Teach Soap

hiii guys good morning...ok so i made a small loaf last night 3lbs..and i figured it would be ok to go ahead and cut it...maybe about 12 hrs have past between me putting the soap to bed and cutting..is cutting the soap too soon this gonna effect the soap?

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I normally cut my soap at about 12 hours. It depends on your recipe, water discount and additives you may have added. You can tell by checking the firmness of the soap. It should be firm but give slightly. You know - it's a balance between being hard enough to cut cleanly & being too hard to cut.

thanks i believe thats kinda where its at...thank you so much

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If it didn't gel, it will take longer to get hard. If it's somewhat like the consistency of aged cheddar cheese then you can cut it.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

it did gelled all the way through i was a little worried because my hands felt alot drier after cutting and handlling the soap than it does if I had waited and it had a kind of sharp smell..I made a guiness soap btw with essential oils and added powered oatmeal at trace

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Irena
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Linda

I learn so much when I can't leave well enough alone!

I usually superfat @ 4 and 5%

ok i thought since it was such a small batch that it would be ok

I do like that soap appears to be smoother but im not sure if its because of the soap itself or the timing of when i cut it

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

thanks would there be a difference is bubbliness? sorry for all the questions

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I just made my first batch, it's a 2# loaf.......stuck it in the fridge. Since its not gelling, do I leave it in there overnight?

With it being cold, I still cut it when it feels like the consistency of aged cheddar, right?

When you don't gel you will need to wait longer to cut it, usually 2-3 days, depending upon the recipe and quantity. How long you leave it in the fridge has some to do with the additives and the recipe. If you use milk, sugar and/or an eo/fo, things that tend to super heat, then you need to leave it in the cold longer to try and keep gelling from happening. Even so, sometimes it just will, even after you have left it and tried to prevent it. The more things in a batch that encourage gel, the more difficult to stop the gel.
All things being equal, I would leave it at least over night.

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Thanks LavenderLady

I made a 2# batch using OO, CO, PO, & Caster Oil...@ 7% SF w/ distiller water ..then added Tea Tree EO & Lavender 40/42 EO

Over night, 24 hours or so should be fine. Also, as a remember, make sure that you stay under the max usage rate for your EO's, which is 3% or less. As you are likely to see, .7 oz ppo of lavender gives a pretty strong lavender scent, but when you add in the tea tree (normally not used more than .5 oz ppo), you have to watch out for the total amount as well. It is not 3% of each (or whatever the individual one may be, as some are less) but it is the individuals and the total of all eo's combined.

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Tammy