Saturday I made a second batch of soap that caused me some grief. As soon as I poured the fragrance into the soap it immediately started seizing up and I was scrambling to get it into the mold... glob, plop, mash, mush, smush...well, you get the idea. I did manage to get some color mixed into part of the soap before it was no longer working for me. In the past I have used this particular fragrance with no issues, so I'm thinking the addition of the Goat Milk might have had something to do with it. I have to admit it was looking pretty bad and I had no ambition to take a photo but now I wish I had.
To make matters worse, the soap began heating up and I was fearing the goat milk would scorch so I yanked it out of the mold, it was mostly solid going into the mold, so I didn't worry about it leaking everywhere. Even outside the mold the soap was still slightly warm when I got up Sunday morning and I have to admit...the UGLIEST log of soap I have ever made. It smells amazing, so I hated to see it go to waste.
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What to do? I grabbed the grater and shredded up the entire log of soap. Dry it out? Throw it out? Rebatch? As the soap was quite fresh and still warm when I grated it up I took my chances to treat it like playdough. After donning my gloves, I squished and kneaded and had fun playing with the otherwise ugly soap...and transformed it into cute soap balls just the perfect size for keeping by the sink for hand washing.
I guess we shall ride the storm and see what happens during the cure time. Stay tuned for an update.
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