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The batch is almost 3 weeks old made with goat's milk

I've never rebatched...reading about it just has seemed to be a lot of work. But I really don't want this batch of leather scented soaps to all be fringe benefits (especially since I have an order to fill of 50 bars). So... All the information I've read say "add some water". My question...

It's a good thing my bf is a safety nut. He reminds me all the time, take off the contacts and put on your glasses! For some reason I am good about making sure I have vinegar on hand and keep a bottle of it on the counter in case I need to get to it.

You are so right carebear. Nothing in soaping to predictable. I always have a "we'll see" attitude with every batch. It's a good thing I'm not a perfectionist :}

Wet dog scent. Whataconcept!

carebear – I’ve always poured my oils into my lye/gm solutions I’ve always monitored my temps and mixed when my lye/gm solution temps were between 95 and 105° F Never had a problem with seizing like this! I’ve always had problems with leather FO seizing my batch but not nearly this fast. At...

Oh it was in a dead seize before I put the FO in but I managed to get it in just in the nick of time to get it mixed up.

As I said in my introduction I've been making CP GM soap for years. I have been the luckiest Soapifer in the world, I think, because I've only had one batch, in all that time, that turned out ICKY. It was dry and chalky. Ok not all of them turned out in the moulds perfectly, some had air...

And thanks for having me. I've been making CP GM soaps for about 8 years now and love it, love it, love it! I've been reading this forum for a long time, just never got around to joining...ya know how that is, right? Anyway I'm here now and have some new questions because I'm branching...