Thanks for the reassurance, Dibbles, I don't use purple that often and have only been making soaps again for six months or so, so didn't have a good sample size to check on. I am going to celebrate by making a purple soap today!
Purple clay acting weird in soap
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The light purple that was visible on the sides of the soap finally disappeared. So I think it is safe to presume @Mobjack Bay have found the right info on oxidation states. And the manganese purple charge in my soap is all evened out.
I like them more like that. Still kind of pointless to have used the clay but they are way less ugly than they were when they had a different color on the outside.
I like them more like that. Still kind of pointless to have used the clay but they are way less ugly than they were when they had a different color on the outside.
I think they are very pretty! Maybe not what you wanted or expected, but no one else besides your SMF friends need to know that. 
@AliOop @dibbles You're right, they don't like so bad. And it is also my lesson to try anything new on a smaller batch scale. I was too excited to try my new tall and skinny mold.
Thank you to everyone that shared thoughts, experiences and did research on manganese violet. Also, talking about it helped to sooth my disappointment
I hope this post and your answers will help someone else some day.
Thank you to everyone that shared thoughts, experiences and did research on manganese violet. Also, talking about it helped to sooth my disappointment
I hope this post and your answers will help someone else some day.
I'm sure it will. That is one of the reasons I love this place so much, so many answers, so freely given. To the degree I am a decent soaper it is largely because of this forum.
I, too, once fell victim to the beautiful color of manganese violet. It was on sale, and I thought “score!” Once I read more into it, I realized I’d only be able to use it for bath bombs, which I no longer make.
