How To: Easily Control Accelerating Fragrances for a Fluid Pour.

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In part 4 of this 4 part series, we use water reductions and additions to create our soap design. It's a good time.
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[@MrsSoapAndClay]

These are so fun! Get ready because we’re gonna do a project Soapway challenge for this. 🎉

[@feliciafelty3353]

Hey mrs soap and clay i became a member and sent you an email for discord🙂🙃 im so excited

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! Looks like an invite has been sent - check your spam!

[@jm359]

Hi! Newbie sudser here. I was inspired to comment about your content (in general and) specifically this video. I hope that others appreciate the solid gold information you impart both here and throughout your channel. This video is valuable to me because you saved me YEARS of accidents and experiments to impart in a visual way, 1st, what water discounting is, and 2nd the effect it has on the end product. You are a walking, breathing Soap Calc!! I also like your straight faced sardonic comments! My wife has gone from... "NOW what are you doing?" to.. "Hey this is cool!" Thanks!

[@DavidRil]

Perfect timing, I just used a new fragrance this week and it accelerated a lot. Tried more water but accelerated. Then used your 2,4:1 ratio instead of percent to water to oil and was able work with the FO and actually pour into mold rather than plop it in. Thanks for all the great info you give.

[@VentureSR09]

I just did the very same thing today! Had I known it was going to get "spicy", I'd have upped the water ante at the onset. And now, I know!!

[@michelle.1146]

I had to tell you that you are too unique. I learn a lot from you.

[@niccoleholmes567]

Feel better soon. Thank you for taking time out of your rest time to educate us. Please take good care of yourself.

[@folkloricasoap]

Oh, that Smoke Whisper. So good, but so naughty. I have yet to make a loaf that didn't go a bit sideways, but I still use it because it's worth it.

[@alicemarshe-moffatt9116]

Thanks for this video! I had to add some water to my solidifying soap batter today. I would have had soap on a stick but managed to get it in the mold.

[@Mothermoonartisansoap]

Wow, these turned out really pretty

[@AannshaJones]

Fascinating and inspiring.

[@iorodriguez18]

I've been soaping for 5 years now (more or less) and I keep learning from you! Thank you! I have that scent too and I use it for incense because of the acceleration, now I will try it with the water addition. Thanks once again!

[@denisestich8731]

Thank you so much for this one. I have to re-do my son's soap and I think this will save that batch. He wanted deep activated charcoal with a mandarin and sandalwood fragrance oil. The first batch accelerated quickly, so with this new information you've given to us soapers, I think the next batch will go a lot more smoothly. Thank you again!!

[@joannmahaffey1068]

Thanks for this video. It confirms where I have been getting to with the fragrances that I am having trouble with. You just saved me a lot of time. Thank you again and again.

[@DuchessArtisanCreations]

I had no idea by adding more help reduce the acceleration of the batter😲😲

[@MsAubrey]

Yes. The seam is supposed to be exposed. 😂 I love you! ❤️

[@HDonaldson]

Love, love, love!

[@falasakari4945]

Dear Mrs. Soap&Clay, I am so thankful to have found your channel. From my first (in retrospect really dumb) question on Uncle Jon's channel about 3 years ago (which he rightfully didnt deign to answer), in which i basically admitted to not knowing what a surfactant is, via some serious basic chemistry self education, and a long talk with a friend's Austrian granny, who makes no glycerine, 0% superfat curd soap - both from scratch as well as scraps, it is a pleasure to listen to someone like you. Chapeaux Madame! And long may your endeavour against ignorance continue.😊

[@freshpurplenikes]

Extremely helpful... I get so stressed when trying new scents.

[@suessoapcreations]

I finally understand the science behind Ghost Swirl 🎉. I'm going to use this technique for my unscented/uncoloured bastille recipe this week! Thank you 😊

[@catrinaanastasio2992]

I think I received that white end piece in my bits and bobs bag this week! Super cool to see you make it!

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

How fun!

[@vernaharris181]

I was just having that same conversation with myself over great smelling FOs that accelerate…I just got Pipe Tobacco from MW and it accelerated and instead of being a beast about the company…I thought, hummm maybe next time I’ll use the full amount of water that soapcalc suggests! Now, I know why it will work…

[@lifewithamberb]

That’s SOO cool!!

[@laurathompson3040]

Wow! Thank you for sharing! That was very cool & informative!

[@shellybrentlinger7403]

Thank you! I hope you feel better soon 💕

[@bardigan1]

Many thanks for the detailed info. Say hello to Cody Griffin when he picks up his soap!

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Ha! Cody will definitely love their soap. 😂

[@nicolemitchell446]

Lol, I was thinking that in the last one 😂

[@dianarivers5537]

So great, thank you.

[@tilleyco.2958]

Thank you!

[@karenMQSoapery]

So cool

[@pattiemoseley8752]

Those ghost swirls are gorgeous

[@sshacklett907]

Love this, can’t wait to work with water discounts at increases. Thank you!

[@geraldinevosloo3556]

Oooo can't wait for the lotion

[@RisaL-13]

Loooooove ❤❤❤ Smoke Whisper! Spicy, but the scent is worth it! Gotta couple FO’s I want to try with this now. Riverstone comes to mind. And Cody Griffin needs to come get their stuff. 🤣

[@keekeejenkins6162]

I want to know who Cody Griffin is! They are probably kind of a big deal

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

HA! Yes the Smoke Whisperer is so good. Cody is an asshat that decided to dump her bigoted crazy all over my comments section a few weeks ago. So I made her soaps. I'll do a Short on it soon.

[@RisaL-13]

@@MrsSoapAndClay oh I can’t wait! 🤣🤣

[@MsAubrey]

Oh… maybe I’ll try this method for my Pikake flower FO!

[@melissapeterson4202]

This was really cool to watch. I've had fragrance oil turn my soap right into soap dough like your 1:1 did. I'm now wondering if when that happens if you could add water to loosen it up some to make it pourable. Maybe some experiments are in order. And I love how you can change the look by adding water with the ghost swirl technique... So cool. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

[@Mothermoonartisansoap]

Could you do an in the pot swirl for the ghost?

[@kimcannon3006]

Hope your feeling better ! Loved this video, though I tried to find “Auntie Clara” on KZbin and no luck, is there a link ?

[@Skawski1]

Hey what is that cool detailed chart thing? Is this something that if I was going to try to make soap it would be helpful? I have been watching your videos for awhile and I’m really wanting to try some day.

[@theterifox]

❤

[@ramonecd]

Ok so if your soap seizes can you just add more water and try to fix it or is it better just to throw it in the crock pot at that point and let it cook?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

I have done that on the fly to loosen a batter that wasn’t working with the pour. Handy trick for sure!

[@cramsey3418]

Too funny

[@skuldarchleone]

I have a question, hope i can formulate it so you can understand what i mean. Maybe you can explain what went sideways: i tried ghost swirls, because i thought it would be easier i made my batter with a 1.2:1 water to lye solution, divided my batter in 3 portions and added enough water in one of these to get a 2.3:1 solution. As i added the water the batter instandly accelerated and went thick, and in the mould it heated up so badly that i had oil sitting on the soap and it got heat tunnels that leaked oil. I moved it in the fridge but that doesnt help. Could you explain why this happend?

[@RisaL-13]

Oh, so if you’ve already hit emulsion and you find the batch accelerating, can you go ahead and add water or is that not advised? Asking for a friend that might have a batch unmolded but still in the freezer paper because…damp. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

I have been known to do that to save a batch that was set for swirls.

[@andreecoutu2466]

Because I’m the type of gal who like to be smart-lazy, I wondered something while watching your video: is there a reason why you take the time to prepare 3 lye solutions? Because my smart-lazy brain’s first instinct would be to prepare a lye solution at the highest concentration (the one with the minimal water) and once everything is fully dissolve, divide the lye and add water to one of them? Of course, there would need to be some calculation (both for dividing the lye and for the water to be added). But for a principle point of view, is there an issue with this?

[@MrsSoapAndClay]

Hey! Good question. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with making one strong solution and diluting two, but that doesn’t save any time (and may take more time as the bulk lye solution will take longer to cool down) and adds an additional opportunity to make an error (the extra maths that have to be done to calculate the weight of the lye in addition to the water to get the proper amount of dilution). Many soapers use this method, also known as masterbatching.