Hot weather... Keep new soap in fridge

[loopyloop]

Hi. Just made some salt bars, and the to weather after up moulding is not helping. They are oily on top and don't like what's happening? Can I cure for a while in the fridge?

 

[rogue]

Humdidity

Hi. Just made some salt bars, and the to weather after up moulding is not helping. They are oily on top and don't like what's happening? Can I cure for a while in the fridge?

Ditto on the funky first day un molding of my latest batch. I redid the calc on it just to be sure & I'm pretty sure it's a combination of humidity of near 100% and the heat. I mopped the oil off the top which left fairly ugly bars. They are headed to rebatch land in a few weeks when they are hard enough to chop up.
Blah. Boyfriend has some really strange ideas on what he wants me to use as a mold. Sigh.

 

[seven]

are you sure it's oil and not sweating? i don't do a lot of salt bars, but the few batches i've made so far were fine other than sweating. i also live in a climate where it's hot and humid all year round, and my salt bars initially sweat for some time. i just put them on my curing rack and it stopped after a while.

if it is, indeed, oil (if it's only a small amount on top) i would prolly suggest curing them in open air to let them do their own thing. hopefully the rest of the soap is fine, and the oil will reabsorbed.

 

[loopyloop]

Oh, I see... Sweating, don't know as have not had this before. Feels oily to the touch, but it's only on the surface. So you saying I should leave them cure as usual....?

 

[jenneelk]

If it's only a small amount like on the surface, leave it be.
If it's pools or any sort of depth at all.. It might be so much to cause it to be lye heavy if it doesn't soak back in.

 

[loopyloop]

Nah, no chance of that. Only surface.