CP and humidity

[Ugeauxgirl]

I am a hot process girl, but I want to try another CP batch. My last two that I made in a loaf mold partial gelled, even though I put one of them in the fridge. It's pretty darned hot here now, but also humid. If I set the loaf mold outside in the 95 degree heat and 95% humidity, will it ALL gel, or does humidity do weird things to soap? To be clear, I don't care if it all gels, or all doesn't gel, I just don't want partial gel.

 

[glendam]

We had 95% humidity recently. It doesn’t affect gel but I have noticed that it makes the soap harder to unmold (on silicone molds), even with an accelerating fragrance. I suppose the gelling depends on the water content of your recipe. Mine has a big water discount so it won’t gel well unless I insulate it and put it on a heating pad