{"id":5244,"date":"2011-03-27T17:27:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T23:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=5244"},"modified":"2017-09-25T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:56:56","slug":"antique-lilac-soap-remake-part-3-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/antique-lilac-soap-remake-part-3-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 3 – the end."},"content":{"rendered":"

Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 1<\/a>
\nAntique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are a few bars from the small batch of soap I made yesterday with the embedded soap scraps:<\/p>\n

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Antique Lilac Soap - The Final Reveal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before you go jumping up and down and raving about how great it turned out, I have to tell you something. I’m a big fan of books and movies with happy endings. I want all the loose ends tied up, and everyone to live happily ever after. I think this is part of the human longing for heaven – a place where all is perfect and lovely and pure. So, while this soap looks good on the outside, I have a feeling that I won’t be using the same embeds for a regular-sized batch this week as planned. There is no perfect ending to my plan to salvage the lilac soap. <\/p>\n

The voice of reason came through my friend Sharon who pointed out that the only way to fix this soap is with more lye. Otherwise, the risk of DOS (dreaded orange spots) will probably be pretty high, considering how much extra oil is in the soap. For the non-soapmakers reading this, DOS is really just one way that rancid oils manifest themselves in handmade soaps. Without knowing exacting how much excess oil is in the soap, I really can’t know how much lye to add. Besides the fact that it would require rebatching the soap. Something I’ve long since given up on. So, I’ll keep an eye on this batch to see how it fares over time, but I won’t be selling it.<\/p>\n

I will, however, make up a brand new batch of Antique Lilac soap this week that I will feel confident about selling. And quite possibly, at some point, I will try this method again with perfectly good soap shreds in a different soap, because it really does look<\/em> good, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 1 Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 2 Here are a few bars from the small batch of soap I made yesterday with the embedded soap scraps: Before you go jumping up and down and raving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[119,565],"class_list":["post-5244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botched-batches","category-making-soap","tag-lilac-soap","tag-soap-shreds-embedded"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t