Anna Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 turning a yuck brown color.When I first take it out of the mold it is a pretty cream color,then it turns a dark tan color.Is it because I use lard?The soap I have made using veg shorting stays white.Is palm and lard the same? Thanks,Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaybee23 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 What FO did you use in your soap? No palm and lard are not the same. Lard is animal product and palm is veggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Palm oil is from the palm (plant) and lard is rendered pig fat.Did you add an FO to your soap? FO's with vanilla will discolor soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 I used Cucumber Cantaloupe,McApple.I know lard is animal,and palm is a plant LOL.I bet you thought you dumba$$.I really don't know what I was trying to ask.I have read that if you don't have palm,you can use lard.I like using lard,But down the road I don't know what people would think about animal fat in their soap.what does most people preferr(SP?)? Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryann Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 My first batch did too and I used EO's Lavendar and Peppermint?? I can't figure it out either. It turned right away after pouring in the mold. Thank God no others have yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 LOL Anna. I did kinda wonder...Anyway, I don't know about subbing one for the other, so I'll sit back and wait for someone else with more soaping knowledge to step in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Well if it wasn't a milk soap, it was the fo. Can't think of any oils that would turn dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Thanks everyone for your replys,I am going to use the same reciepe and a differant fo,and see what happens. Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildangel112 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Wish I could help, but just wanted to say that I've soaped soaped Cucumber Cantaloupe (yummy, BTW) in several of my lard recipes, and never had it discolor. I did have big discoloration problems with my first batch. Hope you get it worked out. Happy Mardi Gras!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Maybe if you could post your recipe. There's a lot of FOs that will discolor, but this sounds kind of weird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 My recipe,6 lb batch.Cooled lye water,and oils to about 108 degrees.at thin trace poured some oils in cups and color with Kelly Green clay,and Yellow mica in other cup.At trace added 4 ozs of cucumber canaloupe fo.Pour colors in oils in pot.poured in wooden mold,covered with towel,and blanket for 20 hrs.The colors turned out very good in the soap except for the soap that didn't have color,it is a yuck color. Sweet Almond-7% Avocado-7% Canola-6% Cocoa Butter-5%Coconut -15% Anna Olive-10% PKO Flakes-10% p.s.I mixed my own cc fo-50/50 Garden Cucumber, Canoloupe Lard-40% Water-34 ozs,Lye 13.60 ozs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainmadness Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 After reading all of the posts the only thing that I can think of is that some of the ingredients once mixed together and saponified just reacted weird and made a strange color. Sometimes the type of olive oil that you use can yield a strange green, yellow, or brownish color.... maybe that with the mixture of the clay, mica, amd FO mixture that is what you got.... I don't see any other possibility unless you were using a metal spoon to mix the lye in...HTH some. That is all that I've got for ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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