Rebatching Soap ~ How To Fix A MESS

[@NotQuiteSoThinLizzie641]

I threw away two loaves when they separated. I also have had mild separation. But nothing I have ever rebatched ever looked as bad as yours. So you’ve given me back faith in my abilities. I say this with thanks, to you for showing us how we can fail and can fix!❤️

[@keelarussell2922]

This is really helpful as I didn't know you could start rebatching immediately after the first process and didn't need to wait for it to solidify and grate. Thanks!

[@4KidsandaFarm]

Soap making is one of the homesteading skills we are a little intimated to try...this was incredibly helpful...so when we do make soap we have one less way to fail 😂

[@adelacoburn1396]

I don't make soap but I love homemade soaps. Well, I just learned something new, this fine morning. Have an amazing day and God bless.

[@scotimotti]

I've made lots of soap and never had an issue, but made soap today and had a super seize. I poured it and pushed it into a mold but it was horrible. I'm blaming it on the lye temperature was too high for the fragrance oil I was using. I'm hoping to save it somehow, it was a 14 pound batch. Thanks for letting me know it happens to all of us. I was pretty discouraged.

[@Masg29]

Thank you for posting this video! You SAVED my batch of soap. And, like you, I had used clove and orange oil. Never again. :(

[@trinity885]

I made soap yesterday for the first time and this happened, so I really appreciate the help in fixing it! I need to take a few breaths and get it in the crock pot :/ God bless you :)

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You’re welcome!! You can do it!

[@knitvids]

You are a wealth of knowledge sweetie! Appreciate your willingness to share all your works. Thanks bunches!!!!

[@tanana2070]

This just happened to me!!! Thankyou for this!! I like the primitive look! It definitely has it's place in home soap making.

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

Well I was intimidated by soap making but I was also intimidated by rendering lard. Today I am in the process of rendering lard from the hog we bought and had butchered thanks to your video and the one Sarah from Living Traditions made. I am much older than you both but you ladies are teaching me new things all the time. May try soap sometime.

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

My lard turned out great milky white.

[@bellaann518]

Thanks. This just happened to me I use essential oils eucalyptus, lemon, & peppermint. And it has a layer of oil 😳. It’s been 12 hr so far. Don’t look good. 😂

[@andyquintana3223]

I’m new to soap making. So far never had an issue with any of my batch until now. My son asked me for a cinnamon roll inspired soap and after using cinnamon essential oil on my batch it just begun to separate. I had solid soap on the bottom of the mold and a lot of liquid oil on top. When looking for a solution to fix my problem i found your video. Thank you very much for your tips. I will now subscribe to your channel.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

I recently used cinnamon and clove oil in one batch and mine separated too, but mine also overheated first because it had too much sugar and other stuff the lye was reating to and heating up, I put it back in the bowl and hit it with the immersion blender and got it to stay together but then it got all flaky as I was packing it back into the loaf mold and it wouldn't hold together, so after a couple days I crumbled it back into my bowl, added 1/4c of water, and heated it till it went like melted marshmallow then put it in the mold again, it's still a bit crumbly and very rustic looking but it hasn't separated and seems to be holding together now.

[@ddsmiles6382]

I use the leftover piece’s that are too small to wash our face with ( each person has a jar to put the piece’s in) so each person gets a special soap with the smells they like. So this is great and appreciated I’m learning to make soap w fire ash, which is another traditional way of making soap. I adding on natural herbs and dried flowers, natural pigment colors like which adds earthly color a tad extra coconut oil and essential oil’s for each person.( in case you were concerned about using soap by another person lol we each have a marked jar to collect piece’s for re-batching❤ this was very s informative thank you

[@laurie8166]

Thank Youuuuuuu!!!! ❤ I made double the recipe for a 6.25 pound recipe and of course I forgot to double the lye amount 😑 so right now my loafs look like jello kinda see through and very oily. Oil just oozing out when I tried unmolding. So thank you for your video you give me hope to save what I can and don’t throw away all this costly material.

[@dc-wp8oc]

Awesome video. Always nice to know if there is a method to recover when things don't go to plan.

[@caro5797]

I made a batch of 4 purple molds yesterday and I made a mistake with the amount of lye water. I did not put enough so my soap is too soft. I will definately melt it, add the missing amount of lye water and re-mold it and hope for the best. Thank you!! ❤

[@mindlifeheart2906]

Today was my first time I made a cold process soap and it turned into mashed potatoes as soon as i started blended the lye and oils. I wanted to make a blend of white and pink swirls and it was a disaster. I came i across your video to see if i could still save my lumpy block that is still curring. Thanks for your video 😊

[@leeleestanley1992]

Thank you so much! This happen to me and I didn’t know what I did wrong! You wouldn’t believe I use the same essential oils that you mentioned. You just helped me out a whole lot!

[@Kmia0206]

Thank you for sharing. I have my first batch that I didn’t cut well that I’d like to re-batch. I’m so new to the soap making world but hope in time I can also be able to sell my creations as in time also help others. God Bless

[@LadyJ5569]

Now I know how those homemade soaps are made. Awesome

[@mi.homefarmsteadtherekucs5476]

I made soap yesterday! I wish we lived closer to y’all. We could be besties❤️🙏🏻 Have a blessed day

[@Diana_the_green_dragon]

I got home just in time to see one of my favorite channel

[@shazdave8886]

Thankyou. Very helpful. I am about to rebatch. I prefer your rustic rebatch. It looks like art, not a mistake correction

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Thank you!

[@jonathanosundusunday6360]

you made my day, thank you.

[@brendajackson294]

well if you can make a mess I can usually do that. Thanks for showing how to fix it. I have not seen a liquid soap rebatched. very nice video.

[@jessicatang983]

This video was so helpful! I just made a batch yesterday and used fragrance oils for the first time. I had no idea this would hyper-accelerate my trace and give me a false trace. I was left with a very oily, soft bar. I will try rebatching for the first time!

[@meganlivesay8442]

Thank you, from your advice I remade the batch that I made. I think your advice will help.

[@kimberlybrown4284]

Have the same issue sometimes with cinnamon oil in a hard candy my family used to make annually for Christmas. The water/sugar/karo syrup mixture is heated to hard crack, color paste is then added and an flavor/scent oil mixed in well. Next pour out on a hot flat buttered griddle where on e person cuts chunks off as it begins to cool and set. 6 or so other women take those chunks and cut smaller. When done, you have a large bowl of colored broken glass looking hard candy. Each woman brings a quart mason jar with lid, a cookie sheet and kitchen scissors and takes home her tools and a share of the candy made. We always sent the men to watch a movie or game. Great fellowship time, but we usually had one or two batches with cinnamon that would refuse to set up.

[@customprc]

Great video, very well done and very pleasant to watch.

[@mamadoom9724]

I’ve made two batches of soap so far and had to re batch both because they were so mushy 😩 I think I need to start using a different recipe. My first re batch turned out nice and I’m working on my second one now.

[@rhonantale4009]

Woow thank you so much your Explanation was just clear and beautifull .lam going to rebatch mine too

[@Michelle-CraftyWACatLady]

Would love to see a video of you making soap. I've wanted to make but haven't yet

[@karyndrake7219]

the change of the season is killing me! I have had "soft" batches so many times in the past month and I don't get it. I'm gonna have to switch up my recipe. Thanks for this!

[@dhitahapsarani]

Thank you for sharing it. I found it helpful since I have a pot of soap ready for rebatching.

[@anishacoronado5989]

You just helped me figure out why my cinnamon orange soap wouldn’t harden! It’s the cinnamon essential oil! Thank you

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You are so welcome!

[@Equity_2024]

Fantastic video. thanks. I added color to single oil soap it didn't saponify. I used coconut oil about 2520 grams with 60 % lye solution

[@denaturalseeker]

This what I searched for!. I made my soap this evening and found some small bubbles in dough. I'm looking up for the rebatching method but every video is all about grated the solidified soap and not mention the cons for rebatching. I don't have problem about trace, but the bubbles. I think for smooth one, but now I think it still ok with some bubbles since the rebatching give bubbles as well

[@elenamela781]

Hi, Andrea! I sometimes make soap with a friend of mine .So the day before yesterday, we tried to make a batch using coconut milk instead of water, but we didn't freeze the milk and when we added the lye ,I think it scorched as it looked like spoilt milk. The temperatures were right, and decided to go ahead anyway. When we combined the lye to the oils, it became ricy ,with a lot of clumps and a lot of oils separated.We mixed only a little as it became stiff right away,but we put it in the mold anyway. We also mixed an avocado in the oils beforehand. We also added cucumber fragrance oil. What do you think happened? Could it be fixed using HP method? It is now in the mold with a a lot of seperated oils....😢

[@Whois_.X]

Your video really help me because I most definitely had a fail and I believe I used to much soap by accident due to distraction. SMH thanks

[@jenniferreeves6709]

Thanks for your video. It's given me confidence to rebatch some of my 'fails'. Curious at the stage before you're pouring it into the molds...could I pulse it with the stick blender to perhaps get a smoother texture? Thanks :)

[@nanyt1812]

You can use the stick blender but you will get air bubbles in it.

[@chickenhartehomestead]

My soap I had everything correct measurement wise however I had a false trace so I have pockets of heavy lye and oils that hadn't fully mixed. Would this work rebatching do I need to mix to trace again while it's hot and how long is cure time?

[@michaelalynn]

Hey there, now I messed up on one of my batches that made last week, my mistake was that I poured the batter into the molds too soon, they held up shape but there still soft and there's cracks all around each bar. Would the rebatching still work in my case?

[@christals5340]

Thank you so much for this info, I just experienced for the first time the volcano on a batch of cold processed soap 😱, it’s in the crockpot now, hope I can save it

[@GeekCity4700]

Question... when everything was melted... in stead of staring it ..could you stick blended?

[@siobhanclaire256]

Interestingly, the few times I've worked with essential oils, when I've had irritated skin, seems clove was around, didn't touch the oil of course, but I have always blamed clove essential oil that itchy skin.

[@rosalynrn]

Not oily pockets. That is glycerin. Just a few times it has happened to me too. Enjoy your blessed day..................... Love, in Pennsylvania

[@Homejazz54]

I enjoyed your video today about soap. Thanks for sharing you're good at what you do on the videos

[@virginiareid5336]

I find soap making fascinating. I have used goat milk soap; however, I was unaware it came from cow's milk as well.

[@nanajane9612]

I didn't even know there was milk in it!

[@Greens5511]

Interesting....I have never attempted making soap....I would like to....the lye always scares me and holds me back.... maybe u already have but if u haven't it would be interesting to watch and learn from start to finish how u make soap. Oh I know Ben asked on a live about if we r more apt to buy from ur store or online....I would buy online ,👍

[@anitahamrick1219]

I agree with you Vivian .... would love a video on how she makes soap .... I too am scared of lye ... so I buy melt and pour and make it that way. Years ago I was going to take a weekend course on soap making at the John Campbell Folk School in NC but just couldn’t afford it .... on the bucket list !!!! Have a blessed day !

[@Greens5511]

@@anitahamrick1219 😉 You have a Blessed day too 👍

[@gypsylady3598]

@@anitahamrick1219 she has 4 videos about how to make goat/cow soap. Just search and they will be listed.

[@anitahamrick1219]

Gypsy Lady thank you so much !!!

[@gypsylady3598]

@@anitahamrick1219 your welcome and good luck with your soap making!

[@samanthagoy8262]

with my fail, I think I didn't get it to trace. if this is the case, is it dangerous to rebatch it? would I just melt it all down, then bring it to trace, then remold?

[@samirasindi9897]

Thank you really

[@wendyweddell2782]

Thanks for the tips Andrea we really appreciate it.

[@GrammaRosesHomestead]

Thanks, Andrea! This hasn't happened to me yet, but it's inevitable that it will. Now I know what to do when it happens.

[@gwenmoody8323]

I would love to make my own soap. It is not in the cards for me. Love and Hugs from Sapulpa Oklahoma

[@teresamurray250]

I love your educational videos such as this!

[@Gracieeed]

Had clove and orange in mine... same problem

[@JordanAnne2392]

How do I fix the soap If the soap is too soft? How would I add a hard butter?

[@safi456]

Hi Please could you help me? I was binge watching all your videos and decided to finally dive in and make a shampoo bar, mainly because my friend gave me garden-fresh rosemary bunches and I didnt know what else to do with them. So I plunged into making a rosemary shampoo bar. But when I poured the lye mix into the oils, I discovered that quite a lot of the lye had solidified at the bottom of my container, probably because I didnt stir the lye into the water well enough. So now I have a very wet mixture, probably not enough lye to create a chemical reaction with my oils and take me to trace. I've been stick blending on and off for over 4 hours now, but while the mixture that is caked on the blender seems to have thickened slightly, the batter in the bowl is totally liquid. How can I rescue this? I thought about adding some more lye water but I'd have no clue how much now, as there's no way to tell how much lye got wasted. I also put my bowl on a double boiler to heat the oils in the hope that that would help them thicken, but that didnt work either. Please help! I dont want to throw such expensive and precious ingredients away (I wouldnt even know how to safely dispose of them!).

[@joellempungu1578]

Thank you ❤

[@debbiew.7094]

You are so interesting to watch Andrea!😄❤

[@CindyKinney]

Hi Andrea. Gosh, when that had all melted in the crockpot, it looked like a beautiful gravy as you were stirring it.

[@jenifersmith1508]

This literally just happened to me on my very first batch ever and rice is a great way to describe it. I glooped in into the molds anyway and then put in fridge. Now it looks like cottage cheese but firm with oily residue in the bottom of the mold. I'm thinking a rebatch in the crockpot might just help to pull it all back together. My lye solution with the goat milk turned out so great but the other oils were the problem and I hadn't even added the scented oil in yet. The batch was gritty and gross. I threw it all together and into the mold anyway. I will now throw it inti the crockpot and see what happens as it was a 5 pound batch! :O Thank you so much, fingers crossed for something a little better than what I have now. :)

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes! I don’t ever want to waste ingredients

[@pamelaleitman9305]

Could you share the recipe? Its so interesting. I would love to make my own soap! Thanks for sharing your videos!

[@VWFamilyFarm]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2nOhZp4gsyZfNU 😊

[@AlpacaRenee]

Thank you for sharing this! You’re saving me a double batch of triple cream goats milk soap😔

[@beverlyfrancis8433]

I did 2 batches, neen and noni, they did set but there was so much oil on top which never happened when I used Bells Chemicals lye. But now am using Red Crown, I am having few problems.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

It could be the brand of lye but it also could be if the neen and Noni if those are sents. Sometimes different sents react differently. I’m not sure what those are though.

[@shelleyhardage4483]

Thank you ~ I need to rebatch my first attempt at cold process soap and I am doing my research 🙃 Woooo Pig! Soooie!

[@jennifergebhardt141]

I made soap yesterday, it's been 24 hrs and it's like a gel consistency. I'm thinking the problem is the orange and lemon essential oils I used. Do you think putting it in the crockpot for a few hours and repouring into molds will help? Glad I found your video! Thanks for the info.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes I do! Had that problem with orange also!

[@jennifergebhardt141]

@@VWFamilyFarm It worked and I'm so happy! It does look a little rugged but I'm glad I didn't have to trash it! Thanks again!

[@memawshippabillyhomestead2714]

Great video, I haven't tried to make soap but it's on my list. I'm pretty sure I will be referring back to this video.

[@Honey-_bee]

I’m just waiting for that to happen to me. Thank for the info!

[@mobilityendurancestrength6210]

Very helpful

[@colleendigiacomo3089]

Would love to see a whole soap making video some time. Love your channel😊

[@manjurhasanchisti2264]

My coconut oil and sodium hydroxide base is not melting. While I put it in Microwave, becoming bubbling but not no liquide. If I cool it becoming hard. Please help me.

[@sheilaphelps6358]

i dont make soap yet but i think i would like to try morning honey glad to see u today

[@emsdiy6857]

Thank you

[@OutdoorsandCountryLiving]

Now you’ve got me in the mood to make some soap! Thanks for sharing on how to rebatch. Haven’t had to do it this far but I’m sure it will happen one day. Lol 😂

[@ericarey64]

27 June 2021 .. thanks. Just made a new batch that didn't work, after at least 10 batches that DID work.

[@jacquiesuper2200]

Can u do a video on the whole process? I’m interested in making some

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Here’s a playlist of our soap making kzbin.info/aero/PLgwqK7BvcfDlKMBWt3bccCyCLIfm8ljNo

[@jacquiesuper2200]

VW Family Farm ty so much

[@tassiegirl1991]

Thank you so much I have subscribed and saved this invaluable information. Much appreciated

[@VWFamilyFarm]

thank you!

[@thehouseonaveraroad3851]

I understand NOTHING about making soap. But this was a very interesting video. May need to try my hand at soap making sometime.

[@tassiegirl1991]

I just started have a go it’s so much fun and I gave some pretty basic soaps sitting curing.

[@michaelho377]

Great advise

[@MustangSally7259]

Good to know,Thank you!

[@Fite52]

You are so knowledgeable Andrea. I enjoy your videos so much! Do you sell/ship your soaps? I would be interested in buying some. Have a blessed day. ❤️🙏

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes. I’ve sold it online before, and am trying to make enough so that it will be available in our future store

[@dayanhamilton8682]

Thank you!!!

[@pattisunnyflorida8595]

thank you for the video, i use those same molds but never have enough to fill one, what size batch do you use and do you have a recipe to share?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

I make a batch that is 54 ounces coconut oil and 24 ounces of water and it will fill two of them almost to the top. Check out our playlist here for recipes. kzbin.info/aero/PLgwqK7BvcfDlKMBWt3bccCyCLIfm8ljNo

[@samanthamccloskey6369]

What if I didn’t wait long enough for my lye to cool within 10 degrees of my oils? It ended up looking like applesauce and now that it’s hard it’s very oily. Assuming I’m correct and the temperature is where I went wrong then could I just crock pot rebatch without adding anything?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

yes rebatch. getting the temps closer together is very important

[@francesbolen257]

Great video!

[@mvelenagarcia]

Rebatching for the same mistake.... Usted bergamot... But Rebatching aparently saved it

[@LegacyHomeandGarden]

Good tips thank you very much.

[@josephinegomez6630]

Hi!,when lye is heavy and i want to do rebatching,do i have to add some ingredient in it?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

No just heat and pour

[@Whois_.X]

I believe I used to much oil & butters maybe not enough lye water, can I still take this approach and can I do it in a double boiler instead of a crockpot

[@VWFamilyFarm]

The lye to oil ratio is very specific. I have never tried a double boiler so I hope it works!

[@Whois_.X]

@@VWFamilyFarm thanks I used the crockpot

[@lisaelle02]

do you think it's a good idea to stick blend again after melting it to try to get a smoother consistency?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

You could. I never have. Let me know if you do!

[@onelisabp]

When you are rebatching, do you insulate your soap?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

No, I don’t.

[@elimancilla]

Hi. My bars are way to soft. Very soft. I just put them on the cooker like you did. Should that be enough? Or what should I add?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

I don’t add anything. Just melt, stir, and repour.

[@elimancilla]

@@VWFamilyFarm thanks so much for answering!!!❣

[@CynBrown]

Great video

[@damianmcconnon6031]

Can you use a lemon peels instead of orange peels? Thank you.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Yes

[@chilkakanika1456]

Very helpful. But what if I don't know the mistake?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

Rebatching fixes most mistakes.

[@SirenaSpades]

@@VWFamilyFarm Interesting

[@SirenaSpades]

This just happened to me for the first time. It was greasy like I'd never added the lye. Full grease loaf. I just learned from Soaping101 channel, that some oils are unsaponifiable, I did not know that, and I used hemp oil for the first time and at 20%!! Maybe it would be alright at a lower percentage. I did run my recipe through soapcalc, too, I don't think it's programmed for unsaponifiable oils. This is a new thing for me, never used fancy oils for me, I'm pretty simple with soapmaking up to now lol!

[@VWFamilyFarm]

yes I never try and alter recipes for this reason. Not that it is wrong to do, I am just afraid of losing all my ingredients.

[@beverlyfrancis8433]

I rebatch when I use lye made from ash.

[@ms.paintbrush9326]

Do you allow the remelted mixture to cool before placing in the soap molds?

[@VWFamilyFarm]

No.

[@SirenaSpades]

That would be a bad idea :D

[@sruchi2008]

Can I add camel or goat milk powder as additive when rebatching a soft oil heavy soap lot? I tried making one with higher amount of soft oils to see how it turns out but even after a week it's still a bit soft .... I can press into it and leave a dent.

[@VWFamilyFarm]

I have never added anything when rebatching.