What to do with bar soap loaded with KOH?

seven · Feb 4, 2015

yes, i will cut them in half today and check the middle parts... this way it will give the chance for the soap to be exposed to air more thoroughly, and hopefully, neutralize the zappines altogether..

which brings me the question: does rebatching really necessary then? not talking for this batch, but i mean, if curing can "cure" this sort of thing....

Dorymae · Feb 4, 2015

If you wait long enough the cure ( good long cure) will fix lye heaviness. Most people are impatient though, and the danger is that someone will be selling and think- that is long enough. . . And it's not.

After all there are people who think 4 weeks is all good, so they might wait 6 weeks. That may not be long enough, and as DeeAnna pointed out the middles might not be done even if the tops don't zap.

So the answer really is rebatch is unnecessary if, and only if you are willing to wait it out.

DeeAnna · Feb 4, 2015

What Dorymae said. Agree totally.

seven · May 11, 2015

update: 5 months later, the soap is zap free. i did test it in the shower, so did hubby, and we're both alive and fine. i am not a fan or rebatching, and i think it was worth the wait to make the soap milder.