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jdranch

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I've been making soap lately and filling up my spare bedroom closet. The house is closed up (it is cold so no open windows) and the scents are very noticeable as soon as you walk in the front door.

Why can't I cure out in the barn? It is cold but I have a 12x12 milk room that isn't being used at the moment.
 
Cold temps can make condensation form on the soap when it is brought into a warmer environment. I find that as the condensation dries, it can leave ugly marks on the soap. It doesn't hurt the quality of the soap. It's just the appearance that's marred a bit. That is the only consideration I can think of off the top of my head. I would guess curing time may be slowed if it gets to freezing temps in the milk room, as water would not evaporate very quickly if it's frozen. Can you put a few bars out there and check them in a few weeks? Bring them into the warm house and see what happens. My curing shelves are in our basement. If I have a lot of soap curing at one time, I run a couple of air purifyers and it helps cut the fragrance in the air a bit.
 
Thanks for the reply :)

That is a good suggestion- I will take a couple bars out in the morning and see how they do. It is very dry here. Maybe that will be a good thing. I had not thought about getting an air purifier. If you don't mind me asking, how many is a lot of bars and are you using a *normal* sized air purifier? I feel like everything smells like spearmint at the moment- including my chicken taco dinner! :)
 
:lol: Mints are strong, aren't they?! The one I can't stand is Nag Champa.

I am usually curing around 6 to 8 fragrances at a time (100-150 bars), so they pretty much all blend into one sort of general fragrance in the house, which interestingly enough isn't all that bad. I would have expected having so many different fragrances in the air would turn out to be a yucky smell!

One of my purifiers is a tower type from Wall Mart. I believe it was around $170. The other one is VOC rated, and it was around $300. That one I got from Allergy Buyer's Club online. They had the best price I could find (about a year ago) on a VOC rated purifier. They don't rid the air of the fragrances completely, but they do bring it down to a pleasant level.

I see tower type purifiers running anywhere from $40 on up. Depends on the size room you are using it in.

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Thanks for the follow up reply :)

I am going to Walmart in the morning! :)
 
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