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Here's a recipe I tried out. When I unmolded it to cut one side was very oily. I'm wondering if it was the castor oil that did it? Bar Soap With 5% discount. Lye Amount: 234.95 Grams Water Amount: 143.33 Grams Goat milk: 400 Grams Cocoa Butter 310 Grams Olive 700 Grams Castor 110...

Really? In a couple days it will change? Is that because the lighter center section is exposed to air, and darkens as it dries? Just curious..

I made two batches of soap recently, and the finished, cured bars look like Reese's cups when cut. Dark outside, but creamy ivory center throughout. I don't mind one bit cause it looks pretty cool :), but im curious as to why it did this. I'm thinking it had to do with the vanilla fragrance...

Oh, I keep some of my oils in vacuum bags in the chest freezer. I just don't like half melted bags of oil laying around. :)) glad to hear it doesn't sound like DOS to you...I'm a bit bummed though that the lovely green it had is disappearing to an ugly yellow. I was hoping more for a greenish...

I don't "think" my soap has a case of DOS, because I didn't overly superfat (5%), and I used a freshly opened bottle of olive oil and frozen coconut oil. When I poured it, it was a lovely lime green, but now, after curing for a few weeks, the bars have started to yellow around the edges. I had...

to tonid Yes..this was fresh HP...I never made HP before..well not intentionally, anyway.. I actually set out to make HP this time, so that may be what it is. I always cure my bars but I also always wash with an uncured sample, too. Guess its my way of testing a bar to see if I'll need to...

Well, then, I just don't understand....lol...maybe I'll just keep these bars for myself and family, and try again. Like I said, after you're dry, it's wonderful. Now I forgot to mention I used about 1/2 oz of lavender essential oil in this, but I wouldn't think that would throw it off...

Yes, I ran it through a calculator...18oz cocoa butter, 8 oz CO, 8 avocado oil, came out to be about 3.44 oz lye....might have been a bit more than 2% superfat...since this was fresh Nubian goat milk, and I didn't count the goat butterfat in the recipe... In any event, the "final" results are...

Hokie, dokie... I was out of shea butter, so I decided to sub cocoa butter instead and made a trial batch. Very heavy in the cocoa butter (like 50%), CO 25%, avocado oil 25%. Goat's milk: water= 2:1 ratio and NaOH..... Ok, I did this HP since I was in a experimental mood :lol: and go...

OK, so I've made several batches of soap throughout the last couple of years, mainly using recipes found here, there, and yonder.. :D So, Saturday, I decided to take a recipe and completely change up the oils, just substituting solids for solids, liquids for liquids, etc. I subbed shea...