Back on the Beginner Forum to ask about my first soap issue that developed on my 2nd batch.
Was adding some soaps to my cure box and rotating the soaps when I saw that 2 of the soleseife bars have developed a 'chip' where the piece could be removed straight off, without effort. One chip was about 1/5" diameter, and the other a lot larger wedge that seemed to break right where there was a mass of Ultramarine Blue Pigment colored soap (though my brain keeps saying the pigment has nothing to do with it). I think it's my recipe -- too much of hard oils with the salt water, causing brittleness? - but wondering what you all think? (recipe below)
Recipe:
EVOO 37.5%
Coconut 21.4%
Beef Tallow 19.6%
O/S Palm 14.3%
Castor 7.2%
SF 6%
Lye concentration 33%
salt water at a bit over 25% concentration (1 oz instead of .985 that should have been)
Vitamin E 5000 oil (added in, unmeasured at perhaps 1-2 oz, at last minute because I wasn't sure how the tallow should smell or if it was less-than-fresh)
No fragrance
One color was mixed in Vegetable Glycerin, and the other color in Hemp oil.
TIA <3
Was adding some soaps to my cure box and rotating the soaps when I saw that 2 of the soleseife bars have developed a 'chip' where the piece could be removed straight off, without effort. One chip was about 1/5" diameter, and the other a lot larger wedge that seemed to break right where there was a mass of Ultramarine Blue Pigment colored soap (though my brain keeps saying the pigment has nothing to do with it). I think it's my recipe -- too much of hard oils with the salt water, causing brittleness? - but wondering what you all think? (recipe below)
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Recipe:
EVOO 37.5%
Coconut 21.4%
Beef Tallow 19.6%
O/S Palm 14.3%
Castor 7.2%
SF 6%
Lye concentration 33%
salt water at a bit over 25% concentration (1 oz instead of .985 that should have been)
Vitamin E 5000 oil (added in, unmeasured at perhaps 1-2 oz, at last minute because I wasn't sure how the tallow should smell or if it was less-than-fresh)
No fragrance
One color was mixed in Vegetable Glycerin, and the other color in Hemp oil.
TIA <3