I know it is most likely something I did or didn't do but I'd like to work out what that was!!!
This has occurred twice now.
Basically, the soap turns out perfect-beautiful, set, smells and feels like soap. Then it seems to start sweating small droplets, with the first problem batch it was along the bottom and with this batch it was in the crevices of the peaks on top only. The first batch I tongue tested it and it ZAPPED!!! The second batch I tested directly with pH paper and ping it turned black.
If the soap was lye heavy I would expect it be crumbly, but both these batches cut like proper soap. As I mentioned, on both occasions I used powdered botanicals and I was just wondering if the powder absorbs a significant amount of water would that mess up the lye concentration in some way because the sweating didn't occur in the part without additives???
The only other thing that was different with these 2 batches is that they were in the mould longer than normal, but still within 24hours.
Any ideas???