Ok, so tonight I make some chocolate goats milk soap. I followed the recipe, ensured my weights were all exact & yet the mixture separated. This is the third goats milk recipe that has failed me. I'm adding fresh gm after mixing the oils with the lye water. Not only does it take forever to trace, it starts to separate, leaving an oily slick in the bottom of the bowl. I haven't bothered to mould this one, I will rebatch tomorrow night.
The recipe is:
350g coconut
227g palm
100g rice bran
100g olive
100g castor
40g cocoa butter
26g lindt choc
142g caustic
127g GM
283g water
I don't freeze my gm, I warm it slightly, as the recipe tells me to. I have a feeling the oil was too warm for the lye, although was in range based on the directions.
What am I doing wrong? This goats milk business doesn't seem to be working for me.
The recipe is:
350g coconut
227g palm
100g rice bran
100g olive
100g castor
40g cocoa butter
26g lindt choc
142g caustic
127g GM
283g water
I don't freeze my gm, I warm it slightly, as the recipe tells me to. I have a feeling the oil was too warm for the lye, although was in range based on the directions.
What am I doing wrong? This goats milk business doesn't seem to be working for me.