Curing rack ideas

[Angie Gail]

I use these sheet pan racks in a room with a dehumidifier (https://www.webstaurantstore.com/st...n-sheet-pan-rack-unassembled/109RACKECON.html)

 

[penelopejane]

I use these sheet pan racks in a room with a dehumidifier (https://www.webstaurantstore.com/st...n-sheet-pan-rack-unassembled/109RACKECON.html)

I would absolutely love one of those but they are phenomenally expensive here, even second hand. Also I'd prefer holes in the trays for good ventilation. (Which could easily be overcome if a good fairly donated a rack to me!) We have high humidity here, especially in summer, and need all the airflow we can get!

 

[linne1gi]

I use these sheet pan racks in a room with a dehumidifier (https://www.webstaurantstore.com/st...n-sheet-pan-rack-unassembled/109RACKECON.html)

Do you place your soaps directly on the curing rack? In my experience, that would be a disaster waiting to happen. Metals (any kind) and soap do not go together, This is not just my experience but a well documented fact. Just put something down so that the soap does not come into contact with the metal.

 

[Jersey Girl]

Do you place your soaps directly on the curing rack? In my experience, that would be a disaster waiting to happen. Metals (any kind) and soap do not go together, This is not just my experience but a well documented fact. Just put something down so that the soap does not come into contact with the metal.

Looks like she has wax paper on the shelves from the picture.

 

[linne1gi]

Looks like she has wax paper on the shelves from the picture.

Metals ions can migrate through thin paper. It needs to be cloth or a thicker plastic.

 

[penelopejane]

Is a gastronome so they will be stainless steel trays and supports. Stainless steel is generally inert to soap.

 

[linne1gi]

Is a gastronome so they will be stainless steel trays and supports. Stainless steel is generally inert to soap.

Could be, or could be aluminum.

 

[Miffybear]

Years ago we acquired a whole load of the wooden curing racks from the Pears Soap Factory in Birkenhead, UK, which was being demolished. We used them as apple racks. A few months ago they were all pulled apart as we no longer needed them. Some of the wood was going rotten, but the rest was recycled into a better, smaller apple/vegetable rack. A few weeks after that I decided to start soap making!!! My wonderful husband made up a small wooden curing rack for me from some of the bits left. I only make soap for us so it is just the right size.

 

[AliOop]

Could be, or could be aluminum.

Or they could be a metal that is coated with a layer of stainless, and when that layer cracks or is worn through, the soap will come in contact with the metals underneath. I know this from experience with stainless racks made in this fashion.