Rebatching Question

[calamityhannah]

Hi, I recently made some soap and used too much castor oil and ended up with a sticky soap. I want to rebatch it and am not sure how to go about it.
Can I make a completely new soap and go about the regular rebatching process (grating it, adding water, etc) for both soaps? By both soaps I mean grate both and then mix the gratings together when I melt it down to create one soap? Do you think this will help the stickiness from the other soap?
Thanks!

 

[IrishLass]

Yes- you can do that. And yes- I see no reason why it wouldn't help. And if your two batches are under a week old, you might not even need to add any extra water to the gratings except for a couple of spritzes from a spray bottle as they are melting if things look too dry.


IrishLass

 

[Susie]

OK, just so I understand, you used too high a percentage of castor oil in the recipe on the lye calculator, or you used too much castor oil, period?

 

[calamityhannah]

Yes- you can do that. And yes- I see no reason why it wouldn't help. And if your two batches are under a week old, you might not even need to add any extra water to the gratings except for a couple of spritzes from a spray bottle as they are melting if things look too dry.


IrishLass

Thank you so much

 

[calamityhannah]

OK, just so I understand, you used too high a percentage of castor oil in the recipe on the lye calculator, or you used too much castor oil, period?

I used too high a percentage in the lye calculator. It was about 20%.