Sweating
- Thread starter dalsignum
- Start date
Help Support Soapmaking Forum:
It could be a lot of things, hard to say. I've had some sweaty/leaky soaps before.
There are a lot of factors that can cause it.
- Overheating
- High water content
- Thin batter pour (not waiting until medium/thick trace)
- Uncooperative FO separating
My most recent batches have been poured at a liquidy state and I think I might've overheated them, so they were sweating zappy liquid for a couple days. The liquid reabsorbed and a week later, there is no zap anywhere on the bars.
There are a lot of factors that can cause it.
- Overheating
- High water content
- Thin batter pour (not waiting until medium/thick trace)
- Uncooperative FO separating
My most recent batches have been poured at a liquidy state and I think I might've overheated them, so they were sweating zappy liquid for a couple days. The liquid reabsorbed and a week later, there is no zap anywhere on the bars.
FO or EO not full blended in.
Too high a water and/ or not fully incorporated.
Soaping too cold with hard oils ( false trace).
Those are my printable thoughts. My first impression was " those look like...." good thing they aren't a different color. :mrgreen:
Steve
Too high a water and/ or not fully incorporated.
Soaping too cold with hard oils ( false trace).
Those are my printable thoughts. My first impression was " those look like...." good thing they aren't a different color. :mrgreen:
Steve
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2007
- Messages
- 17,626
- Reaction score
- 8,166
It could be FO sweat. You can let the soap set for a couple of days to see if the moisture is reabsorbed.
It looks like M&P to me, but I could be wrong of course. And the pink knobs look like eraser tops. It makes me think of a knob for holding the soap, but my hands sure couldn't manage such contortions!
Whose is it? A friend's?
Whose is it? A friend's?
It looks like MP to me and the mold is a donut mold I believe. It does look like it's sweating either the MP base or FO/EO.
Last edited:
Donut mold. Right. Now I see it! I should have noticed the knob is the same as the rest of the mold. Head slap!
WeaversPort
Voyages of Curiosity
I'm currently having one of my cold process fragrance samples sweating as well. I was wondering what it might be, so I just set it aside. Of all the samples, only one is doing it.. So I'm curious as to whether I just didn't mix it well enough (it started to thicken quickly) or whether it is the fragrance oil itself that might be misbehaving.
I have one other I'm not certain about, both of the troublemakers are beautiful floral scents too. I've included the pictures of the two troublemakers as well as the Amber. The Amber is behaving well, I'm just including it as a comparison image.
Picture 1 - Amber (Left), Grapefruit Lily (Right Top), Lilac (Right Bottom)
I have one other I'm not certain about, both of the troublemakers are beautiful floral scents too. I've included the pictures of the two troublemakers as well as the Amber. The Amber is behaving well, I'm just including it as a comparison image.
Picture 1 - Amber (Left), Grapefruit Lily (Right Top), Lilac (Right Bottom)
My WSP Lillac in Bloom does accelerate. I need to mix quick and get it in the mold. I use a mini stick blender to whip the FO in.
Not much time to work with.
It's one of Jan's favorites so I do what I can with it.
Not much time to work with.
It's one of Jan's favorites so I do what I can with it.
Both of my Lilacs move fast. I made a batch a week ago and darn near had soap on a stick. It was awful and I handstirrred it. I ended up making a small batch and put it on top as it looked so bad. Ended up working great except the bars are huge.
WeaversPort
Voyages of Curiosity
It sounds like we can safely say, that lilac is a beautiful fragrance and a pain in the butt. Don't expect to get fancy with it.
Similar threads
