mmonette100
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Good evening all,
Well. I am hooked on soapmaking and have made my 3rd batch tonight trying to learn as much as I can and boy is there a lot to learn. There are so ,any variables.
I made a new recipe tonight and soaped a little hotter than I do the last 2 batches. My Lye was about 120 and my oils about 115.
I put it in my wooden log mold and since I made a fancy top, I didn't use my wooden cover, (cover fits inside and would have crushed my top) just a piece of cardboard and then in a towel. Well.. after looking at it after about 1 1/2 hours, There was a huge crack on the surface!! AHHH. My last two batches did not really crack like this and I HAD the wooden lid on those ones. Now it cracks without the lid but just some cardboard on top. I soaped at around 90F for the other batches.
Could soaping at a bit higher temp have caused this crack?
oh...
here was the recipe I used in case you need to know...
Rice Bran oil 35%
palm oil 30%
coconut oil 30%
Castor oil 5%
30% Lye concentration
5% superfat
2 TBSP pink clay
1/2 oz grapefruit EO
Well. I am hooked on soapmaking and have made my 3rd batch tonight trying to learn as much as I can and boy is there a lot to learn. There are so ,any variables.
I made a new recipe tonight and soaped a little hotter than I do the last 2 batches. My Lye was about 120 and my oils about 115.
I put it in my wooden log mold and since I made a fancy top, I didn't use my wooden cover, (cover fits inside and would have crushed my top) just a piece of cardboard and then in a towel. Well.. after looking at it after about 1 1/2 hours, There was a huge crack on the surface!! AHHH. My last two batches did not really crack like this and I HAD the wooden lid on those ones. Now it cracks without the lid but just some cardboard on top. I soaped at around 90F for the other batches.
Could soaping at a bit higher temp have caused this crack?
oh...
here was the recipe I used in case you need to know...
Rice Bran oil 35%
palm oil 30%
coconut oil 30%
Castor oil 5%
30% Lye concentration
5% superfat
2 TBSP pink clay
1/2 oz grapefruit EO