Teach Soap

Hi Folks:

I need your help on determining how to get my goats milk soap batches to go through complete gel phase in a 9 bar wooden slab mold (Brambleberry).

I cannot seem to get the gel to occur in the outer band of the slab. I soap at about 100 degrees F. I put the wooden lid on the poured soap and insulate profusely with towels. Same results every time.

Any ideas you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

BubbleBath

I reckon your mold will fit into your oven, right? If it will, you can do CPOP...

Pour as usual. Preheat your oven to 170F. Turn OFF oven. Place filled mold inside. Close door & wait.

If your oven keeps warm a long time, this works great. If you have a gas pilot light, you might not need to check temp again. If it's electric & doesn't stay hot long, you might hit the temp to lowest for 5 minutes if it seems to cool off too fast...

If you don't wanna use the oven, place on top of a heating pad & insulate as normal...

My oven down here is way tiny - like 1 loaf of bread tiny. Even in 1" wood, my log molds sometimes don't gel to the corners. I top with cardboard, put a stick of firewood on top for weight, and set it inside the fireplace near the front... With a low fire, just enuf to get the job done & no trimming or slices w "power circles."

Good luck!

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Linda
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