Olive oil batch help

[outlaws33]

I am making an all olive oil bar right now and I used this recipe:

water 8.5 ounces
lye 3.05 ounces
olive oil 23.5 ounces

Then my batch of soap didn't set up all the way. Soaponification had occurred though because the batch is a creamy white color. But around the edges and on the top it is a little mushy. Is this due to the recipe which I got from the soap calc with a 15 hardness or is this from not letting the batch just sit long enough.

I have not unmolded yet and am going to let it sit over the weekend to see if it hardens up more.

Opinions?????

 

[Norai]

It's my understanding that olive oil soap in particular takes longer to set up - mine took something like 3-5 days before I was willing to try taking it out of the mold. How long has it been already?

 

[Imblebee]

My first batch of castile took nearly 4 days to harden and a total of 6 days before it could be neatly cut... Takes forever...

My second batch of castile I chose to soap with a higher lye ratio and I was able to unmold in a few hours and almost impossible to cut the next day! :shock:

 

[honor435]

I am making an all olive oil bar right now and I used this recipe:

water 8.5 ounces
lye 3.05 ounces
olive oil 23.5 ounces

Then my batch of soap didn't set up all the way. Soaponification had occurred though because the batch is a creamy white color. But around the edges and on the top it is a little mushy. Is this due to the recipe which I got from the soap calc with a 15 hardness or is this from not letting the batch just sit long enough.

I have not unmolded yet and am going to let it sit over the weekend to see if it hardens up more.

Opinions?????

i made some with high olive oil, still not hard, been week and a half! didnt like the smell anyway(lavender).

 

[MikeInPdx]

My first batch of castile took nearly 4 days to harden and a total of 6 days before it could be neatly cut... Takes forever...

My second batch of castile I chose to soap with a higher lye ratio and I was able to unmold in a few hours and almost impossible to cut the next day! :shock:

I make my castile with a 40% lye solution (set it on soapcalc) and I'm also able to unmold in a few hours and better cut soon.

 

[outlaws33]

Thanks everyone. You are right it just needed to sit for a bit longer!