You might want to ignore many things what you were 'taught' in your class.
All oils have different sap numbers which causes different rates of lye and liquids needed. Which is why a
lye calculator is nice on the net. It's automatic and instant.
Please don't make another batch until you run it through a
lye calculator for yourself. Here is one I recommend and many others use the same one.
http://www.soapcalc.com/calc/soapcalcWP.asp
Take out a pot, either stainless steal or enamel wear. ONLY!
And put on a pair of rubber gloves and grate your soap or use a knife and cut it into small chunks. Add a VERY SMALL amount of water. Maybe only an ounce, because of the large amount you already have in your soap.
And heat your oven to the lowest setting 170` (give or take) and pop your pot into the oven at this temp.
Use a spatchla as needed or a wire whisk during this process as hit heats and melts down. Once it's all melted keep cooking it and stirring it every 15 minutes. Use the wire whisk to take it back to a thin pudding type consistency. It will seperate and go through many stages and look odd. Curled, and sorta like applesauce. This is normal. Just give it a good whisk and put it back into the oven uncovered.
And when you have the consistency of mashed potatoes, take it out and plop it into your prepared molds. Make sure your molds are prepared and ready to go when your ready for them.
Then let them set up, and slice when it's firm. It has a high amount of coconut oil so you don't want to wait to long to slice them up.
And hopefully that helps.
If not, you may have to scrap the whole thing and start with a smaller recipe.
