Jackie H
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I made a batch of soap on Wednesday (only my 2nd ever) and I messed up I measured my water wrong and ended up adding probably 4 times what the recipe called for. That scale will be going in the garbage! Thankfully I measured the lye and my oils and butters with a different scale so I’m confident those measurements are accurate. Anyway, we’re approaching the 72 hr mark and I have little beads of oil on top of half my soap. It could be essential oils or it could be the olive oil. The soap is soft and sticky and I’m afraid to unmold it. My conundrum is if I let the water evaporate it will take forever to cure and I’ll probably have tiny bars (I was only expecting 6 bars so I knew something was off right away) but if I rebatch it my understanding is I’ll lose some of the essential oils? Should I wait longer and see what happens or just rebatch it and be done with it? Thanks in advance!
Recipe:
175g water (I think I added 4 times that because of a wonky scale)
96g sodium hydroxide
70g butters (I used cocoa and a little mango)
140g coconut oil
490 g olive oil
20g EO (I used lavender, geranium and clary sage)
Oh! Also, when I was stick blending I got a layer of foam on top and it took about 15 mins of pulsing with the stick blender to come to a VERY light trace. This was a stressful batch
Recipe:
175g water (I think I added 4 times that because of a wonky scale)
96g sodium hydroxide
70g butters (I used cocoa and a little mango)
140g coconut oil
490 g olive oil
20g EO (I used lavender, geranium and clary sage)
Oh! Also, when I was stick blending I got a layer of foam on top and it took about 15 mins of pulsing with the stick blender to come to a VERY light trace. This was a stressful batch