evatgirl73
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Yes, I'm a beginner so this may be something you seasoned soapers have seen many times, but here goes:
This is a batch with coconut, crisco, canola, almond, walnut and castor oils. Run through soapcalc, SF 8%. So far so good, right?
After reading here for a few days I wanted to try something different and decided to take part of the batch aside to prevent gel and try out an oval PVC mold. I normally CPOP in silicone molds and that has been working really well for me. Most of this batch was scented with Jasmine and went in a silicone log mold, CPOPed and cut beautifully, can't wait to try it in a few weeks
The portion I set aside, I scented with a different FO (Pink Sugar from WTS) and poured into the oval PVC mold, and then topped that off with the leftovers of Jasmine after filling the log mold. The *only* difference between the two portions is the FO. I set it out in the garage (as cold as the fridge right now) and waited to see what would happen.
I unmolded it a little more than 24hrs later, it was only filled about 5" and the top part looked nice (the jasmine portion). The Pink Sugar part looked bright gold and was much softer than the jasmine part, which had also penetrated part of the PD because I was pouring it from a distance.
I cut it and set to cute.
This is what it looks like today, 2 days after making:
The Jasmine part looks OK, and even the parts of Jasmine that penetrated the brown look and feel fine. The part scented with Pink Sugar though.... it's still pretty soft, and it's looking like there's mold and DOS already happening. Same batch, same temperature, same everything except FO. I'm obviously throwing these oval bars away, even the Jasmine one (it has spots of the PS soap on it) but I'd love to know if anyone can figure out what happened?? Is the FO just totally not suitable for soap? Iit should be.... but another batch with it failed as well. That batch ended up with small oily bubbles and I thought it was because I superfatted a little after trace when I used a little bit of oil to add cocoa for colorant, but now I'm thinking it was the FO..??
This is a batch with coconut, crisco, canola, almond, walnut and castor oils. Run through soapcalc, SF 8%. So far so good, right?
After reading here for a few days I wanted to try something different and decided to take part of the batch aside to prevent gel and try out an oval PVC mold. I normally CPOP in silicone molds and that has been working really well for me. Most of this batch was scented with Jasmine and went in a silicone log mold, CPOPed and cut beautifully, can't wait to try it in a few weeks
The portion I set aside, I scented with a different FO (Pink Sugar from WTS) and poured into the oval PVC mold, and then topped that off with the leftovers of Jasmine after filling the log mold. The *only* difference between the two portions is the FO. I set it out in the garage (as cold as the fridge right now) and waited to see what would happen.
I unmolded it a little more than 24hrs later, it was only filled about 5" and the top part looked nice (the jasmine portion). The Pink Sugar part looked bright gold and was much softer than the jasmine part, which had also penetrated part of the PD because I was pouring it from a distance.
I cut it and set to cute.
This is what it looks like today, 2 days after making:
The Jasmine part looks OK, and even the parts of Jasmine that penetrated the brown look and feel fine. The part scented with Pink Sugar though.... it's still pretty soft, and it's looking like there's mold and DOS already happening. Same batch, same temperature, same everything except FO. I'm obviously throwing these oval bars away, even the Jasmine one (it has spots of the PS soap on it) but I'd love to know if anyone can figure out what happened?? Is the FO just totally not suitable for soap? Iit should be.... but another batch with it failed as well. That batch ended up with small oily bubbles and I thought it was because I superfatted a little after trace when I used a little bit of oil to add cocoa for colorant, but now I'm thinking it was the FO..??