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It’s a clear liquid and it was oily. I did do the Zap test after testing the pH of that exact spot with zero result so it’s probably EO

It is a clear fluid and I did do a zap test on it. It tasted like oil lol so I’m sure it’s essential oils coming out

That is a GREAT analogy! It’s good to know you learned that after your 2nd or 3rd year. It helps me not feel so dumb haha

Thank you for all of your help you guys! I just want to make sure I making the soap correctly and I'm not harming anyone I sell soap to. My next market is in 4 weeks so these bars should be perfect to sell then. Thanks again <3

Yea I realized that last night after rereading through my posts haha I don’t think soap having a pH of 9-10 is “acidic” lol

Taking all this into consideration, what do you think is causing the marks on my soap? Is it just the dry soap from around the crock? I’m hoping I don’t have to rebatch these but am totally willing just to save what might be tossed if these are ruined. Also I haven’t had problems with my bars...

Good to know! Thanks!

I don’t used fragrance oils or any dyes or artificial coloring. I do however scent with essential oils. I don’t normally use pH strips but I was just testing in case they were highly acidic because I couldn’t figure out what could be causing it. I thought maybe that it was just dried soap also...

I zap tested them when they were done cooking and going through the different stages of Hot Processing. Technically hot process soap is ready to use right after cooking but I like to wait at least a week before doing anything with them. Just based off of research and trouble shooting, I assumed...

I thought I tried to post a picture I’ll try again. But I let my HP soap cure for about a week

I have made close to 200 bars of soap for a market I have this weekend. My soap molds are small and only make 16 bars so if you do the math I have made about 12 loaves of soap. Every single soap loaf has lye pockets in it, I think. They are these white blobs in my soap that leak glycerin. The...