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Hi all! Long time forum stalker, first time poster. I finally have a question that I just can't find an answer to anywhere else! I have a soap company and run an average of 300-400 CP bars per month. I am well-versed in most common problems, but am curious what has happened to two recent batches.
Both batches were made on the same day. Both are beer soaps and soaped somewhere between 100-115F (temps I typically soap my beer soaps). Both used non-vanilla fragrances. Both were soaped a very light trace. The recipe size is the same for both (4.5 lbs or so) and my soaps are always poured in loaf molds. The only difference between the two is that one is a regular variety for me and the other was new.
The issue: upon cutting, both varieties have a dark, square ring around the outside. The ring does not change with exposure to oxygen (as it would with a vanilla-based FO). It does not appear to be a gel issue as a partial gel would have a dark circle in the middle, not the the outside.
The only other thing out of the ordinary would be that one of the varieties is also extremely soft on the end 3+ inches of each loaf.
Otherwise the consistency of the soap is very normal.
What could this be?? I'd love any suggestions!!
Thanks!
Both batches were made on the same day. Both are beer soaps and soaped somewhere between 100-115F (temps I typically soap my beer soaps). Both used non-vanilla fragrances. Both were soaped a very light trace. The recipe size is the same for both (4.5 lbs or so) and my soaps are always poured in loaf molds. The only difference between the two is that one is a regular variety for me and the other was new.
The issue: upon cutting, both varieties have a dark, square ring around the outside. The ring does not change with exposure to oxygen (as it would with a vanilla-based FO). It does not appear to be a gel issue as a partial gel would have a dark circle in the middle, not the the outside.
The only other thing out of the ordinary would be that one of the varieties is also extremely soft on the end 3+ inches of each loaf.
Otherwise the consistency of the soap is very normal.
What could this be?? I'd love any suggestions!!
Thanks!