lisahuntseniff
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Hi there! I'm new to CP soap making (3 batches under my belt) and with every recipe I've tried my batch moves REALLY quickly. I don't know, maybe it's not that fast (2 minutes or less) but from the books I have it seems like I should reach a light trace in closer to 5-10 minutes. Is that right?
I stick blend at first for 5-10 seconds, then hand stir and switch back and forth and I seem to blaze right past "light trace" and into heavy trace no matter what. It doesn't particularly bother me except I tried to experiment with some easy swirling today and ended up having to just spoon the second color right on top of the first
What gives? I'm generally following recipes that are 5-6% superfatted. Can I just add more water to my lye mixture? Or is this normal and I'm just not ready for swirling yet?
I stick blend at first for 5-10 seconds, then hand stir and switch back and forth and I seem to blaze right past "light trace" and into heavy trace no matter what. It doesn't particularly bother me except I tried to experiment with some easy swirling today and ended up having to just spoon the second color right on top of the first
What gives? I'm generally following recipes that are 5-6% superfatted. Can I just add more water to my lye mixture? Or is this normal and I'm just not ready for swirling yet?