So I've made about 6 batches of soap so far. My recipe is as follows
Goats milk (liquid) 13.86oz
Lye flakes 6.07oz
Olive oil 20oz
Coconut oil 10oz
Castor oil 2oz
Fragrance 2oz
I've ran my recipe through a lye calculator with a 4-5% discount. All of my batches have past the "zap" test except for one. Two of the latest batches (which were the first two blended with a stick blender) have white spots on the cut surface. One used whole sale supplies orange clove fragrance the other was Japanese cherry blossom. I let set in silicone loaf molds for 48 hours before removing and cutting. Due to the spots I zap tested them. The orange clove did fine. The Japanese cherry blossom makes my tongue tingle slightly after a few seconds. Does that mean the cherry blossom should be tossed due to being lye heavy or could it be something else?
Goats milk (liquid) 13.86oz
Lye flakes 6.07oz
Olive oil 20oz
Coconut oil 10oz
Castor oil 2oz
Fragrance 2oz
I've ran my recipe through a lye calculator with a 4-5% discount. All of my batches have past the "zap" test except for one. Two of the latest batches (which were the first two blended with a stick blender) have white spots on the cut surface. One used whole sale supplies orange clove fragrance the other was Japanese cherry blossom. I let set in silicone loaf molds for 48 hours before removing and cutting. Due to the spots I zap tested them. The orange clove did fine. The Japanese cherry blossom makes my tongue tingle slightly after a few seconds. Does that mean the cherry blossom should be tossed due to being lye heavy or could it be something else?
