Newbie 2nd & 3rd CP batches

[BabyPickles106]

I made two batches this past weekend and think I probably need to do something differently for both batches but not sure what. The first batch was made with Lard and Lye/water. The batch seemed to trace just fine and looked okay till I started to cut it and each slice crumbled.

The second batch was a Coffee/Chocolate batch following a recipe. The top of it had spots of oil after 48 hours cure time.

Any comments/suggestions appreciated as I am very new to this and it's been a long time since I took chemistry.:-?

 

[neeners]

hello, and welcome.

first off, the pictures are really teenie, and hard to see (for me anyway). also, for help, please post your full recipe and process of making. it'll help with filling in blanks or finding where something went wrong....

 

[AnnaMarie]

I second Neeners! More info and bigger pics. Welcome to the forum
Cheers!
Anna Marie

 

[BabyPickles106]

Reply Info

Mocha Soap
4 oz each coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil. 2 oz each cocoa butter and grape seed oil. 2.4 oz lye. 6 oz coffee and 1 tsp cocoa. At full trace I added Tbsp of coffee grounds. I mixed the lye/water and oils @ ~ 110F.

Lard Soap 6% SF
32 oz Lard, 4.15 oz lye, 12.16 oz water. This was the soap that crumbled when slicing the bars.

Okay I've increased the size but still not sure limit so hopefully you can see them now.