It was quite thin when I poured since 10 pounds of soap dont usually thicken than much, but there was definitely a trace. Worked the batter a little bit more to get a thicker consistence and poured. Oils were 24 Celcius and lye 20 C when I mixed, at medium trace added the eo blend (2.7% oil weight, 70% lemongrass 30% pachuli), I separated in 3 parts for my design, added annatto infusion to one pot, rhubarb powder to another and left one plain. Weighted and melted my oils and then had to work for some hours, when I came back they were soild again so I remelted and added my rice milk to them. Then I dissolved the lye with 1,111 gr of water and added the remaining water with dissolved citric acid (1% oif oil weight) slowly. I used 300 gr of water to make de rice milk, boiled the rice, blended it, strained and added more water to compensate, remaining in 300 gr of rice milk. I completely forgot to write my recipe, sorry! Here it goes: Hi Ali! Thanks so much for your answer, it has given me a bit of hope.
I'd love to hear your theories about what is happening and how I could avoid it, can't afford to waste more ingredients, but my customers are asking for this soap and I'm out of stock! Please help! As far as I know lemongrass and pachuli can heat up a bit but are not eos known for their seizing potential. I trust completely in this supplier, they import very high quality oils and are super professional. I'm guessing the soap separeted? and the edges are more concentrated in lye than the middles? This time I also realized that the parts of the soap closer to the edges of the mold were lighter in color, when I zap tested them they burned, the soap on the inside did not. When I unmolded I noticed the same problem again, lye pockets that burned. This week I was making a new batch with the same eos I used last time, everything seemed ok but at the very end, when I was smoothing the top of the poured soap I realized the batter looked a bit grainy. I figured it was the eo blend since I had used a different supplier so went back to mine and did another batch which went out great. When I unmolded I noticed lye pockets that burned my tongue so I discarded the batch. The first time it happened I noticed small harder bits of soap as I was pouring, they looked like undissolved cocoa butter, though I completely dissolved my oils before mixing. This one is my best seller so I really need to solve the problem and make a new batch soon! My batches are 10 pounds so I'd like to get to the bottom of this before wasting 10 pounds of ingredients for the third time It has always been a tricky one because the scent + milk combo can get very warm, however my last and second to last batches have developed the same problem and I've had to discard them.
I'vee been using the same eo blend for 6 years and making this exact same soap for the past 2. It's a rice milk soap with pachuli and lemongrass EOs. I've been having problems with one of my soaps.
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