First attempt with the Ciaglia Method

[SoapyBenjamin]

I tried the Ciaglia Method for the first time a couple days ago... Fairly pleased with the results.

• I used one white bar of soap as the donor bar, per every ten bars of colored soap (lard & lye only, no scent)
• I peeled the lard bars with a potato peeler and then stick blended in the oil until they reached the desired speckle size
• Cold processed, typical recipe, no surprises
• Once you wet them (or steam them), that ash goes away, and leaves only the speckles

I expected saponification to happen much more quickly because of all the surface area with the cured soap speckles, but no acceleration happened. YMMV...

Next experiment will be with dark speckles on a light colored bar of soap.

 

[AliOop]

Those look great - like colored concrete. Love it!