Really weird soft soap/fo situation

[kittywings]

I made a 5 lb batch of gm soap last week, that I split up into 4 different scents at trace... so to be ULTRA-CLEAR, the ONLY difference in all 4 is the FO. I unmolded them straight from the freezer because they slid right out of the molds and I figured I'd try something different. I haven't cut them yet, but they've been on my curing shelves. I've checked on them a few times and everything is hard enough for cutting except one of them which is soft like butter!

I've never had anything like this happen before!

 

[Bubbles Galore]

No, neither have I but I rarely scent GM soap. Hope it hardens up for you KW. :wink:

 

[Deb]

out of curiosity....which one?

 

[kittywings]

I THINK it's the Green Tea FO from Sweetcakes, but because they're all in the same close quarters, it's hard to distinguish the scents... actually, I know for sure that it's EITHER the Green Tea or Orange Blossom by Peak (I added a teensy bit of micas to the others because the scents were so close I didn't want to confuse them... these were test batches).

I'll report back.

 

[carebear]

are you sure your soap was evenly mixed and emulsified before you split it off?

 

[kittywings]

That may be the only solution that makes sense, Carebear. It WAS split at a thinner trace than I normally would have done because I was worried about not having time to get the various fo's mixed in time.

Sheesh, all of this because I cooled the water down BEFORE adding my silk (I had to double the recipe to be able to add more lye to dissolve the silk )

None of it is zapping, but upon further inspection, each block has a different hardness.