Newbie - Just made my First batch!!

[mmonette100]

Hello all.

My name is Mike and I live in Ontario Canada. Thanks to all of you and this forum for the information I needed on this wonderful process.

I finally took the plunge this morning and made my first batch of CP soap.
It is a black charcoal soap made with the following recipe:

Coconut 30%
Olive 35%
Shea Butter 30%
Castor 5%

15ml peppermint EO and 1 TBSP of powder charcoal.

I am using a kitchenaid stick blender and the soap was like pudding after maybe 2 minutes of blending (on and off). Is it possible to trace this quick?

I put in my in my log mold (wood with lid). Now I am just crossing my fingers!!

I just checked quickly after an hour and it was already getting hard.

I 'll post some pictures after I unmold it and cut it tomorrow if all goes well.

Mike

 

[Haven]

Hi Mike, welcome and congratulations!

Mine trace fairly quickly sometimes too, that sounds ok.

It's pretty exciting!! Can't wait to see pics.

 

[mmonette100]

Thanks! - I should have waiting until tomorrow to cut them but I just cut them up into bars and they look great!! Do you see less of the "cutting marks" if you wait a full 24 hrs when the loaf is harder when cutting?

I will take some pics tomorrow and post them here.

Mike

 

[pinkduchon]

Welcome Mike!
Sometimes mine also trace quickly like Haven. I cut mine after 24 hours and the knife I use has these circular shapes on them and you can see a slight imprint after cutting (24 hours later). It adds "character".

 

[mandolyn]

Dude! You rock!!!

Yes, the cut lines will be less noticable if you wait a bit to cut.

Can't wait to see pics of your firstborn!