Wish me luck, I'm making a special order soap

[Guest]

Is it like a few kernels of rice or a mess of it? I made a vanilla soap not too long ago and the fragrance didn't stick, it looked as if there were a few (like maybe 4) pieces of rice at one part of the batch. The soap seemed a bit oily on the outside when I unmolded but otherwise it hardened up okay. It was a 15% vanilla eo.

Thanks & Happy New Year!

 

[heyjude]

When I had an fo rice on me it was definitely more than just a few pieces of rice. Darn florals.

Are you sure everything was melted? Did you soap at a temp where you might have butters resolidifying? One time I had soaped too cool and stearic spots from the cocoa butter make little round dots on the top. Learned my lesson there!

 

[soapbuddy]

Is it like a few kernels of rice or a mess of it? I made a vanilla soap not too long ago and the fragrance didn't stick, it looked as if there were a few (like maybe 4) pieces of rice at one part of the batch. The soap seemed a bit oily on the outside when I unmolded but otherwise it hardened up okay. It was a 15% vanilla eo.

Thanks & Happy New Year!

Oh it was more than just a few. There were hudreds of them with a little bit of oily liquid in between. Yes, I'm sure everything was melted. I don't want to deal with it right now. I'm going to wait til tomorrow and cut it. We'll see.

Happy New year to you too!

 

[judymoody]

Darn, I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.

 

[soapbuddy]

Darn, I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.

Me too. I guess I could rebatch, but I really don't like rebatching.

 

[xraygrl]

Oh man that really stinks! STUPID GREMLINS! Dontcha wish we could lock them up forever?

 

[soapbuddy]

Oh man that really stinks! STUPID GREMLINS! Dontcha wish we could lock them up forever?

Yes, they need to be locked up! Grrr....

 

[ewenique]

No fun at all, but if the soap isn't acceptable, try to rebatch. Often my rebatches turn out nicer, and then I just tell myself, "I meant to do that!" :roll:

I made a hot pink soap once that I ended up rebatching about 5 times before I could say "I meant to do that." The trouble was that the pink rebatch looked like raw meat. sausage, or SPAM. I ended up adding a bit of blue coloring to give it a lavender shade. Turned out to be several people's favorite soap. When they wanted more I had to tell them that it was a limited edition soap.

 

[soapbuddy]

No fun at all, but if the soap isn't acceptable, try to rebatch. Often my rebatches turn out nicer, and then I just tell myself, "I meant to do that!" :roll:

I made a hot pink soap once that I ended up rebatching about 5 times before I could say "I meant to do that." The trouble was that the pink rebatch looked like raw meat. sausage, or SPAM. I ended up adding a bit of blue coloring to give it a lavender shade. Turned out to be several people's favorite soap. When they wanted more I had to tell them that it was a limited edition soap.

I will rebatch, but only as a last resort.

 

[agriffin]

That stinks! I used WSP honeysuckle one time and it riced on me...and moved super fast. I think I ended up chunking the soap.

 

[heyjude]

When I had an fo rice on me it was definitely more than just a few pieces of rice. Darn florals.

Are you sure everything was melted? Did you soap at a temp where you might have butters resolidifying? One time I had soaped too cool and stearic spots from the cocoa butter make little round dots on the top. Learned my lesson there!

O.K. this is weird because I'm quoting myself! I wasn't clear when I posted my response. It was meant for terminalcitygirl, not you Soapbuddy. Asking you those questions would be like Obiwan questioning Yoda! I kneel at the feet of the master!



Hope the batch came through for you.

And ewenique, I admire your persistence with your rebatching!

 

[soapbuddy]

O.K. this is weird because I'm quoting myself! I wasn't clear when I posted my response. It was meant for terminalcitygirl, not you Soapbuddy. Asking you those questions would be like Obiwan questioning Yoda! I kneel at the feet of the master!



Hope the batch came through for you.

And ewenique, I admire your persistence with your rebatching!

I didn't know that you can quote yourself! That's kind of cool. No need to kneel, I don't know everything.

 

[Traceyann]

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When they wanted more I had to tell them that it was a limited edition soap.

Love it , Have to remember that one Lol

 

[ToniD]

When I had an fo rice on me it was definitely more than just a few pieces of rice. Darn florals.

Are you sure everything was melted? Did you soap at a temp where you might have butters resolidifying? One time I had soaped too cool and stearic spots from the cocoa butter make little round dots on the top. Learned my lesson there!

O.K. this is weird because I'm quoting myself! I wasn't clear when I posted my response. It was meant for terminalcitygirl, not you Soapbuddy. Asking you those questions would be like Obiwan questioning Yoda! I kneel at the feet of the master!


Ah, a very serious topic, which brings up some very serious questions:

In which direction should those of us, like myself, who must regularly kneel at the feet of the master, kneel?

And do the masters have to start talking in a cryptic puzzling fashion? And use strange word order? Or does that only happen in the movies?

 

[soapbuddy]

Someone has been watching too many movies.