I made a goat milk, oatmeal, cinnamon and honey soap from a book this morning and I think I have a problem.
I followed the recipe, except that my oils were 4degrees warmer than my lye, 104 instead of 100. I also only had .75 oz cinnamon leaf essential oil and used .25 oz sweet orange essential oil to make up the difference. I did not insulate at all and It appeared to go through gel stage beautifully.
It has only set 6 hours but is concerning me. It feels cool and firm enough to unmold, but the very top of the loaf has a skin of soap and a large pool of liquid floating freely underneath. As in, I tip the mold and watch it run like a lake.
Should I rebatch? Leave it a couple days? Any ideas what I did wrong?
A picture of the recipe amounts is attached.
Thanks for any advice!
Also, this is my first post and I've never used a forum before so please let me know if I posted this in the wrong place or anything. Thanks again!
I followed the recipe, except that my oils were 4degrees warmer than my lye, 104 instead of 100. I also only had .75 oz cinnamon leaf essential oil and used .25 oz sweet orange essential oil to make up the difference. I did not insulate at all and It appeared to go through gel stage beautifully.
It has only set 6 hours but is concerning me. It feels cool and firm enough to unmold, but the very top of the loaf has a skin of soap and a large pool of liquid floating freely underneath. As in, I tip the mold and watch it run like a lake.
Should I rebatch? Leave it a couple days? Any ideas what I did wrong?
A picture of the recipe amounts is attached.
Thanks for any advice!
Also, this is my first post and I've never used a forum before so please let me know if I posted this in the wrong place or anything. Thanks again!