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Well I'm even more stumped now! I repeated the exact same recipe today, but two things changed... 1. I used a 'light' olive oil from the supermarket (reputable brand of olive oil) and 2. I made sure the lye water was at room temperature. Everything was absolutely sweet! It only took...

Thanks for your reply. The olive oil used was good quality from a reputable soaping supplier in New Zealand. I did discount the water to 35 instead of 38, and the superfat from 5 to 3. It was a cold damp day, but I had my heaters on inside and it was warm. The only thing that has crossed my...

Hi, I'm new to the forum. Today I made a batch of pure castile (unscented) - yes, pure - 100% olive oil and the lye...ran through the soapcalc. When I added the lye to my oil, it instantly 'curdled' and 'stupidly' I kept going! Within seconds I had a big globby blobby that my stick blender took...