chellmarie
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Hello all! I have five batches of basic soap under my belt and decided to try a new recipe. The recipe itself I'm sure is fine but here is the problem. After reading the posts here, I decided to switch from glass containers to mix my lye in to the plastic container the lye came in. I thought I mixed it well but some of the lye apparently crystallized at the bottom. I didn't notice until I had poured the soap in the mold. I did see the mixture emulsify and I got a thin trace before I burned out the motor in my stick blender 48 hours later I cut it. 5 days later it is still soft.
Here are my questions- do you think it will ever harden? Will the oils turn rancid since the soap is super superfatted (is that a word?) is there something I could do to "fix it" at this point? I cut a small piece of and it does make bubbles. I can squash the piece I cut into any shape I want however...
Here are my questions- do you think it will ever harden? Will the oils turn rancid since the soap is super superfatted (is that a word?) is there something I could do to "fix it" at this point? I cut a small piece of and it does make bubbles. I can squash the piece I cut into any shape I want however...