u/Extension-Muffin-837

Liquid soap paste not gelling

Hi, I've made liquid soap from tallow for the first time. It's been 20 hours in the slow cooker and the paste is still an applesauce consistency and not a thick, translucent gel. The clarity test turns out cloudy. The pH is at 10. Did I do something wrong? Do I keep cooking it? I made coconut/olive oil liquid soap before and it got to the gel phase rather quickly.

My recipe: 600g tallow, 45g castor oil, 140g 90% KOH, 100g glycerin, 250g water (93% tallow, 7% castor oil, 1% SF, 2.5:1 water:lye ratio)

u/Extension-Muffin-837 — 3 days ago