Eeeek! I forgot one of my oils!

[Jaccart789]

What will happen... I forgot to add my castor oil from my recipe? I was taking so much time getting my lye cool, mixing my colors (thinking about colors worrying about trace) that I totally forgot my castor oil. :cry: Im so sad because I cherish every drop of my fragrance oil and I am sad its probably ruined. My castor oil is 10% of my recipe, with 5% superfat.

It was my first attempt at colors and now its probably lye heavy. Oh darn it! This was suppose to be my Christmas Soap with Woodland elves fragrance. :-|

 

[lizflowers42]

Oh honey, I did the same thing not too long ago! I had a beautiful ITP swirl too! I ended up rebatching it and it came out a burnt orange color...not nearly as pretty!

 

[Jaccart789]

Thank you for your empathy. I realize this is just a learning process. I think sometimes when I am overly cautious, I forget the main things. LOL

 

[jblaney]

I did the same exact thing last weekend. I was so mad at myself! Now I put a check mark by each ingredient after its been added so I don't do it again. I feel your pain.

 

[lsg]

Does it zap when you touch it with your tongue? Usually, I don't add that much Castor oil. If it doesn't zap, you will just have a very cleansing soap.

 

[Jaccart789]

lsg... I havent checked it yet as it is in the mold warming up. I realized I missed the castor when I was cleaning up... there my oil was sitting by its lonesome. I ran it through soap cal and it looks like I would have needed .1 more of lye. I read somewhere that there can be a little less lye. Im hoping that it is at least useable, even if it is hand soap. Thank you for giving me a little hope.

 

[lsg]

I would wait a couple of days after unmolding to check it; soap gets a little milder as it cures.

 

[Jaccart789]

Will Do! I posted pics! Thank you lsg!

 

[100%Natural]

What percentage of castor oil was in the recipe? If it's a small amount and you have a high SF it could be just fine.

 

[Jaccart789]

10%... I hope so "natural". I'm going to let it rest and hopefully it will be ok .


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[ewenique]

If you ran it through SoapCalc and only needed .1 of lye, it will be fine. It sounds like you had a high enough superfat to begin with, so .1 won't make a difference.

 

[namad]

10%... I hope so "natural". I'm going to let it rest and hopefully it will be ok .


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I hope so too, fingers crossed for you!