not totally mixed

[Guspuppy]

Ok so, I have only been making very basic, no superfat, 100% CO soap for washing dishes for a year or so. But I have a new job, I work outside in a machine with no a/c and I get very sweaty and dirty. So I decided I wanted to make some nice-smelling CO soap for washing up at work after my shift, because their little dispenser soap does NOTHING to get me clean. I remembered I made a 100% CO soap for a ribbon pour challenge a couple years ago and wanted to try that again. I made a large batch.

Problem: I only stirred the main pot of soap batter, no stick blending. I'm not even sure it got to complete emulsion, much less trace. I measured out 4 cups of batter for colorant, and another cup of plain batter that was to be white. I stick blended all these. Well, needless to say, the stick blended parts started to set up very quickly and I could not even DO the ribbon pour. In a panic I dumped the rest of the hand-stirred-only batter into my slab mold, and poured the colors from their individual cups. It has been an hour and I can see some of the colors are setting up (but they may have too much mica in them, arg) but there is what looks like free-floating oil also around the edges of the mold.

Question: Since it was all mixed up, just not all blended to the same level, will the oil that currently appears to be free, eventually saponify? Or am I going to have to rebatch this mess, and if so, how would I go about doing that?? It is 100% CO with 2 oz EO and 30% lye concentration. Oh and I made it 5% superfat.

 

[steffamarie]

Give it a few days and the oil will probably absorb back in. Usually it just needs time. If it doesn't, you can grate with a box grater (use gloves!) or a salad shooter and heat with just a couple spoonfuls of water. Here's a tutorial on SoapQueen about how to use their product. Since your soap will be really fresh you should start with very little water so it doesn't get too wet.

 

[Guspuppy]

Thank you so much! I posted in a panic but I just cut it after 5 hours and it looks pretty good. There were a few oily spots in the corners of the mold and there is what I am very much hoping is ash and not lye on the top. I'm going to wait a week and then zap test for safety. But I think it will be ok. I very much appreciate the encouragement!

You can see in the pic that it is slightly clear between the colors, that is the stirred-only batter. But it all set up and is solid!

 

[KiwiSoap]

It may not have gone to plan but looks like a nice result (to my poorly trained eye!) Sounds a good plan to give it a week before zap testing, hope it turns out nicely and you can get clean again after work!

 

[KiwiMoose]

Thank you so much! I posted in a panic but I just cut it after 5 hours and it looks pretty good. There were a few oily spots in the corners of the mold and there is what I am very much hoping is ash and not lye on the top. I'm going to wait a week and then zap test for safety. But I think it will be ok. I very much appreciate the encouragement!

You can see in the pic that it is slightly clear between the colors, that is the stirred-only batter. But it all set up and is solid! View attachment 40160

Beautiful colours!

 

[Lin19687]

Hard to say, the parts that look more 'translucent' may be an issue.

 

[TAS]

Thank you so much! I posted in a panic but I just cut it after 5 hours and it looks pretty good. There were a few oily spots in the corners of the mold and there is what I am very much hoping is ash and not lye on the top. I'm going to wait a week and then zap test for safety. But I think it will be ok. I very much appreciate the encouragement!

You can see in the pic that it is slightly clear between the colors, that is the stirred-only batter. But it all set up and is solid! View attachment 40160

Glad it worked out. I think your soap is pretty. Scent?

 

[Kiti Williams]

You can see in the pic that it is slightly clear between the colors, that is the stirred-only batter. But it all set up and is solid! View attachment 40160[/QUOTE]

Cool Beans! I just LOVE the colors!

 

[Guspuppy]

Thanks for the compliments! TAS the scent is lemon eucalyptus EO. Smells heavenly.

Hard to say, the parts that look more 'translucent' may be an issue.

It's been a few days and the translucent parts are slowly turning white. I still haven't zap tested but think it will be fine!

 

[szaza]

Very pretty colors! And glad to hear it's turning out ok[emoji4]