Help with rebatching

[narismom]

So I made a batch of soap on Tuesday. I went to take it out of the mold and it is super soft. It's a simple 3-oil beginner's recipe. I realized after starting that I did not have enough palm oil. I know...dreaded mistake...anyway, I upped the coconut oil, but I see now that I should have done something else...not sure what. Here is the recipe:
Oil(s) Selected Amount %
Coconut Oil (Virgin) 8.16oz 25.00%
Olive Oil 14.68oz 45.00%
Palm Oil 9.79oz 30.00%
5% Lye (Sodium Hydroxide) Amount 4.588oz
Ounces of liquid recommended 10.77oz
Yields 47.99oz
Current Batch (total oil weight): 32.63oz

I was 1.5 oz short on palm oil. My question is, can I rematch? And if so, should I add anything other than water to correct this batch? Thanks!

 

[Susie]

If you are absolutely positive you are 1.5 oz short on palm oil, then you add 1.5 oz palm oil to rebatch it. If your soap is still soft enough, I might be guilty of trying to just mush it into the pot with a tablespoon of water or so, and heating it to see if you can skip grating it before adding the oil.

Note-I did not run this through a lye calculator to check it. If you did not check it with a lye calculator before making it, I would suggest you do so before rebatching.

 

[narismom]

If you are absolutely positive you are 1.5 oz short on palm oil, then you add 1.5 oz palm oil to rebatch it. If your soap is still soft enough, I might be guilty of trying to just mush it into the pot with a tablespoon of water or so, and heating it to see if you can skip grating it before adding the oil.

Note-I did not run this through a lye calculator to check it. If you did not check it with a lye calculator before making it, I would suggest you do so before rebatching.

Thanks for the response Susie. The problem is that I ran out of palm oil...so I'm wondering if I can sub another oil.

 

[DeeAnna]

Let me recap -- You are 1.5 oz short of palm out of a total of 32.6 oz of fat. When I put that into my soap calculator, your "short" recipe with 4.6 oz of lye is at a 3% superfat rather than the original 5% you wanted.

I'm not sure you have a real problem. Your lye is very likely not 100% pure but most soap calcs assume NaOH is 100% pure. That means your 3% superfat is probably closer to something like 7% superfat, so I just don't see a lot of reason to do more than give the soap some time to firm up. Give it a week and then zap test. If no zap, you're good. If slightly zappy, I'd give it another 3 weeks and recheck. I bet anything the soap will be fine.