My first salt bar

[MzMolly65]

Yippeee!!! I'm so happy with it. A simple recipe .. of coconut, castor and shea butter. 70% salt and green chrome oxide for colour. I left it unscented since I wanted to keep things simple on my first attempt. The first thing my DH did was smell it and give me a frowny face. Pfft!!

ETA: I cut it after 2 hours in the mold.

I made 7, 100 gram bars and some scraps that came off the ends.

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My first Salt Bar

Moved to Photo Gallery - just post pics here Molly.

 

[Obsidian]

Looks good and you did a good job cutting them.

 

[seven]

great job! i've yet try making salt bars in a log mold. i'm not confident enough that i can unmold at the right time to prevent crumbliness. yours are pretty neat and i love the color. wait till they cure and let your DH test it in the shower. i bet that frown is gone instantly.. there's just something magical about coconut oil and salt

 

[Pepsi Girl]

Nice job! I like it, I like it

 

[MzMolly65]

Moved to Photo Gallery - just post pics here Molly.

Oops, sorry. Thanks for moving it.

 

[MzMolly65]

great job! i've yet try making salt bars in a log mold. i'm not confident enough that i can unmold at the right time to prevent crumbliness. yours are pretty neat and i love the color. wait till they cure and let your DH test it in the shower. i bet that frown is gone instantly.. there's just something magical about coconut oil and salt

Thanks, that mold is just thin cardboard from a cereal box and then I padded it with hard styrofoam to give it support (basically it's a "junk around the house" mold). Others said cut low salt bars (+/- 50% salt) in around 4 hours and high salt (+/- 70%) in 2 hours. I kept checking it and sure enough it seemed hard enough around the 2 hour mark so I just followed their advice.

 

[alan117]

Well done, Lovely colour. Thanks for the idea about the mould using "junk around the house"

 

[MzMolly65]

Well done, Lovely colour. Thanks for the idea about the mould using "junk around the house"

Alan .. that mold turned out to be awesome. The styrofoam works for a perfect gel every time. If I notice the soap getting hot I just take the lid off and put it outside for a bit, but that only happened with one batch so far.

I made several batches of soap before I got too lazy to keep lining the cardboard. Then I bought a silicone liner and use that instead of the cardboard, but still using the styrofoam.