omdougherty
Guru knows best
Hello All!
I have a question about rebatching because Im very new to soapmaking and it seems im learning a lot along the way.
This recipe I am trying to rebatch after three weeks was a Hot Process soap recipe with 15 oz of Oil with 40% lye solution (I mad 100% solution at first with water and added rest of the liquid as coconut milk during cook)
Heres recipe (Any tips are greatly appreciated):
40% coconut Oil
10% Cocoa Butter
30% olive oil
10% Sunflower Oil
5% Castor Oil
5% Hemp seed Oil
I saved 1 oz of the oil ( .75oz cocoa butter/.25oz of hemp oil) for superfatting after the cook.
The main trouble, however, is I dont believe with the recipe, which you all can confirm or not, but with the process. I dont have a crockpot to cook in so I tried cooking it straight on the stovetop with a cheap pot... NOT A GOOD IDEA. It started to boil and foam immediately and I was forced to just stand there and stir constantly.. Eventually, after ten minutes or so I read here that its best on stovetop to cook in double boiler method so I filled a large pot with water and stuck the other one in it and finished the cook that way. The result was a kind of lumpy mess which I tried to blend into something smooth then threw into my silicone molds.
Now the soap smells like chocolate cake of sort (which is very pleasant) but crumbles in big pieceswhen a bit of pressure is applied.
So I want to rebatch it and make it a a more smooth consistency that wont be crumbling from the touch and can be used nicely since it has so many great oils in it. ANY HELP? Ive read something about rebatching but I dont have a crockpot currently and dont really know what at all how to do this or what, if anything, I should add to it to reform its shape and consistency.
Thanks ahead of time for your time and energy. Much Love!
I have a question about rebatching because Im very new to soapmaking and it seems im learning a lot along the way.
This recipe I am trying to rebatch after three weeks was a Hot Process soap recipe with 15 oz of Oil with 40% lye solution (I mad 100% solution at first with water and added rest of the liquid as coconut milk during cook)
Heres recipe (Any tips are greatly appreciated):
40% coconut Oil
10% Cocoa Butter
30% olive oil
10% Sunflower Oil
5% Castor Oil
5% Hemp seed Oil
I saved 1 oz of the oil ( .75oz cocoa butter/.25oz of hemp oil) for superfatting after the cook.
The main trouble, however, is I dont believe with the recipe, which you all can confirm or not, but with the process. I dont have a crockpot to cook in so I tried cooking it straight on the stovetop with a cheap pot... NOT A GOOD IDEA. It started to boil and foam immediately and I was forced to just stand there and stir constantly.. Eventually, after ten minutes or so I read here that its best on stovetop to cook in double boiler method so I filled a large pot with water and stuck the other one in it and finished the cook that way. The result was a kind of lumpy mess which I tried to blend into something smooth then threw into my silicone molds.
Now the soap smells like chocolate cake of sort (which is very pleasant) but crumbles in big pieceswhen a bit of pressure is applied.
So I want to rebatch it and make it a a more smooth consistency that wont be crumbling from the touch and can be used nicely since it has so many great oils in it. ANY HELP? Ive read something about rebatching but I dont have a crockpot currently and dont really know what at all how to do this or what, if anything, I should add to it to reform its shape and consistency.
Thanks ahead of time for your time and energy. Much Love!