White spots on my soap....(Could be stearic acid spots)

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varshamanick

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Hey everyone,
I am a newbie from India.
I recently moved into 1000g loaf moulds from small cavities square moulds.
I made 1000g oils batch twice, I could see white spots both the time.

For the first one,
45% hard oils
55% soft oils
5%Superfat
35% lye concentration
French green clay - 2 tsp
Essential oils 3%
Measured all oils into the same bowl and melted by heating them together.
Soaped at 80-100 F

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When I researched, I heard about two solutions
1. Melt hard oils separately
2. Soap at a higher temperature

So
Second one,
50% hard oils
50% soft oils
7%Superfat
35% lye concentration
French pink clay - 2 tsp
Essential oils 3%
Melted hard oils separately, then incorporated in to soft oils.
Soaped at 100-120 F

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But worse than before.
How do I solve this?

And also, I get trace pretty quickly, I could even work without a stick blender.
Could it be unsaponified lye?
I don't want this to happen again.
 
Recipe 1:
Sweet Almond Oil 5%
Castor Oil 5%
Coconut Oil 30%
Mowrah Butter 15%
Neem Oil 5%
Olive Oil 40%
Basil and Lemongrass EO 2:1
French green clay
Lye flakes
Aloe vera juice instead of water
35% Lye concentration
5% superfat

Recipe 2:
Sweet Almond Oil 5%
Castor Oil 5%
Coconut Oil 25%
Mowrah Butter 15%
Shea Butter 10%
Rose infused Olive Oil 40%
Rose Geranium and Cedarwood EO 3:1
French pink clay
Lye flakes and Distilled water
35% Lye concentration
7% superfat

I added a teaspoon of salt to the lye water.
To harden the bars.
Ihave never done this before.
Could that be the problem?
 
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