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It's 100% lye and not cut. I have several other batches going and out of all of them before and after the only ones with the spots are the ones containing the vanilla hence why i didn't make one without it in the control. The one batch in previous photos only half the batter contained the...

Ok i reduced amount of vanilla. No colours added. All same recipe. Still getting the spots with that vanilla. The one with no spots was in the fridge for a couple hours then taken out to sit. Even it does have some spots but not as many as the others. Zap test seems fine but didn't do it with...

I have some test batches in molds right now. Could those spots be the vanilla fragrance burning and not lye pockets dome they only appear on the part with vanilla? I'm not going to force gel on one batch tonight. One I'm forcing gel and one is in the fridge for a couple hours then I'll just...

Yes I'm going to do some tests tomorrow. I generally mix around 115 to 125 then wrap the molds in a towel. Some soaps i put straight into the fridge for a few hours but not these. I wasn't sure if a fragrance could burn as I've never had this happen. I've only ever had one batch with a lye...

I'm thinking it has to do with the fragrance as no colorant was used and the spots are only on the part of the batch with the French vanilla but I've never had this happen before. Are you meaning to increase to 33%?

Thank you for the replies. I get my fragrance oils from new direction aromatics. It's for use in soap and other soapers love it in cp soap. I only get those spots with that fragrance. They do look like burn spots but in a couple instances a couple spots were leaking. Zap test on the bars is...

Hello everyone. I'm a new member but not a new reader, i generally just have nothing to offer for advice as I'm not that experienced. Anyhow, my question is what are the spots I'm getting everytime I use my vanilla fragrance oil? It doesn't matter what recipe I use either. Sometimes they leak...