Your Curing Area

[MaitriBB]

I'm not sharing my pics b/c my racks are in the laundry room and it's a pit of messiness. Off of the laundry room, though, we have an unused bathroom with a shower stall, and my husband said I can set up shelves in that shower stall. Unfortunately it's a matter of $$ at this point. As in, he also said I'm spending too much of it

 

[Badger]

I have the feeling this is what my apartment is going to look like... there will be soap everywhere ;-)

 

[Hazel]

DH's garage is lined with Elfa shelving. I'm thinking I may have to resort to selling all his garage stuff to clear off space for curing. Anyone think he'd a) notice b) mind?

Go ahead! I'm sure if he does notice, he won't mind. ;-)

 

[deg195]

here are some of mine...

 

[Moonshea Botanicals]

Until the basement is ready for me to soap in I will be curing my soap (when I make it that is) in my bedroom. It's a 11' x 9' bedroom. Will the smell take over my room?

 

[Badger]

Until the basement is ready for me to soap in I will be curing my soap (when I make it that is) in my bedroom. It's a 11' x 9' bedroom. Will the smell take over my room?

If it is anything like my MPs and if you like strong to medium strength scents, then most likely yes, the scent will take over your room. I have my MP lemongrass and lavender in a plastic bag and I still smell it through the living room and kitchen. I do not see this as a bad thing, your own mileage may vary depending on how you feel about the various scents that you use.

 

[Badger]

here are some of mine...

I find it a little frightening that you used the word "some" there ;-)

 

[Miz Jenny]

Everytime hubby finds a stove at the dump, he grabs the oven racks.

Refrigerator shelves work too.

 

[songwind]

Has anyone used a garage for curing in really cold areas? My garage *usually* stays above freezing, but it's frequently not very far above. I wonder if I'll have to move inside during the winter?

 

[CaliChan]

This is my curing area
Top two shelves are still curing and 3rd is for soaps that are done curing. (6 weeks or more)

 

[sagehill]

A month ago my friends built me this rack out of an old 6-ft tall bookcase fitted with old freezer shelves:

It's so huge I have it in the basement. lol

 

[Badger]

Wow, that is very nice... if I still didn't have boxes unpacked cause we have no room for stuff... lol!

 

[Seifenblasen]

Somehow I manage to keep 100 to 180 bars at a corner of my kitchen counter ... :shock:

(The white soap is being cut into embeds. Tried cutting the other loaf but it is still quite soft, must wait another day or so).

 

[marghewitt]

Dang we really are addicted to soaping!

 

[Smee]

Dang we really are addicted to soaping!

Not me. I could quit any time I want.
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Oh who am I kidding :wtf:

 

[Hazel]

A month ago my friends built me this rack out of an old 6-ft tall bookcase fitted with old freezer shelves:

Thanks for sharing the pic and I think you have wonderful friends. That's a great idea! I have an old entertainment center (huge) that I had thought of drilling holes into for extra shelves. I blew off the idea thinking it wouldn't work but now I see your picture and I think it would turn out fine. I'm already using it for soap/lotion supplies but I could move everything off the big shelf which was intended to hold a TV. But then I'd have to find space to store these supplies. roblem:

Has anyone used a garage for curing in really cold areas? My garage *usually* stays above freezing, but it's frequently not very far above. I wonder if I'll have to move inside during the winter?

I haven't used a garage for curing but I have set soap on the back porch to prevent gelling. I brought it into the house after it saponified to cut it and let it cure. My concern about you saying it usually stays above freezing would be that it would really extend the curing time. I don't know where you live but the weather where I am is cold and damp. I think if you have similar conditions then the cold and the dampness in the air wouldn't allow for curing very well. I think it would be better to cure your soaps in your house but this is just my opinion.

 

[S_S]

I love this thread! There are some very creative ideas pictured here.

 

[Mommysoaper]

sagehill- I love the shelves your friends built! Looks lovely and I bet it holds a ton of soap!

 

[Maythorn]

I use open cardboard boxes and shove 'em under the bed. But I don't have that many. I take them out and see how the color and the scent is doing and rotate them. I want a shelf something like yours.

 

[Badger]

Hmm, a box under the bed might work if it is tall enough to keep the cat out... I have a tub I can put things in, but it has a lid, and not sure I should have them curing in a covered container as it needs air... though the closet idea is not a whole lot better...