Hey there soap experts, I'm looking for help as I'm somewhat stumped.
I have made 100% coconut oil cold process liquid soap quite a few times, easily and with success. This is the recipe I use:
200g coconut oil
170g distilled water
57g koh
1. Mix the koh & water
2. Allow to cool to room temp
3. Add to oil
4. Blend 2-4 mins, rest 10 mins (continue until soap has gone through all stages and can no longer be stick-blended anymore)
5. Cover tightly and leave to rest
2 consecutive times yesterday however this recipe & method completely failed and I have no idea why. What I'm left with after saponification is a dry, hard crumbly soap not paste (as seen in the picture). The first batch wasn't lye heavy. The second batch appears to be. I measured everything very carefully (triple-checked the amounts!).
Is it perhaps that my lye mixture wasn't fully cooled to room temp? I did check but maybe it should have been cooled further?
Is there a problem with my koh? (I have used koh from this same stock previously with success though)
Is it something to do with my blending? Not enough? Too much?
I have made multiple CP soap bars with this same stock of coconut oil so I doubt that there's anything wrong with the oil
I live in a humid environment, can that have any effect?
I've made made at least 3-4 batches using this same method and recipe before so I really have no idea what's going on now Please help!
I have made 100% coconut oil cold process liquid soap quite a few times, easily and with success. This is the recipe I use:
200g coconut oil
170g distilled water
57g koh
1. Mix the koh & water
2. Allow to cool to room temp
3. Add to oil
4. Blend 2-4 mins, rest 10 mins (continue until soap has gone through all stages and can no longer be stick-blended anymore)
5. Cover tightly and leave to rest
2 consecutive times yesterday however this recipe & method completely failed and I have no idea why. What I'm left with after saponification is a dry, hard crumbly soap not paste (as seen in the picture). The first batch wasn't lye heavy. The second batch appears to be. I measured everything very carefully (triple-checked the amounts!).
Is it perhaps that my lye mixture wasn't fully cooled to room temp? I did check but maybe it should have been cooled further?
Is there a problem with my koh? (I have used koh from this same stock previously with success though)
Is it something to do with my blending? Not enough? Too much?
I have made multiple CP soap bars with this same stock of coconut oil so I doubt that there's anything wrong with the oil
I live in a humid environment, can that have any effect?
I've made made at least 3-4 batches using this same method and recipe before so I really have no idea what's going on now Please help!