DOS question pics

[Elly]

A 4 months old soap has developed a few spots that looks very much like DOS but there is no rancid smell in the soap, I have only experienced DOS once before when I used to make soap with sunflower oil but the soap really reeked of rancidity, I was wondering if it is possible to get DOS without the smell, or is it that the smell will come later?? just curious as I don't want to give away a soap that is going to smell funky later on. Apart from a couple of spots in the entire batch the soap looks and smells good. Any thoughts??
Sorry photo is blurry, couldn't take better picture still learning.

 

[Bubbles Galore]

I had spots like that on soap that didn't smell bad at all. I deduced that I'd put the soap directly on a metal rack before I knew not to do that. :wink:

What oils are in there Elly?

Oh I had a castile soap recently (made with light olive oil) that went rancid (stinky) but no DOS. No more light olive oil for me as the soap was only about 6 months old. Lots of it. :cry:

 

[carebear]

Yes it's DOS. maybe no smell because it's not too far gone. Scoop put the spots and save it foryourself, but don't store with other soaps.

 

[Elly]

Carebear thanks for confirming DOS and for the advice to keep them separately I had them stored with other soaps. Bummer I hate it, I loose all my confidence in my soaping skills when this happens :cry:

Jenny I didn't know that light OO would be more prone to DOS, thanks for the info, I've heard that pomace OO has a longer shelf life, I've never tried castille soap for fear of DOS but I see so many soapers successfully making castille soaps ... what is their secret for not getting DOS?

the oils that I used were: Almond 10%, castor 5%, cocoa butter 5%,
CO 15%, PO 35%, OO 30%. soap batch was left to cure in my laundry uncovered on a wooden tray but I am afraid that the soap was exposed to too much sunlight 8)

 

[calico21]

I had spots like that on soap that didn't smell bad at all. I deduced that I'd put the soap directly on a metal rack before I knew not to do that. :wink:

What oils are in there Elly?

Oh I had a castile soap recently (made with light olive oil) that went rancid (stinky) but no DOS. No more light olive oil for me as the soap was only about 6 months old. Lots of it. :cry:

I've always used the light olive oil with no dos or rancidity. Except one batch that was over two yrs old. Hmmm...may have to rethink that, thanx.

 

[carebear]

cannot see a reason to use light OO oil (or not to). i soaped it side by side with regular and with pomace. the light and regular came out identical by the time they'd cured a few weeks - and the pomace a bit "taupe".

"light" refers to the flavor, btw. go figure.