Well, um, perhaps this isn't any consolation -- but now you know this recipe will fit that mold. That's good news, maybe huh? :mrgreen:
Almost wonder if the batter didn't quite get to a stable emulsion. If you use the same mixing equipment and technique for this large batch as for your smaller ones, I'm guessing that might have been the problem. A scaling-up issue.
Good point, DeeAnna. The only real difference I made to the method was using a stainless steel pot to make the batch instead of my normal batter bowl. I blended to emulsion using my stick blender and divided the batter into large pitchers instead of my small funnel pitchers. I mixed my colorants into the pitchers and stick blended, but I went easy on the stick blender because I wanted to keep the batter fluid since I had never used the FO before and didn't want to have it accelerate. After the colors were fully blended, I divided the FO into each of the four pitchers and hand stirred to incorporate it (instead of using the SB). I poured the batter back into the stainless steel pot to do my itp swirl. (I had actually left a good portion in the pot and used the TD in that as the base color, mixing in the FO by hand.) Instead of doing one faux funnel spot, I did two. The batter was still fairly fluid, but definitely fully incorporated. The white was getting a bit thick but the greens and purple weren't. When I poured into the mold, it flowed out well, but the white was heavy on the bottom and I had to scrape it a bit. (If that makes any sense?)
Sorry to say but I would say you need to rebatch it. I find when soap overheats that badly it usually have a cavern in the middle with leaking oil and will not get better with time. Have you used that fo before? I also find most coconut fo's tend to overheat then you added in two milks to add to the problem. It is a real bummer when such a large batch goes haywire. :-(
Irish Lass may be correct but I have never had a batch with that large an oil slick turn out okay. Of course you have nothing to lose to let it sit, cut and see what is in the middle.
No, I have never used it. This is a new FO I just bought. I have a coconut lime verbena that I didn't have any problems with, though. I purchased a bar of soap made with this Coconut Lime FO and fell in love with the fragrance. The soaper (who is also the distributor) said it is a well behaved FO. The soap I purchased was made with fresh jersey cream, so I didn't think anything of adding the yogurt to the goat milk. I made sure to use the correct amount of powders for the amount of water that I needed to add. There was a total of 13 oz water needed for my recipe. I figured on 8 oz goat milk and 5 oz yogurt. It takes 28 grams gm powder to make 8 oz liquid gm and 100 grams yogurt powder to make 8 oz liquid yogurt, so I only needed 63 grams for my 5 oz water. These are reconstitution figures I got by searching the internet for powdered milk and yogurt manufacturers' directions for use. I purchased mine from groups and there weren't any directions or nutrition labels with them. I thought the gm & yogurt would be less fat and sugar than fresh jersey cream and wouldn't have to worry about the heating issue, especially since I was using premade (room temp) 50% lye solution. So much for my thinking abilities.
It was about 85 degrees outside. I didn't need the towel. I forgot until it was too late that the milks/sugars create their own heat. I knew I didn't want to put it in the oven because it would overheat; I just wasn't thinking the towel would make it overheat, too. It probably wouldn't have happened if it was winter. That room is like an icebox and it would have been perfect for this recipe with the towel over it.
I have had many batches recently do that, (lovely adventures in FO land) and I would just let it sit until the oil reabsorbs, then unmold and cut over a plastic bin. Wear gloves. I did not have a single batch with alien brains or liquid in the center, but you never know.
Yeah! Great reminder. Trust me, once burned, twice shy. I'm going to post photos of my hands by my work surface to be a constant reminder of why I should always use gloves when removing soap from the mold.
Cool mold T. I suspect Carolyn is right but you have nothing to lose but time at this point. Seems like it might be worth the wait to see what happens, even if it just puts you back to square one.
Thanks!! I was inspired by gdawgs awesome mold. (
http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=60174)