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Hi all! I'm a new soapmaker and tried my hand at a beeswax recipe and ran into a little trouble. The batch of soap is sitting at about 24 hours. It set up but when I cut it I can see that the lye hasn't all saponafied. There are a few small pots of straight up crystals, and you can see swirls...

I attempted my first batch of soap using rendered lard yesterday and today it has clearly not set right. The recipe I used was this one... 25 ounces lard 9 ounces olive oil 4.41 ounces lye 35 ounces room-temperature water Cypress Oil Cedar Oil My soap has I believe separated...