Well, the molds I poured first didn't really set up at all... they are still oil... kinda a solid oil, but I have to admit, I skimped on the oil and subbed in used fryer oil we had laying around after i realized just how much 42oz was and that I didn't have nearly enough olive oil... the fryer oil was crisco shortening. Anyway, the leftover bit that had the lye crystals still in it, did KINDA set up... it has the basic consistency of brown sugar, and smells like it too. Looking back, and having done a bit more reading up on it, I think I messed the whole thing up by not completely dissolving the lye in water first. I added it to the water, but when I saw the crystals go straight to bottom and they didn't seem to do anything when I stirred them, I assumed it wasn't going to, and so added it straight to the oil before it had a chance to react with the water. I'm going to try "fixing" it by melting everything and adding more water and lye and this time allowing the lye to fully react with the water before adding it to the oil. Some other site recommended doing that if you somehow screwed it up, but that it would take much longer to fully cure since I'm effectively doubling the water content.