Oceangazer1 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I don't know what happened. OMG I don't have HBP, but it's up now! It took me 3 hours from mixing the lye to popping this in the oven. What a horrible mess! I just made the same exact recipe yesterday. But today when I put stick blender to oils and lye water look at what happened...seize. I'm still confused. I was like... Then I thought I would just pitch it and :tiptoe:. But I decided to scrape off my blender and whisk the mess and I got it combined and blended again. It went from disaster to hopefully a soap cake that won't have lye pockets. I don't know. ALL I did differently is soap Cooler! I don't get it. The timing on this was horrific....I had plans haha. But the white would Not firm up so I had to push it out of the piping bag in a container, add a little color, stick blend with the whisk attachment because it was a little separated yet...this is the finish. I'm outta here...taking my dog for a long walk. I hope this damn soap turns out or I wasted 3 hrs I could have been packaging for my show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billie Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I really hope this turns out because it is absolutely beautiful!!! It looks nice and smooth in the mold and I love the colors you used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerWicks Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I would eat it! LOL Looks gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Depending on your soap formula the lower temps could have caused the hard oils to solidify. What temps were you working at? Does your formula contain a lot of oils that are hard normally at that temp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitn Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 The cake looks fabulous, that doesn't look like seizing to me. I would say the same as TallTayl, the hard oils clumped up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni S. Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 It looks wonderful so hopefully all isn't lost! Can't wait to see how it turned out in the end?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbuddy Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceangazer1 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 With the first cake I soaped at about 125...alittle less. I don't have a digital thermometer. This time I soaped closer to 100. I wanted more time for playing, well I got less! LOL40% Vegetable Shortening35% Coconut Oil13% Olive Oil7% Castor Oil5% Shea ButterLye...5.09 ozsWater...11.22ozs.Using mostly grocery store oils until I get things more down pat.I cut it and I think it's a save, but the swirls are terrible.Overall...it's pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerWicks Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Its beautiful! Yumm raspberry cheesecake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon01945 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Raspberry looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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