I did the lye/water mix outside, and surrounded my bucket with snow which helped cool it very quickly so I brought it inside after a while to keep it room temp. When I added it to the non-PT half, that fat was still technically on low heat so was a little warmer than the PT half was by the time...
So I split the fats (just warm enough to be liquid), added the PT to one half and mixed well. Added the lye (room temp) to the other half of fats and used immersion blender to bring to light/medium trace, then added the PT/fat mixture and hand stirred until trace again before pouring into the...
Hi all!
I'm totally new to soapmaking and to the site, so my apologies if this isn't in the right place!
I'm hoping for advice on my first soap batch, it's been about 40 hours since poured into the mold, and it's still pretty soft. Even the slivers of the batch that ended up on the top sides...