Liquid Soap Paste Won't Turn Taffy

[Jennescence]

I'm so sorry, I can't find the liquid soap thread. But I am making my first liquid soap base and it won't turn to the taffy stage. It's been 6 hours now My recipe is as follows:

4 oz coconut oil

12 oz Olive oil

10.40 oz glycerine mixed with

3.48 oz KOH 90%

 

I mixed the glycerine and koh together until the koh dissolved. Then added to my melted oils in my crock pot. Stick blended until trace. Got the bubbles in the air and everything. Put the lid on. Left on low heat. Every 30 minutes going back to blend and it looks like the picture below. 

It's not getting thicker idk what to do from here. 

[TallTayl]

Hi!

I ran the details above through soapcalc.net.

 

assuming your KOH was “good”, and that it fully dissolved in the glycerin, it looks like the glycerin may have been a bit on the high side.  Not a bad thing, just makes the paste a bit looser.

 

I would test a bit separated out of the main batch with phenolphthalein to make sure it is done saponifying and just let it cool. It will continue to sap as it cools. Many of us are successful cold processing the liquid soap paste, it just takes longer. 🤗
 

when I make liquid soap, I tend to use half water and half glycerin (if using glycerin) because glycerin alone never seems to work like that magical video made by an old soaping friend from the old Dish Forum.  

[Jennescence]

1 minute ago, TallTayl said:

Hi!

I ran the details above through soapcalc.net.

 

assuming your KOH was “good”, and that it fully dissolved in the glycerin, it looks like the glycerin may have been a bit on the high side.  Not a bad thing, just makes the paste a bit looser.

 

I would test a bit separated out of the main batch with phenolphthalein to make sure it is done saponifying and just let it cool. It will continue to sap as it cools. Many of us are successful cold processing the liquid soap paste, it just takes longer. 🤗
 

when I make liquid soap, I tend to use half water and half glycerin (if using glycerin) because glycerin alone never seems to work like that magical video made by an old soaping friend from the old Dish Forum.  

Oh thank you so much! Yes I got the recipe from a YouTube video lol. Hers made paste super fast. 

I've turned it off and walked away for a bit outta frustration 🙃 I will test like you said but I can only do clarity or ph strips atm. So hopefully that will work. Thank you again 💓

[TallTayl]

22 minutes ago, Jennescence said:

Oh thank you so much! Yes I got the recipe from a YouTube video lol. Hers made paste super fast. 

I've turned it off and walked away for a bit outta frustration 🙃 I will test like you said but I can only do clarity or ph strips atm. So hopefully that will work. Thank you again 💓

If it’s the video I’m thinking of, I could never replicate it, even with scorching hot glycerin 🤷🏻‍♀️
 

with typical KOH, and 5% added superfat you should be fine, safety wise. 
 

I think since I use partial water, it evaporates making the paste we are so familiar with.  Glycerin does not evaporate like that, so you have a more flowy, loose paste. I would kind of prefer that, personally. Just adjust your diluting liquid to reach a happy end product thickness. 

[Jennescence]

Funniest thing is, I turned it off for like an hour. I go back to check on it and it's taffy now on top with gel underneath 🤦‍♀️ should I stir it? And let it continue doing its thing? I say taffy but it could be paste lol 😆

[TallTayl]

I just like to let things be personally.