This is the story of the first batch of soap that I made over 3 years ago and the horrible story!
I was a student part of a club called the mad scientists club. We wanted to make something for a fundraiser that was sciencey but would also be able to sell. I came up with soap (silly me)!
I decided to do hot process with vegetable oil and Crisco because it was inexpensive and we could sell the soap right away. I bought a really bad kitchen scale (not digital) and I actually sprung for a stick blender.
So I measured my stuff, made the soap with a friend and cooked it. Everything went well. I was so scared it was going to be lye heavy so I added some extra oil during the cook. No zap! I was really happy and glopped the soap into the mold. I scented it with some mint flavor.
Then our fundraiser fell through. So I just kept the soaps in a closet and figured we would sell them the next school year.
That didn't exactly work...
I decided to use the soap in my homemade laundry detergent. After 2 months of using it, my clothes started smelling awful. Rancid. Like puke. It was bad. When I went to check the soaps I kept in a closed closet (which thankfully we had never sold) they were all rancid and had DOS.
I tried to look up if I could salvage it. I even tried re-batching. But I ended up throwing it away.
I stayed away from HP/CP after that for 8 months. I did melt and pour. When I felt ready, I bought the right supplies (a digital scale, quality oils) and took my time and my soaps came out great.
So when someone wonders what can happen when you cut corners, yeah its not fun. You also make your boyfriend who uses your laundry soap smell like puke.
Anyone have any other horror stories?? I learned that you realllllly need to do research and test your batches. Otherwise this can happen.
I was a student part of a club called the mad scientists club. We wanted to make something for a fundraiser that was sciencey but would also be able to sell. I came up with soap (silly me)!
I decided to do hot process with vegetable oil and Crisco because it was inexpensive and we could sell the soap right away. I bought a really bad kitchen scale (not digital) and I actually sprung for a stick blender.
So I measured my stuff, made the soap with a friend and cooked it. Everything went well. I was so scared it was going to be lye heavy so I added some extra oil during the cook. No zap! I was really happy and glopped the soap into the mold. I scented it with some mint flavor.
Then our fundraiser fell through. So I just kept the soaps in a closet and figured we would sell them the next school year.
That didn't exactly work...
I decided to use the soap in my homemade laundry detergent. After 2 months of using it, my clothes started smelling awful. Rancid. Like puke. It was bad. When I went to check the soaps I kept in a closed closet (which thankfully we had never sold) they were all rancid and had DOS.
I tried to look up if I could salvage it. I even tried re-batching. But I ended up throwing it away.
I stayed away from HP/CP after that for 8 months. I did melt and pour. When I felt ready, I bought the right supplies (a digital scale, quality oils) and took my time and my soaps came out great.
So when someone wonders what can happen when you cut corners, yeah its not fun. You also make your boyfriend who uses your laundry soap smell like puke.
Anyone have any other horror stories?? I learned that you realllllly need to do research and test your batches. Otherwise this can happen.