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Fixing Soap

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When a soap batch goes wrong

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    In the soap making world, we sometimes make a batch that totally makes us scratch our heads and wonder what we did wrong. So was the case with my Mango and Papaya soap. I had this fantastic 4 color swirl soap. Poured it, popped it in the oven, and the next day it looked like crap. Here it is in all its glory:

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    The design is actually quite nice, but the soap was leaking oils, which means not all the oils had turned into soap.
    When this happens I have to cook the soap.
    I chopped all the bars up and pour the pieces into a hot crock pot:


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    The soap started melting, and in 45 minutes it was ready to pour back into the molds:

    done!

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    At this point I decided I could not deal with pea green mango and papaya soap, so I grabbed some of my hot pick oxide and did a quick swirl:


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Poured back into the molds:

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    And the finished bars:

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Cat Morley

Cat Morley

June 27th, 2008 09:42

Wow, the colour of that is amazing!

ZAJA Natural

ZAJA Natural

June 27th, 2008 11:10

Thanks!

Ryden

Ryden

June 28th, 2008 22:57

I really love the color!

mamachka

mamachka

October 4th, 2008 18:32

Nice save! :-)