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Troubleshooting

The cooking soap has oil on top

Most likely the soap was cooked on too high of a power setting. Stir the oil back in and continue cooking

The soap looks grainy

This is perfectly normal, keep cooking

The soap tingles when I taste it

The soap hasn't cooked enough, keep cooking

The soap has been cooking for a few minutes and is starting to look dry

If the soap needs to be cooked some more, add water a tablespoon at a time

The soap has cooked for 15 minutes and looks like mashed potatoes, but there is no lye tingle.

The soap has cooked for too long. Quickly add your other ingredients and glop it into the mold

I keep stirring, but the soap keeps climbing.

You have reached the champagne bubbles stage. Continue to stir until the soap stops climbing. Test for pH. Cook the soap longer if the pH isn't right.

My soap didn't go through the champagne bubbles stage

That's ok, not all soaps do. Continue cooking until the soap looks like heated Vasaline

Remember:
Keep cooking, it will turn into soap