GreenHollow
New Member
Hey folks,
I’m attaching pics of a soap I made this Saturday and unmolded Sunday. I’ve made it numerous times as smaller batches and it turned out great. I resized this batch to sell and it turned out weird.
My observations:
- my lye would not dissolve completely. This has never happened. I filtered it and had a teaspoon or so of residue in the filter.
- I used 8 tbs of rose clay for a 5 lb batch. Too much? I think I should have only used 5 tbs. I dispersed it in water first.
-soda ash? I sprayed it with iso. alcohol 3 times.
-what is that residue on the side? Glycerine? I’ve not tongue tested it.
I soaped at 129 (oils) and 140 (lye).
Recipe was resized using BrambleBerry’s lye calculator.
16.8 oz lard
16.8 oz olive oil
16.8 oz coconut oil
2.8 oz shea butter
2.8 oz castor oil
7.97 oz lye
17.9 oz water (I think. I used exaclty how much the calculator called for with no discount.)
5% super fat.
Activated charcoal between the layers of soap.
Wooden mold. Covered on heating pad on medium for 30 mins then uncovered on heating pad for 3 hours.
I made the exact same recipe the same day with exfoliants and had no problem.
Thank you!
I’m attaching pics of a soap I made this Saturday and unmolded Sunday. I’ve made it numerous times as smaller batches and it turned out great. I resized this batch to sell and it turned out weird.
My observations:
- my lye would not dissolve completely. This has never happened. I filtered it and had a teaspoon or so of residue in the filter.
- I used 8 tbs of rose clay for a 5 lb batch. Too much? I think I should have only used 5 tbs. I dispersed it in water first.
-soda ash? I sprayed it with iso. alcohol 3 times.
-what is that residue on the side? Glycerine? I’ve not tongue tested it.
I soaped at 129 (oils) and 140 (lye).
Recipe was resized using BrambleBerry’s lye calculator.
16.8 oz lard
16.8 oz olive oil
16.8 oz coconut oil
2.8 oz shea butter
2.8 oz castor oil
7.97 oz lye
17.9 oz water (I think. I used exaclty how much the calculator called for with no discount.)
5% super fat.
Activated charcoal between the layers of soap.
Wooden mold. Covered on heating pad on medium for 30 mins then uncovered on heating pad for 3 hours.
I made the exact same recipe the same day with exfoliants and had no problem.
Thank you!