soycrazy Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I got the itch to try some of of snowdrift farms cream soap. I beat it into submission to make sure if didn't separate it was fine for over a week until yesterday I noticed it had separated. Cream on top and clear liquid soap on the bottom. Has anyone had this problem? Every time I mix it back in it separates. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-GRAN-ONES Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 soycrazy...i can't help you..i have never made cream soap..but it has been on my list for some time..hope you get the help you need..i know there is a forum, dedicated to cream & whipped soap.i have looked, but can't find the link.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soycrazy Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Yeah I'm on that yahoo group, but it's very quiet at times. They mainly make the cooked cream soap and this is a little different. It's no biggie I can still use it though, it was fun to do and it's lovely soap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I tried that one as well but I like the recipes from the yahoo group much better. In the tutorial section their is cream soap making class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemistryman Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I got the itch to try some of of snowdrift farms cream soap. I beat it into submission to make sure if didn't separate it was fine for over a week until yesterday I noticed it had separated. Cream on top and clear liquid soap on the bottom. Has anyone had this problem? Every time I mix it back in it separates. TIAKind of strange. It seems as if you have a "separated emulsion" problem. I am familiar with O/W emulsions but didn't think a soap, which is a surfactant, would do that. Maybe you could try adding an emulsifier such as stearic acid? You would need to raise the temp to about 50 degrees to melt the stearic, combine, blend with a stick blender. I'm not sure how much you would need, try 5%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soycrazy Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) This stuff has a mind of it's own. A couple weeks ago I added glycerin to it and whipped it up. It was fine for a day or 2 then liquid soap separated from it again. Then several days ago I whipped it up again and turned out amazing. Put it in a bottle several hours later it separated again lol, but less. So now here we are and a couple days ago I noticed it started to stiffen up more in the bottle which is annoying, but at least no separation. I'll let it sit for a while and see how it goes. After all this trouble I want to go at it again & make more lol Edited February 22, 2012 by soycrazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Did you try adding the stearic acid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soycrazy Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 No stearic acid, because It is already super thick, almost too hard to squeeze through a tube. I might try to loosen it up more though. I have another recipe I'm going to try that should be looser for bottles. I love experimenting esp with cream soap it's so much fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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