New rebatching technique?

[kaseencook]

Awesome, thanks for posting pictures, I'm definitely bookmarking this one

I really like how you can melt cubes (without grating) in the hot oil without having to add a ton of water.

Great Work!!!! 8)

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

I really like how you can melt cubes (without grating) in the hot oil without having to add a ton of water.

I knew you'd like it. :wink:
No more bloody fingers...

I didn't want to go crazy the first time, but it wouldn't surprise me if you could just throw in the full bars. I'll probably try that in the future.

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

Ok, I couldn't wait any longer, so I cut it.

Here's what it looks like.

I was actually looking for a more even look, but for some reason, I seem to be unable to get it.

Anyways, I'm still happy.

 

[kaseencook]

Woh! Those look awesome!

 

[Lindy]

I totally love the look of those - thank you so much for sharing that with us!

 

[Guest]

WoW !! Your soap looks really fantastic and the beveling is to die for , for me a bevel challenged big time soaper. The process is very very interesting, I need to try that for sure.

Thank you for posting the tutorial , it is much appreciated.

Kitn

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

Thanks, all of you.

I don't know if they look SOOOO amazing, but I like them.

Sharing this has been my pleasure. I was starting to eel like a parasite, always asking questions and not contributing anything.

Kitn: ater having read a lot o your posts, I'm having a real hard time imagining you being challenged on anything related to soapmaking.
Anyways, I made the beveler myself, with 2 pieces of scrap wood and an x-acto blade. If anybody is interested, I can post pictures of it.

 

[ewenique]

This thread inspired me try rebatching a no sud soap by adding it 1:1 to a new 100% coconut batch. I had meant to make it a salt bar, too, but forgot to add the salt! But with a 10% superfat, it shouldn't be harsh. I chopped the old soap (it was only an 8 oz batch) and used the boil in a bag rebatch method to get the soap pretty smooth. Then squeezed the melted soap into a pot with 8 oz heated coconut, stickblended until it was an applesauce texture, then added the lye mixture and stickblended until throughly mixed. The soap was a texture similar to thick trace. The temp was in the 170-180 degree range. After pouring/scooping the soap into individual molds, I put them in the oven with the light on for 7 hrs (CPOP), turned the light out and left it another 5 hrs before unmolding. The new soap looks great, smooth and a little shiny with speckles from the oatmeal and goat milk powder that I added before pouring. I haven't tried the soap yet, but I hope that it lathers as good as it looks.

Anyways, thanks to the OP for sharing this new rebatch method!

 

[heartsong]

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thanks a bunch for all the info, you little soaping pioneer!

this is great info, as i've never had a rebatch turn out well.

i like the texture and color your bars came out.

i hate the thought of losing this thread for future reference! any chance you could like cut and paste this in the c/p recipe & tutorial forum so we could all easily find and refe to it?

congrats and thanks again!

 

[LJA]

Those are the most perfectly uniform bars!! Great job - and thanks for that rebatching method....wow.

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

any chance you could like cut and paste this in the c/p recipe & tutorial forum so we could all easily find and refe to it?

I would love to! Can you tell me how to do that? I'm not what you'd call a "computer expert"...

So... "little pioneer"...huh? I'd say something like "lucky rookie" would be more accurate, but anyways, I like it. Thanks.

 

[heartsong]

any chance you could like cut and paste this in the c/p recipe & tutorial forum so we could all easily find and refe to it?

I would love to! Can you tell me how to do that? I'm not what you'd call a "computer expert"...

So... "little pioneer"...huh? I'd say something like "lucky rookie" would be more accurate, but anyways, I like it. Thanks.

hey, give credit where credit is due! some of the greatest scientific discoveries were found by accident!

i'm completely illiterate when it comes to computers, so maybe one of the other long-timers can tell you. (you might have to down load the pic's and directions again into the recipe and tutorial forum.)

don't be such a stranger to the forum-come visit and let us know how the car is coming. is it a collector's car?

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

don't be such a stranger to the forum-come visit and let us know how the car is coming.

Believe me, if it was up to me, I wouldn't miss a day here. Not only I have met here the nicest people ever (and I'm a member on half a dozen other forums), but the amount of knowledge shared here is numbing.
But unfortunately, today has been the first time I had a fairly good connection in quite some time. Let's see what happens in the future.

is it a collector's car?

No. I'm not that wealthy...
It's a '94 Mazda MX-3 I bought with a busted transmission for $500. But, who knows? Maybe in 50 years it could be a collectors car. After all, dreaming is free...right? :wink:

 

[ChrissyB]

I would love it if you could post the instructions for the beveller.

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

I would love it if you could post the instructions for the beveller.

Will do. Give me a couple of days so I can make another one and post step by step pics.

Sorry it took me so long to reply. Connecting has become a challenge.

 

[ChrissyB]

Inodoro, no problem, just whenever you get around to it. And yes, pictures would be great, I am a visual learner!!

 

[RoseMarie]

Man I love how pretty that soap is! That is awesome! I also would love to know how you made the bevel tool. Would you tell us how you made it please? And here I was wanting to make some round soap. lol

 

[Esther]

I rebatched this way Tuesday night and it was a HUGE success.

I had my oily-under-lyed shampoo bar soap that I cut up in small squares and added to the oils for a second batch. I used 50% more lye (Because that's what I calculated I missed in the first batch) as well as 50% more water.

The downside was I had put the soap in the freezer because I wasn't sure when I would be able to fix it and I feared the oils going rancid. So it took from 7pm to 11:30 for it to cook.

It poured/glopped as pretty as CP soap, it has a gorgeous fine texture and I think it needs to cure for a bit. All I needed to do was add the extras (color, scent, additives) at the end. I am so happy!

I'll definately use this method again.

If I can remember, I'll post pictures.