What soapy thing have you done today?

[Cindy D.]

I have learned that my heating temps and insulation that works great for my 400g batches of soap are a little too hot for a full 1000g batch of soap. Had some oil seepage and what looks like some amount of ricing at the bottom of the mold. Still pretty soft too but it’s holding together well enough to cut at least. This soap was made on the 19th so it’s been a few days. (Of course I might be incorrect about what’s on the bottom of the soap)

Interesting, what's it look like cut?

 

[Ekuzo]

@Ekuzo I thought that I would be okay not to boil based off what I had read. I disloved some sodium citrate but skipped sugar. I had also let it go flat in my fridge for a week and thought I'd be okay. I boiled some last night and am interested to make some soap again and see the difference. Ya know for science

Now that I know I think I could get away without boiling and just move quicker and don't SB. I love learning this stuff! So many experiments... I'm gonna need more beer...

That’s what! Experiment some more and find what works best for you - for science, of course I'm already used to soap drinking much more than me

I have learned that my heating temps and insulation that works great for my 400g batches of soap are a little too hot for a full 1000g batch of soap. Had some oil seepage and what looks like some amount of ricing at the bottom of the mold. Still pretty soft too but it’s holding together well enough to cut at least. This soap was made on the 19th so it’s been a few days. (Of course I might be incorrect about what’s on the bottom of the soap)

I'd say it's been enough time now to get zap tested and see if there's any separation. If it's really just ricing and nothing else, you can say it's a design choice, looks cool

 

[AliensrReal]

Great job matching the colors to the FO names!

The brown soaps came out better than I thought. I did add some titanium dioxide. For some reason I can’t find my premixed TD. I guess the small bottle fell and is now hidden somewhere.

 

[Servant4Christ]

The brown soaps came out better than I thought. I did add some titanium dioxide. For some reason I can find my premixed TD. I guess the small bottle fell and is now hidden somewhere.

I love your green/blue color. Need sunglasses for that shade of yellow

 

[Midnight_Sun]

That’s what! Experiment some more and find what works best for you - for science, of course I'm already used to soap drinking much more than me


I'd say it's been enough time now to get zap tested and see if there's any separation. If it's really just ricing and nothing else, you can say it's a design choice, looks cool

I tested, no zap. It firmed up somewhat after cutting too, though I think it will need a long cure before becoming properly hard. Maybe I used too much water (I did a 2:1 ratio but I couldn’t get the salt and sugar to dissolve in my lye solution so I added some more water to finish dissolving it all). Possibly I can add the salt/sugar to my water before dissolving the lye?

The colors are pretty muddy but I can probably blame my technique for that. It’s a tricky swirl