Whoops, forgot to add one of my oils.

[maffyew]

Hey all,

Tried to make some soap today, and I forgot to add my main oil (crisco).

Was wondering why it traced so fast. After I poured into the mold, I realized I never added my main oil.

Oops.

My question is twofold:

Will the soap be usable even though I forgot to add my main oil? I'm guessing the lye concentration will be much too high and will leave me with a caustic brick of unusable stuff.

and,

Is there any way to add my other oil now or later?


Thanks in advance

 

[Genny]

Since it's most likely going to be lye heavy, you can just take your entire batch & the left out oil and rebatch it right now.

 

[danahuff]

Yeah, what Genny said, and I think all of us do this at least once. I left coconut oil out of a batch and tried to melt it down and incorporate the oil, but it didn't work. I would think if you rebatched it, adding the extra oil, you could save it.