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I felt my soap before I went to work this morning, and it was just about there. It's all good and ready when I got home a few hours later! The box mold was perfect, as it was overflow and only poured to about 1/2 inch thick. The round one was good as well though the paper was soaking wet so after I unmolded it, I let it stand awhile to dry out. I decided those pokey holes in the square soap is air; I also got them in the top of the round mold, a few of the soaps have the air bubbles.

When I was first cutting, I was all, "How do straightren up the edges and get the excess off the tops and make the box sides look better? Then I was like, "Oh right, you cut them." Good things there's no snakes about...

As follows:

1.) Detail of square soap. Got 4 3x3 soaps weighing 3.6-5 oz each (I got overzealous on cutting the edges of one. I see a wire loaf soap cutter in my future).

2) The square soaps. So pretty!

3) The round soaps, some beveled, some not, one with a bunch of air holes. I also see a soap planer in my future.

4) The soaps on a cookie rack ready to go. I stored them in a hall closet to cure.

I am a bit sad I didn't fragerence them, but I suppose it's for the best anyway. Keep it simple the first time,right? They passed the zap test beautifully. There isn't much lather to them at all, is that normal for a pure castile? I use coco castile that lathers beautifully, no idea with pure olive oil. Overall, I am very happy with how they turned out. They are all so white and creamy and silky.

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Very nice looking! I like the beveled edges on the round soaps. What did you use to do the edges like that?
 
I bet it is hard to do that! It does look really nice in the pictures though!
 
Just a vegetable peeler. It's harder then it looks, my lines are way more crooked then they look there. :)
Try waiting a few days or even a week before you bevel them, The harder they are the easier they are to bevel. I notice that when i bevel mine the same day as I unmold, they are softer and I end up beveling off more edge than I would like and my lines arent as straight :)
 
These look awesome! I just love the swirly top, it looks like cream cheese frosting! Yes, olive soaps are less bubbly and have a "stin-gee" lather. The longer you cure them, the better they get though. Loooking forward to seeing what you make next!
 
Thanks for the tip on bevel ing. I'll try next week :). And I'm glad
You like them, they do look like cream cheese frosting! It did when it was setting up too!
 
Thanks for the tip on bevel ing. I'll try next week :). And I'm glad
You like them, they do look like cream cheese frosting! It did when it was setting up too!
Your welcome. I love passing on tips that work for me. Im all about working smarter not harder. And if I find an easier way of doing something with the same end result...Im all over it lol! :lol:
 
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