Recent content by Gothra

I used to soap at around 40C, but then I started reading about “false trace” after my previous batch riced. So I increased the temperature this time, thinking that would help prevent false trace...now I know I shouldn’t fix something not broken, lol.

Thanks for the help everyone. I’m reading up the older posts regarding titanium dioxide, and it seems I might have used too much of it. So it’s most likely a combination of high soaping temp plus extra TD that triggered the clumps to form. I was disappointed because the batter was so smooth and...

I cut my soap today, if you look closely, the white is not consistent. But I think it should be safe to use.

Okay, I’ll try again next time with a lower temperature, maybe close to 50C and see how it goes.

Hello all, I made a batch of soap today, everything seemed to be fine at first, no sign of ricing, the batch is of a nice smooth consistency when I pour into the mould. However, when I pull out the swirling tool, the bottom of the batch that got drawn out was clumpy. As you can see in the...