Accelerated pomace

[Phantomina]

Hi y'all
Yesterday I made a soap using pomace olive oil for the first time and noticed it accelerated a lot, while my lye was at 35%.
So I was wondering if putting the lye at 32% or less would give me time to play, or it is as it is, playing with percentage won't do much.

 

[Ford]

Hi, yes, pomace olive oil is known to accelerate trace. If you want time to play. Use Regular or extra virgin olive oil.

 

[Phantomina]

Hi, yes, pomace olive oil is known to accelerate trace. If you want time to play. Use Regular or extra virgin olive oil.

Yes, I usually use other olive oils, just tried the pomace. I understand it accelerates, just wondering if adding water slows it down a bit.

 

[AliensrReal]

Are you using the stick blender? If so I wouldn’t use it and just hand stir. Adding more water might help.

 

[Phantomina]

Had to test it. So I used same recipe that had 35%lye, this time I did 32%, and it worked,gave me plenty of time, unlike yesterday. I also went down from 45°C to around 37°C.
Hope it helps someone.

 

[Phantomina]

Are you using the stick blender? If so I wouldn’t use it and just hand stir. Adding more water might help.

I start with blender, finish off with stiring

 

[KiwiMoose]

Had to test it. So I used same recipe that had 35%lye, this time I did 32%, and it worked,gave me plenty of time, unlike yesterday. I also went down from 45°C to around 37°C.
Hope it helps someone.

I reckon it was probably the lower temperature that helped.