Soap Makers Help!

[DanLeaAnn7]

Thank you so much Cindi !
I don't have any plans to sell, just use ! my almost 50 year old skin just can't take the Irish Spring or Zest any more (at least in the winter!) I will try small batches with one or two oils, see how they work and how well I like them and more on from there. Thank you so much for your help (and time) - lea

 

[bockbock2008]

Recipe is looking good.... until you poured off 4 oz of oil. Your SF is between 5-7%, I superfat 6% using milk, so you are within the range.

I question the Palm oil ... was it stirred before you weighed it out?? Where did you get it from and in what quantity? Palm oil separates so easily, especially in the winter.

Since you poured out 4 oz of oil (I suspect oil + FO), I'd rebatch in a large non-reactive roaster (9 lb of oil is too much for a standard crock pot) and add about 3 oz of oil and 1 oz of FO back to the batch.

I get my palm oil from a local International market. It comes in metal cans, very similar to a quart of paint and is packaged in India. Stirred? I've been measuring as a solid and then melting with the coconut oil, also measured in it's solid state

I kept the oil I poured off in a sealed container so should I just put that back into the chunked soap for rebatching? Should I use new oil and new fragrance oil? Thank you for all of your guidance and patience for repetitive questions.

 

[MullersLaneFarm]

Palm oil is notorious for separating and needs to be warmed and stirred before measuring. Coconut oil doesn't separate so you're good to go with weighing that in a solid state.

I'd use the oil you poured off.

 

[alabama49]

If you have a whole container of palm oil & are only using part of it at a time-does the integrity of the oil lessen the more often you heat it as you are using out of the same container at different times?

 

[MullersLaneFarm]

If you warm up the palm oil, then continue stirring as it cools, it will stay homogenized ... unless it is really warm out and it melts on its own.

 

[bockbock2008]

I used the oil that I poured off and chunked up the soap and put it in my oven a for a few hours last night. I didn't add anymore new oils or additional fragrance since I had gone a little heavy on that in the beginning anyway. Let it melt as much as it would on 170 degrees and stirred it with the stick blender. Did the infamous rebatch "gloppy" pour and smoothed it and worked out any air pockets. Covered it with saran wrap and smoothed out the top and let it set overnight. I cut it this morning and only found 3 very small bubbles that I missed. It looked good and well blended with no excess oil this time.So its waiting now. Since I didn't add any water or extra oil than the original recipe, how long should it take before its ready to go? I've read 1 day to 4 + weeks on different sites.

 

[cybercat]

Anyone here on The Soap Dish forum? Was wondering if it is back up or not.

 

[MullersLaneFarm]

It's still down for maintenance, cybercat.

bockbock, you can use it as soon as you unmold it, but it gets harder, longer lasting and better lathering if you wait at least 4 weeks.

 

[bockbock2008]

It's still down for maintenance, cybercat.

bockbock, you can use it as soon as you unmold it, but it gets harder, longer lasting and better lathering if you wait at least 4 weeks.

Thank You! I have been anxiously awaiting your reply

 

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