ericllucas
Well-Known Member
I know Ivory bar soap is made by mixing a lot of air into the soap - at trace time and beyond, I presume. Do you have any thoughts on how I might create a physically lighter bar by whipping air into the soap?
I thought of putting it in a stand mixer and just let it go (walk away, as the inventor of Ivory did). The problem is at some point the soap has to come out of the mixer and go into a mold. Well, I suppose I can cut the beaters out of the solidified soap mass the next day, but that seems so messy.
I bet there is a window of time where the mass is viscous enough to hold air but liquid enough to be poured into a mold. I bet that is a narrow window of time indeed.
What do you think?
Thanks as always!
I thought of putting it in a stand mixer and just let it go (walk away, as the inventor of Ivory did). The problem is at some point the soap has to come out of the mixer and go into a mold. Well, I suppose I can cut the beaters out of the solidified soap mass the next day, but that seems so messy.
I bet there is a window of time where the mass is viscous enough to hold air but liquid enough to be poured into a mold. I bet that is a narrow window of time indeed.
What do you think?
Thanks as always!