AlicesWonderhands
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Soap won't harden.. I used crisco, olive, coconut, bentonite and castor. I'm on mobile having hard time navigating site. Will be happy to load pics n recipient to willing helping soul
If you can't unmold it, stick it in the freezer for an hour or so, then try again. (If not able to unmold, repeat.) High castor soaps take a long, long time to harden up.
If it still does not unmold after freezing for 4 or more hours, I would make a batch of this:
Super fat 10%
Water 12.16
Lye 4.256
Caster 8%
Coconut oil 25%
Lard 30%
Olive 27%
Shea 10%
With no castor, and only 5% superfat.(re-run the recipe through soapcalc) When you get first batch melted down, get the new soap to trace, and mix the two together in the crockpot, and HP. That should get it firm enough to unmold in a reasonable time. Don't forget that even HP soap needs 4-6 weeks cure time.
Two freezes and I finally unmolded and cut! Thank you!
Its still really sticky, but it's cut in to small bars. So maybe it will cure out. Thanks again!
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