beau's mama Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I made the same batch of 100% coconut soap in the same mold and in the same manner I have since the first time I made it. Even put it in the same place covered with the same towel. I just went to unmold it and there...looking at me with a crooked smile...is a big azz crack in the middle of my damn loaf! Noooooooooo, it couldn't just crack a few places on the surface or even crack all the way from end to end. It's just in the middle and looks like it's pretty deep. I just told it to GTH and slammed the door! WTH is that all about?My first guess is that the little buzzard decided to over-heat. Am I climbing the wrong tree? If it did over-heat, what exactly does that mean. Something...or nothing?You know, since I've been cp'ing, I haven't had too many problems. I've had some really jacked up soap, some soap that looked and felt like a super-soaker sponge, some that just sat there looking stupid, and one batch that was so hard that I couldn't even chip it with an ice pick. Now I got cracks! And at the wrong damn time! Arrrrrrgh! Oh, well...off to track down other people's cracked soap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I think it overheated. I have had soaps that did that and my best guess was too much heat. For whatever reason I could get the soaps to repeat it under a variety of things unless I absolutely didn't want it to happen. I stopped taping down my saran wrap to form a seal and in most instances, stopped covering my molds with towels and sometimes that soaps would heat and sometimes they wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Also 100% coconut can be pretty brittle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 overheated. i tend to get it with my OMH.if you catch it while it is still soft annd pliable, you can usually press it down and back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcrafter Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I love your sense of humor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beau's mama Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 I love your sense of humor!Thank you. Gotta have a sense of humor when it comes to this damn soap!It's official...overheating was the culprit. I could barely get the tape off the outside of the mold. The crack isn't as deep as I thought it was.Not sure why it overheated. Guess I'll probably never know. I didn't do anything differently. :undecided So, what does overheating mean for the end product? I tested a piece. It didn't zap me and it's bubbly as usual.I love Coconut oil soap! I just wish it would smell like coconut. I tried EVCO, but that was just a waste of my money...it only had a very light coconut smell. You had to darn near breath in the entire earth just to get a hint of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 often, the implications are merely cosmetic - cracking, alligator skin tops. other times it may be much worse - causing separation... which results either in a trip to the trash can or (gah!!!) an evening spent rebatching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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