Why would you NOT gel?

Guest · Aug 23, 2009

Just wondering why would you not want your soap to gel? Curiousity always gets the better of me!

heyjude · Aug 23, 2009

I almost always gel. The few times that I haven't was because I was using pastel colors and wanted the appearance to remain lighter.

Jude

Milla · Aug 24, 2009

I didn't gel my milk/honey soap because I wanted it to stay a pretty color. I hate it! It's sticky and it's only 6% SF and a good recipe. After that I've gelled everything.

jarvan · Aug 24, 2009

milla, is yours the one that has the honey on top of the soap? I know that if you use slightly too much inside the batch and don't have it all mixed thoroughly, you will get a sticky soap. It looks pretty for a decoration, but doesn't really do anything but get everything sticky. In the ones where i had a lower amount of honey and mixed it well into the batch with a touch of oatmeal, it smelled divine.

Milla · Aug 24, 2009

jarvan said:
milla, is yours the one that has the honey on top of the soap? I know that if you use slightly too much inside the batch and don't have it all mixed thoroughly, you will get a sticky soap. It looks pretty for a decoration, but doesn't really do anything but get everything sticky. In the ones where i had a lower amount of honey and mixed it well into the batch with a touch of oatmeal, it smelled divine.

No, I made mine awhile ago and never posted pics. Maybe I put too much honey in it. Just made an oatmeal and honey batch yesterday and gelled it. Now I have honey spots and my oatmeal was too fine. Can't see it. I give up!

Rosey · Aug 24, 2009

I didn't gel my goat's milk either because I wanted it to stay whiter. Everything else I gel. Will I not gel the GM later? I'm not sure, I think gel is better than partial gel (well it's prettier...)