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Hello All,
On August 13th I made a batch of CP soap colored with liquid chlorophyll and scented w/ MMS FO "Green Tea & Cucumber". The soap looked and smelled great for about two and a half weeks while curing. BUT then at about week three, the green color began to fade to a greyish green around the air exposed edges AND the wonderful scent has morphed into an almost unpleasant waxy crayonish version of what it once was. I used one of my small guest sized soaps at week two just to see how I liked it and all was well. I thought that perhaps the scent and color may still exist in the interior of the full sized bars so I cut one up and while the interior color is still good, but the scent is not. Interestingly enough, the guest bar that I started using at week two still smells great and still has good color. Any ideas as to what may have gone wrong? I can give recipe details if needed but all checks out in lye calculators. It has been very hot lately and we use an evaporative cooler in another room which may have affected the humidity in the "soap curing room". But the used bar has been subjected to the same conditions and remains in great shape while the rest of the batch that is still curing looks and smells aweful.
Thanks
On August 13th I made a batch of CP soap colored with liquid chlorophyll and scented w/ MMS FO "Green Tea & Cucumber". The soap looked and smelled great for about two and a half weeks while curing. BUT then at about week three, the green color began to fade to a greyish green around the air exposed edges AND the wonderful scent has morphed into an almost unpleasant waxy crayonish version of what it once was. I used one of my small guest sized soaps at week two just to see how I liked it and all was well. I thought that perhaps the scent and color may still exist in the interior of the full sized bars so I cut one up and while the interior color is still good, but the scent is not. Interestingly enough, the guest bar that I started using at week two still smells great and still has good color. Any ideas as to what may have gone wrong? I can give recipe details if needed but all checks out in lye calculators. It has been very hot lately and we use an evaporative cooler in another room which may have affected the humidity in the "soap curing room". But the used bar has been subjected to the same conditions and remains in great shape while the rest of the batch that is still curing looks and smells aweful.
Thanks