When is it too late to force gel?

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I made a very small batch of cold process Castile (8oz or so) and put it in a silicone candy mold to make tiny little bars. Its been a few hours but the soap is still quite liquid seeing as its Castile, is it too late to force gel in an oven? I'd like them to gel so they harden up faster. I probably won't get an answer in time but its nice to know for next time.

Thanks!

 

[newbie]

When you say it is liquid, are you certain you hit trace? If not and you gel, it is more likely to separate or to look kind of off after gelling That said, you can certainly put it over a heating pad for a few hours or in a warm over (about 170 degrees for 30-60 minutes) and it will still gel. You poured it only a few hours ago and it takes 2-3 days to fully saponify so you are still in good window for gelling.

 

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When you say it is liquid, are you certain you hit trace? If not and you gel, it is more likely to separate or to look like of off after gelling That said, you can certainly put it over a heating pad for a few hours or in a warm over (about 170 degrees for 30-60 minutes) and it will still gel. You poured it only a few hours ago and it takes 2-3 days to fully saponify so you are still in good window for gelling.

Okay thank you! And yes, I'm certain I hit trace I guess I should have used a different wording, I meant its still a puddingy consistency not beginning to firm like it would if I added hard oils

 

[Dawni]

My Castile in individual molds took a lil over 4 days to harden up enough to unmold. But that wasn't force gelled, although some parts did lol.

The one in a loaf took less time to harden.

 

[Lin19687]

sure