Confused_Penguin
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I have made 3 successful batches of soap. I usually do one batch a day but since I'm pressed for time and I wanted to try to sell them around Valentines Day I decided to do two batches in one day. And that's when hell happened.
All I did was double my batch size, mixed more than usual since it was a large amount of soap. I wanted to make a pumpkin soap and a guava scented soap. I usually let my soap be around the same temperature, which is 120-125 degrees. I separated the batter and then started adding color to one of the soap. It mixed well, but when I walked 2 feet to get another color and came back and tried to grab my blender out of the pot, it was stuck in place like a rock. This was after I added my fragrance oil, which said it did NOT accelerate. I mixed the color in and tried to pour it but it came out like hot process soap. I banged it on the table to get the air pockets out and tried to work as fast as I could.
When I did the other one it was still workable. I added the color and the fragrance and mixed it a couple of times... and noticed it started to gel right in my container. It came out as horrible as the other one.
Can someone tell me what I did wrong? Was my temperature too high? Did I mix too much? I have not had anything gel on me when I was working on one batch and I tripled check my calculator to make sure everything was okay.
I guess big batches are not for me. This is the first time I messed up and I hate it because I feel like I wasted money on something that turned out horrible. I'm praying its a happy accident.... but I'm sure that won't happen. I will take imgs of it to tomorrow to share what it looks like..
All I did was double my batch size, mixed more than usual since it was a large amount of soap. I wanted to make a pumpkin soap and a guava scented soap. I usually let my soap be around the same temperature, which is 120-125 degrees. I separated the batter and then started adding color to one of the soap. It mixed well, but when I walked 2 feet to get another color and came back and tried to grab my blender out of the pot, it was stuck in place like a rock. This was after I added my fragrance oil, which said it did NOT accelerate. I mixed the color in and tried to pour it but it came out like hot process soap. I banged it on the table to get the air pockets out and tried to work as fast as I could.
When I did the other one it was still workable. I added the color and the fragrance and mixed it a couple of times... and noticed it started to gel right in my container. It came out as horrible as the other one.
Can someone tell me what I did wrong? Was my temperature too high? Did I mix too much? I have not had anything gel on me when I was working on one batch and I tripled check my calculator to make sure everything was okay.
I guess big batches are not for me. This is the first time I messed up and I hate it because I feel like I wasted money on something that turned out horrible. I'm praying its a happy accident.... but I'm sure that won't happen. I will take imgs of it to tomorrow to share what it looks like..