What do you place your bars on during the curing process? I am going to cure mine in the spare bathroom (safe from the animals in the house). It has wire shelving. I read that curing on wire shelves can cause DOS. Most of my soaps have high OO so the curing process will be long.
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I use box lids from the copier paper at work. I line them with baking paper and space the bars out in there. Then you can put them wherever you like, and once the batch is cured you can remove the baking paper and reuse the box-lid for the next batch.
I have one small metal curing rack that I line with freezer paper. When that is full (pretty much always), I use cut-down Amazon boxes lined with baking paper, similar to KiwiMoose.
RE: curing in a bathroom, hopefully it is not used for showers or baths - the additional moisture would not make for a good curing environment.
RE: curing in a bathroom, hopefully it is not used for showers or baths - the additional moisture would not make for a good curing environment.
Thank you KiwiMoise and Alioop. I can definitely get cardboard boxes and parchment paper.
The bathroom only has a toilet and a sink. It also has a dehumidifier in it. I live in Oregon, and found that most rooms need one.
I put mine on the brown paper that comes with supply orders and I cover the soap with a single layer of cheese cloth. I cure mine on shelves in the basement and have a dehumidifier set to 40% running all the time.
I bought Flatware dishwasher racks from a restaurant supply store. They hold about 40 bars of soap and have holes all the way around to allow for air flow.
In addition to what others use/suggest, if you have access to plastic mesh, such as used to line shelves or such as used to do needlepoint, they will lift the soap above the tray and allow for a bit more air flow beneath the bottom surface of the soap. It may not be entirely necessary, but it's what I do.
I also like plastic canvas for curing. Easy to clean and ensures no metal contact.
Hope
I use cabinet drawer liners. Get them at dollar store. Most anything non metalic will work. The more air flow the better.
I just use plastic supply shelving units. Simple and easy to label and clean. The only problem I have encountered is minimal scent leeching from one soap to another so I try to keep similar soaps on the same shelves.
Zany_in_CO
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To shorten your cure time, you may want to try ZANY'S NO SLIME CASTILE
I use the 85% OO, 10% CO, 5% Castor variation and I am able to start using it after the 2-week mark.
That being said, the longer the cure the better the soap.
I use stackable wire cooling racks for baked goods. I lay a sheet of 4-ply Mylar under the soap and turn the soap fairly often during the first 2 weeks. I readily admit, I'm fond of fondling my soapies.
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To shorten your cure time, you may want to try ZANY'S NO SLIME CASTILE
I use the 85% OO, 10% CO, 5% Castor variation and I am able to start using it after the 2-week mark.
That being said, the longer the cure the better the soap.
I use stackable wire cooling racks for baked goods. I lay a sheet of 4-ply Mylar under the soap and turn the soap fairly often during the first 2 weeks. I readily admit, I'm fond of fondling my soapies.
Your recipe is on my to try list. I don't mind the slime myself, but some of my friends do. We just need to get through the remodel first.
