and mixing at lower temperatures should help eliminate that effect.

1.5:1 water to lye ratio is what I use (it's 40% lye concentration), and I'm used to it, I like it that way and it works well for my recipes.

With less water, there's less to evaporate from the bar - the time needed for a proper cure can be shortened a little (depending on how much water you cut and the recipe itself). In most cases, you still need at least a month before using the soap. But yes, less water usually means shorter cure time