DOS dreaded orange spots - Rita's Soap Lessons I

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I hope this is of help with your soapmaking. :-)

 

 

DOS is called " dreaded orange spots " and are said to be the first sign

of a soap

going bad. This I have come to the conclusion of over the last several

years is

a bunch of hoohaa. I do have soaps that do that from time to time and I

take the

spots off and they don't come back or I leave them there and they are

fine.

 

What are they? I find that a lot of time it is something not stirred

into the

soap mixture completely that causes them. I have had 2 batches that I

made that

I did not get the reconstituted powdered Goats Milk stirred into the

mixture

really well before it traced and this causes orange spots in the soap

and even a

few dry spots of milk that did not get reconstituted well showed up when

I cut

the soap that I just took out and they were and are fine. Also from time

to time

if the fragrance, whether FO or EO do not get completely incorporated

into the

soap it will cause these same spots. Even an oil added at trace for

superfatting

that is not stirred into the mix can cause this same problem. I have

never had

mold grow on any soap except a soap that had gotten to moist from a show

that I

did and I did not realize that when I put them in the plastic container

that it

would cause mold to grow because of the excess moisture. But all I had

to do

with them was cut off the molded area and it was fine soap to use.

 

Can soap go bad and really be nasty? Well that is something that I have

seen in

the past only once and it had to do with a soap that was marketed to a

chain

grocery store and the soap had lots of fruit pulp in it and was

completely

molded on the outside of the soap. Using juices and a bit of pulp from

fruits or

veggies are fine, but to much of the pulp can cause problems.

 

Will a preservative help? No, soap really should not have that added to

it,

IMHO. GSE is an antioxident that some of the older books call a

preservative, it

is not and does not hold up in the lye process as well as some think it

does and

therefore gives not help to the soap. Why do I say that? Because I have

tried

several soaps recipes with lots of pulp in them, used the GSE and it did

not

stop the soap from going bad. Another thing is why would one want to

make a soap

that has additives that can go bad in the first place and then just

contaminate

the soap with a preservative if one is wanting to make as close to a

natural

soap as possible. ?? Juices are very nice in soap and even small amounts

of

certain fruits like Cucumber make a wonderful soap, but I have found no

need for

preservatives if their is not a super abundance of pulp used and mostly

only the

juices are used.

 

How about Herbal Teas? They make for some really wonderful soaps and do

not

require any preservatives either. The use of herbs in soaps also I find

do not

warrant a preservative. So my conclusion is that for the most part there

is no

need to worry about so called DOS or adding a preservative to soaps.

Just don't

use so much of a fruit or veggie pulp or the soap will go bad.

 

Written by Rita of TLC Soaps and Sundries

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for posting this Chris and thanks Rita for writing it!

 

I always wondered about that. I made a batch of organic soap with canola,

palm, coconut & olive oils. I scented with geranium and lavender eo's.

After 4 weeks of cure time I saw the little spots and instead of throwing it

out or whatever since the DOS was supposed to be bad, I put them up and kind

of forgot about them for a couple months. I just found them, opened the box

and guess what, no more orange spots. Weird huh.

 

Margaret

www.naturalindulgences.com

 

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[Guest guest]

So in your case Margaret DOS stands for Disappearing Orange Spots *tee

hee*

 

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Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

>

> Margaret Helm-Duell [naturalindulgences]

 

> Thanks for posting this Chris and thanks Rita for writing it!

>

> I always wondered about that. I made a batch of organic soap

> with canola,

> palm, coconut & olive oils. I scented with geranium and

> lavender eo's.

> After 4 weeks of cure time I saw the little spots and instead

> of throwing it

> out or whatever since the DOS was supposed to be bad, I put

> them up and kind

> of forgot about them for a couple months. I just found them,

> opened the box

> and guess what, no more orange spots. Weird huh.

>

> Margaret

> www.naturalindulgences.com