Teach Soap

Do you keep it in the giant block and cut pieces at you go? Do you chop them into smaller pieces all at once and then melt them as needed? Do you have some big heated vat ready to pour? Curious on how everyone stores and uses their soap differently!

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~*~ Jennifer ~*~

I keep it in the block and cut as I go. The smaller cut pieces that I don't need go into sealable plastic bags. I use a melting pot (Presto pot) with a temp control, so I don't need to cut small pieces. I just go by weight.

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

A majority of my recipes call for mixed bases and lately I have been ordering bulk amounts. I have found that it is much easier to store these amounts by cutting them into smaller blocks and storing them in air tight containers that I have labeled. If I am planning to make a large batch of mixed base soap I will go ahead and cut my blocks, measure them out by weight, melt them down, mix them, and then remold them into a big block that I cut into smaller more manageable/store-able blocks that are again kept in air tight labeled containers until Im ready to use them.

I have a very small craft space-1 eight foot table and an IKEA type wardrobe storage unit I bought at a garage sale that I added shelves to in the space where one would have hung clothing. So, staying tidy and organized keeps my hobby from overtaking the house.

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Lj