Had a good run up till know. I sat and calculated everything. my splits, the sequence of events. rolling wave over a bit of sea bed. The only thing that did not work is the end result. Man I felt really good after pouring this one. Not over confident. Just felt I done everything correct. Looks like the oils separated. mostly blue green area. Maybe I did not mix fragrance in enough? awapuhi sea breeze. thanks for looking
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>I work in an unheated basement. early morning <60 degrees that morning.
>Got a bright idea to freeze distilled water in one lump block. Lye water never went over 60 degrees. Oils were at 73.
>to much mica in the sea bed. Used a lot of yellow/brown to get that tan. cracking on bottom of bar??
>put my coconut oil container in sink full of hot water. noticed small beads (water) while weighing out oil. Did container leak. (have to start listening to little voices, why are they always right). no glycerin rivers thankfully.
>forgot to subtract oils used to hydrate colors from batch.
>put more fragrance in one color than the other.
>So afraid of "zero to cake frosting" not using blender much. after emulsion. So batch still not mixed properly?
>put loaf in cabinet drawer. in said basement. Not insulated.
you learn from your mistakes. I have remedied most of the ones that I can. I big one "Need more experience" will come in time. Thanks
>I work in an unheated basement. early morning <60 degrees that morning.
>Got a bright idea to freeze distilled water in one lump block. Lye water never went over 60 degrees. Oils were at 73.
>to much mica in the sea bed. Used a lot of yellow/brown to get that tan. cracking on bottom of bar??
>put my coconut oil container in sink full of hot water. noticed small beads (water) while weighing out oil. Did container leak. (have to start listening to little voices, why are they always right). no glycerin rivers thankfully.
>forgot to subtract oils used to hydrate colors from batch.
>put more fragrance in one color than the other.
>So afraid of "zero to cake frosting" not using blender much. after emulsion. So batch still not mixed properly?
>put loaf in cabinet drawer. in said basement. Not insulated.
you learn from your mistakes. I have remedied most of the ones that I can. I big one "Need more experience" will come in time. Thanks
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You really need to put your recipe so others can have a looksy at it, without that there isn't much input. Is the texture hard or soft crumbling? I looks like it didn't gel and I can see close enough where it looks like spots on some of the cut soap. I closer up picture would be good. Looks like the tops have some soda ash.
It looks like you have self critique and know where you can make improvements.
It looks like you have self critique and know where you can make improvements.
I've never seen anything quite like that but I'm going with FO not quite mixed in.
If the crumbling is soft, cut too soon. If its hard, cut too late.
Shouldn't hurt the soap at all. Give it a few days then zap test.
You did soap a little cool but since your soap stayed thin it didn't have false trace. Could have been a issue if you used a lot of hard oils or butters.
Don't be afraid to mix your lye with cold/room temp water. Yes it will get hot, yes is will produce vapors. If you can boil water without getting your face in the steam, you can make lye safely.
If the crumbling is soft, cut too soon. If its hard, cut too late.
Shouldn't hurt the soap at all. Give it a few days then zap test.
You did soap a little cool but since your soap stayed thin it didn't have false trace. Could have been a issue if you used a lot of hard oils or butters.
Don't be afraid to mix your lye with cold/room temp water. Yes it will get hot, yes is will produce vapors. If you can boil water without getting your face in the steam, you can make lye safely.
Don't be quite so determined to keep your lye solution cold. Depending on the lye concentration you use, the NaOH may not completely dissolve if you insist on keeping the lye solution temp below 70 F / 20 C.
I'm not saying this is the reason for the issues you're worried about. Only wanting you to keep this point in mind for future batches.
I'm not saying this is the reason for the issues you're worried about. Only wanting you to keep this point in mind for future batches.
hi. here is a closer look and my cheat sheet. I have used this recipe twice before.
>flaking seems to be confined to whitecaps and sea bed. Still leaning on mica overload. brown was wet. yellow to lighten was not.
>looks like green may be the worst. It was last in line. I did mix it but not with blender. (maybe not enough)
>I have already taken a large cooler and lined it with 1" rigid foam insulation w/lid also. So my next batch will have a nice warm home. I do not own an oven.
Question. Will a well insulated loaf, gel on it's own. Or do you need external heat also? I can steal the heating pad from out under the tomatoes. They won't mind.
>weather is warming up. So dungeon will be warmer. permanent heat by next winter for sure.
> bring my temps up. 50/50 frozen to unfrozen water. Make sure lye water is on the up side of oils rather than the down. ex. 80 oils, 80+ lye water.
Books are always a good first start. But getting dirty is were you learn.
newbie new guy over and out.
>flaking seems to be confined to whitecaps and sea bed. Still leaning on mica overload. brown was wet. yellow to lighten was not.
>looks like green may be the worst. It was last in line. I did mix it but not with blender. (maybe not enough)
>I have already taken a large cooler and lined it with 1" rigid foam insulation w/lid also. So my next batch will have a nice warm home. I do not own an oven.
Question. Will a well insulated loaf, gel on it's own. Or do you need external heat also? I can steal the heating pad from out under the tomatoes. They won't mind.
>weather is warming up. So dungeon will be warmer. permanent heat by next winter for sure.
> bring my temps up. 50/50 frozen to unfrozen water. Make sure lye water is on the up side of oils rather than the down. ex. 80 oils, 80+ lye water.
Books are always a good first start. But getting dirty is were you learn.
newbie new guy over and out.
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