What thickness is your soap?

[BroknArrw]

Been doing mine by eye at an inch. Just seems like I should cut thicker

 

[toxikon]

I like mine a bit thicker at 1.25".

 

[elurah]

I acutally cut mine into vertical blocks 1.5" x 1.5" x 3". It's kind of fun to play around with sizes. I agree with toxikon for traditional rectangular soaps, 1.25" thickness has a nice feel to it.

 

[Kittish]

Mine are all over the place. Some are bars about 3/4" thick, or blocks about 2 inches to a side, and some recent slightly larger bars that are 1" thick. It depends on which mold I use, really. One batch is something like 18 bars, and every single one of them is a different size. That one happened with a double wide, tall loaf that I wound up having to cut up by guess and by gosh.

 

[SunRiseArts]

I also cut at 1.25 inches.

 

[DeeAnna]

1 3/32 inches. Really. After much tweaking and head scratching, this makes a bar that cures out to be reliably no less than 4.5 ounces. I get 14 full size bars plus a half-size sample bar per loaf.

I like this thickness a little better than a 1 1/2 inch bar ... easier to hold.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

My 5 oz. bars made in a custom wood slab mold are consistently 1".

 

[Susie]

I cut at 1 inch. I like the size in my hand. No other reason. This gives me one half sized bar per mold no matter how many other bars it gives. This is my keeper/tester.

 

[BattleGnome]

I attempt to cut at 1”. My mold is 8” long and I try for eight bars. The straightness of my bars....... needs more than a little work

 

[shunt2011]

I cut at 1.25 as well. They are 5 oz after cure.

 

[Soapprentice]

Everything that Battle Gnome said except that I get 10 (120g each) bars... try to at least.

 

[IrishLass]

I prefer a thicker bar, so I cut most of mine at 1 1/4", which produces bars that weigh a minimum of 5 oz. after cure. The rest of them I cut slightly thicker at about 1 3/8" (it depends on the mold I'm using).


IrishLass

 

[amd]

I cut mine at 1-1/2" until Chris made me a multibar cutter and he guessed at the bar thickness I was doing (the cutter was a surprise birthday present for me) and made it 1-1/4", which after curing makes them about 1-1/8" and seems to be a good thickness for most people. I've put in a request for a 1" multibar cutter to make taller bars that will still weigh the same (and a bunch of other reasons). Some of the soaps I've gotten from other soapers are more square than rectangle and I'm really liking that shape. Mostly though... I like soap of any shape and thickness. Soap is good.

 

[jules92207]

I have a Bud Cutter and it’s 1”.

 

[earlene]

Mine really vary. For travel and soaps by the sink for hand-washing, I prefer a smaller size, so those are usually more the size of a guest soap or even a 1 inch thick soap of just about any shape. For the bath or shower, I prefer a chunkier size. So I tend to cut bath bars much thicker. Sometimes they are rectangular bars, but sometimes they are square bars. Depending on the mold I use and which cutter I use, their thickness may be anywhere from 1 inch (the multi-cutter I have has 1 inch apart wire settings) to 2 inches, more or less.

 

[Millie]

1 3/32 inches

Love the precision

Mine range from 13/16 to 1 1/2 inches. Roughly. With a butcher's knife. I slice up each batch in a few different sizes to suit the preferences of the recipients.

 

[ashdigger]

I keep mine consistent at 1" easier to hold..

 

[Troy]

Will Be Cutting My first Loaf Tomorrow

I made my first melt and pour loaf tonight. Whipped it and topped with dried roses. I think i will try to cut at 1.25 inches.

 

[SunRiseArts]

I made my first melt and pour loaf tonight. Whipped it and topped with dried roses. I think i will try to cut at 1.25 inches.

Pictures please! :mrgreen:

 

[Laurabolyard]

I like it fat and then cut in half. Good size for my hand. I say this, as I haven't really used any yet!! My first bars are about 5 weeks old now! I've tried just one, I do like the size and shape.