Rebatch or laundry soap

[Sonya-m]

My first CP soap is a little too drying on account of the high CO %

How do I rebatch and what's the benefit of this?

How do I make laundry soap from it if I choose not to rebatch?

 

[lsg]

You can rebatch if your soap is either lye heavy or oil heavy. Here is a website that gives a recipe for rebatching:

http://www.pvsoap.com/instructions_for_rebatch.htm

Here is a recipe for making laundry soap:

http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/laundrysoap.htm

 

[Susie]

How high superfat is your soap? You probably will not want over 1% superfat soap for laundry as it will leave oils in your clothes.

And have you let it cure 4-6 weeks yet? Most CP soap is not at its best until it has had a cure. If you used a high superfat with that high CO soap, I would just grate it up to make confetti, then mix it into a newly made CP soap with a lower amount of CO to sort of balance it out. You will want to use no more than 1 lb of grated soap to 2 lbs of new(barely traced) soap so the bars don't fall apart.

 

[Sonya-m]

You can rebatch if your soap is either lye heavy or oil heavy. Here is a website that gives a recipe for rebatching:

http://www.pvsoap.com/instructions_for_rebatch.htm

Here is a recipe for making laundry soap:

http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/laundrysoap.htm

Thank you

 

[Sonya-m]

How high superfat is your soap? You probably will not want over 1% superfat soap for laundry as it will leave oils in your clothes.

And have you let it cure 4-6 weeks yet? Most CP soap is not at its best until it has had a cure. If you used a high superfat with that high CO soap, I would just grate it up to make confetti, then mix it into a newly made CP soap with a lower amount of CO to sort of balance it out. You will want to use no more than 1 lb of grated soap to 2 lbs of new(barely traced) soap so the bars don't fall apart.

It was 6% SF so no good for laundry soap.

It's 7 weeks old now, I probably haven't tried it for 2-3 weeks though so will give it another try before deciding. I may shred and use as confetti

Thanks Susie