CareBear Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 My Flannel Sheets' blue swirls turned out green cause my soap is yellowish.So I did a little batch to see if it was the FO or the soap. It was the soap So which is the culpret for the yellowed soap?Palm Oil 20%Olive Oil 20%Rice Bran Oil 20%Coconut Oil 15%PKO 10%Mango Butter 5%Shea Butter 5%Castor Oil 5% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Lilac Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Some say Palm will discolor soap, It has never done this with my soaps though. I have not used PKO so can't say about that. Just used mango for the first time in soap today so will find out and the RBO I am not that familiar with that as well, so I guess I have not been much help, sorry.I had a lily of the valley fo that when I added it to soap it turned it pink after sitting a couple of days the soap went back to white. So maybe thereis still hope for yours yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Cool thanks. I was thinking the RBO myself.It's only 12 hours old, still too soft to unmold, so maybe it could turn whiter! I have my fingers crossed!In the meantime I'm researching "white" oils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Who cares? Natural soap=natural colors. That is the beeuty of handmade sioap. Lard will give you a whiter bar than palm.e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Oh agreed - I love natural colored soaps. But I had my heart set on a blue swirl...I'll keep that in mind about the lard. I love lard (yes, I do cook with it - use it cold for half the butter in choc. chip cookies and they won'tget as flat and its yummy for fried eggs - cholesterol be damned! LOL) and most importantly they have it in the Pathmark down the street! The Palm Oil I have to get from Whole Foods...Once I have my recipes set (someday, over the rainbow) I'll order in bulk, but until then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Girl Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Flannel sheets is a yellow FO, mine is anyway... are you sure it was the oils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 I wasn't sure, so I made a little batch with no FO at all. Still yellowish. Now that batch is still in the mold (soft, very soft) since I only made it early this afternoon (CP) so maybe it'll whiten up - maybe....Any way to hurry this up? I got two soft batches I'm just dying to unmold!!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Girl Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Weird... is this the recipe that I sent you? Mine usually sets up like a rock within hours, and is bright white in color, and I can unmold in less than 10 hours. I don't know of anyway to rush it at all. Maybe someone else does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Mostly the same ingredients as you sent me the other day (you didn't give %s). But I didn't have Babassu or whatever that is so I subbed PKO I think.Maybe I messed something up, I'm going to make another non-FO batch (a tiny one, now that I discovered my daughter doesn't miss her jewelry box at all) and make sure I used all the right stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudsnwicks Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 It could possibly be the RBO. When I switched from olive to RBO, my soap was not quite as white as it used to be, though I wouldn't go so far to call it yellowish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Mine might be taking forever cause I stuck it in the fridge till it cooled. Don't ask me why - I have no idea.... This next one I'll insulate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 See I would guess the OO. Definitely not the PKO and palm hasn't yellowed my soap either. A combo of Olive and RBO soap I did didn't affect the white either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Hmmmm. Maybe it's the Butter Flavored Pam I greased the mold with?? LOL - I used cyclo (think it'll come out?) cause the girl who cleaned my house on Friday seems to have hidden the unflavored stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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