chibi-soap
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Hi Pundits,
I'm in the midst of making my Christmas soap. Batch 1 went pretty well, but batch 2, which was exactly the same recipe, but I forgot to put the salt and sugar in, behaved very differently.
It took forever to come to trace, and in the end, I put it in the molds at quite a light trace.
When I peeked under the towel keeping it warm, it looked completely gelled, whereas the first batch didn't gel around the edges (I think).
It was much stickier and softer when I unmolded it the next day and now, as you can see from the picture it is still soft with a greasy layer and a sort of translucent aspect to it.
Will it be OK, or should I ditch it?
First batch is on the left, second on the right.
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I'm in the midst of making my Christmas soap. Batch 1 went pretty well, but batch 2, which was exactly the same recipe, but I forgot to put the salt and sugar in, behaved very differently.
It took forever to come to trace, and in the end, I put it in the molds at quite a light trace.
When I peeked under the towel keeping it warm, it looked completely gelled, whereas the first batch didn't gel around the edges (I think).
It was much stickier and softer when I unmolded it the next day and now, as you can see from the picture it is still soft with a greasy layer and a sort of translucent aspect to it.
Will it be OK, or should I ditch it?
First batch is on the left, second on the right.
View media item 2614
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