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Yes, my fats were clear when I poured the lye in. You explained that false trace thing well, makes sense. I was on a phone call just listening while I stirred. It might have solidified slower than I thought due to that. Watched my stirring constantly while I listened and it just seemed...

BTW the recipe I was using is long but is the goat milk soap recipe on Soap Making Resources.com, where I bought my 5 pound wooden mold and many of the oils in the recipe (but not all of them).

Hi, and thanks everyone, false trace makes sense--wondered about that myself as a chemist but did not have a name for it. It is a super-fatted recipe containing some Palm Kernal oil and some shea butter, which both have high melting points--kind of a challenging recipe with multiple fats and...

My Dad and I used to make soap together outside. We were able to just stir it--there was no such thing as stick blenders then. It was always smooth and nice, well-mixed. I just tried to make some goat milk soap with a much different recipe than Dad and I used, like palm kernal oil, shea...