I recently made a couple batches of CP soap and it randomly got these white spots. I did nothing different to the recipe as I've always done before so can't figure out what caused these? They don't zap. When I first cut them I noticed 1 or 2 weep slightly but not since then. The only 2 ideas I had was
1) type of coconut oil. Maybe it is superfatted co that hardened? And 2) stearic spots. Since I do milk soap I keep temps low. I usually keep my lye solution 75-100 to avoid scorching my milk and my oils I heat to 125 and let cool to around 100 when I add them to my lye solution. I've never ever had these issues though so I can't figure it out. I truly believe it's cosmetic but would love to figure out the reason it's happening?
Here's my recipe:
40 oz frozen goat milk
15.5 oz lye
43 oz lard (40%)
43 oz oo (40 %)
21.5 oz co (20%)
Thanks!
1) type of coconut oil. Maybe it is superfatted co that hardened? And 2) stearic spots. Since I do milk soap I keep temps low. I usually keep my lye solution 75-100 to avoid scorching my milk and my oils I heat to 125 and let cool to around 100 when I add them to my lye solution. I've never ever had these issues though so I can't figure it out. I truly believe it's cosmetic but would love to figure out the reason it's happening?
Here's my recipe:
40 oz frozen goat milk
15.5 oz lye
43 oz lard (40%)
43 oz oo (40 %)
21.5 oz co (20%)
Thanks!