I'm replying from work right now, so I have to be short. But I did use a SOLUTION of lye (I believe I used 16 oz). My suspicion is that I overheated at the end out of impatience, or it was because I was simply hand-stirring with a wooden spoon? Do these sound like reasonable reasons? Also...
I'm hoping someone might recognize the problem with this batch and tell me if I can potentially save it. I used 18oz olive oil, 16oz coconut oil, and 5oz NaOH. The mixture was thickening up but still a little soupy. I may have botched it turning on low heat. It was a homogenous mixture, but...