My 1st Crock Pot Rebatch with pictures..

[dubnica]

Great job Jerry! Your soap looks really good.
Last time I rebatched mabe 7-8 soaps, added vanilla Fo and the soap turned ugly brown afer a few days, so I ended up tossing it. I did nto want to rebatch it again and add some color....too much work.

 

[Jerry S]

Rebatching in a crock pot

That’s what I originally used my rebatch soaps for SummerlandSoaps...working around this small ranch gets me into all kinds of dirty stuff…'' and my rebatch bars are the best…lov’m. I used to throw some ground up oatmeal in it as well.

Terminalcitygirl…you hit it right on the head when you said, “Clearly a crockpot (+ patience) is the way to go.” ..emphasis on PATIENCE…''Glad u liked the tut. It does take a few times to get the hang of re batching through...

Honor..I throw everything but the kitchen sink into my rebatch pot. I think that cooking in the crock pot takes a lot of the original scents in the soaps away, but then I never use very much FO’s in my soap. Only about ½ what is suggested. In that rebatch with the pics I put a little pear fragrance in, not much, maybe less than an ounce for the whole 4 pounds of soap....that's just my preference though. I don't like perfumy soaps..''....just a guy thing..

Jerry S

 

[ToniD]

Looks great! I don't know if I don't have the patience required, or what, but my rebatches never look that good.

Would you care to share how you put the baffle in your mold?

 

[Jerry S]

Rebatching in a crock pot

That’s what I originally used my rebatch soaps for SummerlandSoaps...working around this small ranch gets me into all kinds of dirty stuff…'' and my rebatch bars are the best…lov’m. I used to throw some ground up oatmeal in it as well.

Terminalcitygirl…you hit it right on the head when you said, “Clearly a crockpot (+ patience) is the way to go.” ..emphasis on PATIENCE…''Glad u liked the tut. It does take a few times to get the hang of re batching through...

Honor..I throw everything but the kitchen sink into my rebatch pot. I think that cooking in the crock pot takes a lot of the original scents in the soaps away, but then I never use very much FO’s in my soap. Only about ½ what is suggested. In that rebatch with the pics I put a little pear fragrance in, not much, maybe less than an ounce for the whole 4 pounds of soap....that's just my preference though. I don't like perfumy soaps..''....just a guy thing..

Jerry S

 

[Jerry S]

Rebatching in a crock pot

Opps…don’t know how this got in here twice…sorry for that ….
yeah ToneD…the baffle is just a piece of wood cut just to fit the inside of the mold. I wrap it with freezer paper or mylar using magic tape, but just enough so that it fits tightly and I can slide it back and forth. Usually my rebatch is pretty stiff by the time I get it all in the mold. so it doesn't have to be to tight. I have to smooth it with a trowel on top as shown. I made that wooden mold just a certain size cuz I’m fussy about the size I want my bars… ''
Jerry S

 

[ToniD]

Thanks Jerry,

 

[Dragonkaz]

Thanks for including so much detail with your photos Jerry ... that's really great.

 

[paillo]

awesome, jerry!

admins, i propose that this be put in the tutorial section, with jerry's permission, of course.

thank you jerry! i've been doing small rebatches in an oven bag, but just tonight was staring at a batch of activated charcoal / tea tree i'd made for halloween, and it looks halloween. i need to rebatch and describe it differently, and you've inspired me to try the crockpot method again...

your smooth tops look great!!!

 

[Jerry S]

Rebatching in a crock pot

Thanks for the kudos’ Paillo. I hope that it will be a help to anyone trying to rebatch. I worked pretty well for me but one has to be patient with letting moisture be absorbed by the shredded rebatched soap, and there is some guess work to adding just enough but not to much liquid so that after un-molding the bars don’t shrink. I re-re-re-batched'' a few batches of soap before I got what I was looking for, mostly cuz I was to cheap to throw all the old soap trimmings and trailings away.
Jerry S

 

[tespring]

Great Job Jerry! It came out perfect! It took me a few tries also to do the rebatch and get it to how I wanted it but yours looks as smooth as mine does and you are right, it does look super creamy. I love rebatch because it is so mild and it seems if you do it a few times to the same batch, it is super mild.

 

[Microdot]

I'm still a novice and have yet to do a rebatch, but those bars turned out REALLY nice and smooth! Thanks for the tutorial, I'm saving it so I can follow your method when my time comes. Thanks!

Dotty

 

[Jerry S]

Do a rebatch in Crock Pot

You bet Dotty, I'm not that far away from being a beginner myself. I've been making soap a long time but not until recently have I gotten imaginative with my soap making and started coloring, adding FO's doing rebatches etc.... I don't sell my soap but I sure have fun making it and giving it to friends and family. They really like it.
Jerry S

 

[stoney_60]

Great tutorial. I tried to rebatch yesterday and it never got creamy just very thick and dry. Too much cooking or too high on heat? Thankyou

 

[runnerchicki]

Great tutorial. I rebatched some soap last year and the bars did shrink A LOT due to the amount of water I used to help smooth them out. But it saved the soap so I didn't care too much.

 

[Arabella]

This was a joy to read. Thank you for sharing. Those bars looks nice.