Melanie Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I started making soap using a 6 lb mold. Recently I made a mold for 2.5 lbs of oil. nice not to have 20 bars of one soap sitting around but... with the change in my oil weight I noticed the bars feel oily after full gel. Now at first I thought maybe it was because I was adding the shea butter at trace so I tried adding it with the rest of the oils and it still feels oily. I have been using a plastic bag to line my mold and even the bag feels extremely oily. Now after about a week of curing the oil seems to absorb and it no longer feels slick. Any one have any idea what the cause might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndulgentCreations Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Some times you'll get this. I always chalk it up to the soap faries! I just let it be and as long as the oil seems to absorb back into the batch they have always been fine. Did you use a different FO?April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I would guess fragrance as well, some leech out and absorb back in after a while.e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Do you weigh in grams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jooniper Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I have one soap...everytime...no matter what I try to change...it seeps oils! Cantaloupe from NG. It goes back in and comes out a very nice soap. It seems as though I had a watermelon do the same thing a couple of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love2Scent Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I would vote for the FO too. Let it sit a while and see if it absorbs back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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