Second soap

[meepocow]

I made my second ever soap! This was a lard heavy loaf at 60%. So much fun cutting it into bars, that may be my favourite part of soap making so far! I am enjoying the 1 lb/ 500 g blocks to experiment with, especially since I need to impatiently wait 4 - 6 weeks to know how they really perform!

 

[dmcgee5034]

Nice job, @meepocow! I’m only a few batches ahead and I agree - unmold and cut day is awesome.

A wise fellow soaper(s) here told me to cut the end pieces small so they cure faster and you can test them earlier than 6 weeks. And if you soap frequently, you’ll always have something new to try.

Those first 6 weeks were the longest of my life - LOL

Excited to see what you’ll make in the future.

 

[Zing]

Are those poppy seeds?
The trick is to soap every week so that something's is all ready cured and ready to use.

 

[dmcgee5034]

Ahhh, there’s one of those wise soapers now, @Zing

That’s the advice I was referring to…..

 

[AliOop]

And the other trick is to start testing an end piece from your soap at one week (or um, maybe 3 days?)... purely for the sake of science, of course. So you can observe how the lather changes over the cure.

 

[lsg]

Nice soap! I think that you are wise to do small test batches.

 

[Suchisam]

I made my second ever soap! This was a lard heavy loaf at 60%. So much fun cutting it into bars, that may be my favourite part of soap making so far! I am enjoying the 1 lb/ 500 g blocks to experiment with, especially since I need to impatiently wait 4 - 6 weeks to know how they really perform!

Wow thats your second soap awesome! Nice wavy layers I also use a 1lb mold