Lady Di Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 I'm making a 2-layer CP batch. Same ingredients I have always used. I pour at about 90 degree temp. I do not insulate.I made and poured my first layer at about light to medium trace. I then made my second layer -- same recipe, except I used no fragrance. I stirred and stirred and hardly achieved light trace. I went ahead and poured it over the first layer. When I did, the first layer gave in somewhat to the weight of the second layer (the first layer had been "setting" for about 1 1/2 hours). This was unusual and has never happened to me before.I left the soap to set on the counter. I discovered just a little while ago that a good bit of the second layer has seeped out through the mold onto the floor. It's not setting either. I also noticed that the mold is not warm (like it usually is).I put a pan underneath the mold, have put a lid on it and have wrapped it in towels.What happened?Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slow-burn Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Do you have a lot of soft oils? This is a recipe and fo that you have used before and had no problems wtih it? The ONLY difference was that you tried to layer it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherie Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I can't say for sure because I don't know your recipe. I do know that if I soap at 90 degrees, depending on the recipe, it can take sometime to get a medium trace and a long time to gel. I had one recipe that I had to heat it up to 100 before I could get it to trace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainmadness Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I think that you possibly had a mistake with your oil measurement or may have miscalculated your lye or water. That is the only thing to me that makes sense.... Could you have been preoccupied? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
after the rain Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 really sounds to me like either insufficient lye or your lye went bad??HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Di Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 I don't know what I did wrong. I can see making an error once... but twice in a row? Not likely, I don't think.I ended up putting the soap in the oven for about an hour at 170 degrees. It looks fine today and cut well. Do you think it is okay?I was down to the bottom of my lye bucket, so I discarded the rest and have opened a new bag to start using. The lye is the only thing I can figure -- it heated up when I mixed it into the water. This is the same recipe I've always used, and I have successfully layered before.Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 That explains the discarding lye post LOL. Sounds like the soap gremlins to me. You never, ever know when they will drop in. They like to keep you on your toes. Sounds like you may have outsmarted them this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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