Well the breakfast bar is in the mold. Not sure how this will turn out. I wasn't able to keep the eggs completly smooth when I tempered it with some of the lightly traced soap, I hope some little chunks will be ok, they were smaller than poppy seeds. I think the carrot juice will give it a nice color. I used corn meal in the soap and then sprinkled grits on the top.
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When I use eggs I mix the eggs with about 2 cups of the oil until you can't tell there is eggs in it. Then I mix that with the rest of oil. At that point I add the lye/liquid and work for trace.
Thanks MP, I will definately try that next time. Soap gelled and I'm waiting for it to harden up enough to cut. Grits on top was a bad idea I think, but we will see once it's cut how it looks.
I got my muslin bags in and I think I got the wrong ones cause I cannot fit the soap in them. DH is going to be so mad. Cheeptrick what size do you use and what size are your bars?
I got my muslin bags in and I think I got the wrong ones cause I cannot fit the soap in them. DH is going to be so mad. Cheeptrick what size do you use and what size are your bars?
Well I think I had my first big flop,
There are bigger bit of egg than I had thought when I cut it up. I don't know if it is going to mold or go bad or what. I'll let it cure and see what happens. I really wanted this one to turn out since it was the most adventureous I've been with soap. Live and Learn.
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Oh...man that stinks...I did the same and adjusted my cut to fit the smaller bags. I preferred the larger 4x6 bags...but customers kept buying the smaller bars and not the large ones....so now I'm all small bags. I have many testimonials about my long narrow bar being easier to hold in the shower. All are appx 4 ozs too. My bars measure after fully cut and rippled...4x2x1.5 and I do cut sometimes at 2 inch thickness. I ripple cut only the ends of the bars...very pretty. This smaller size fits the smaller bags for sfherb.com just perfect and leaves the ends opened a little for a peek at the soap. My larger bars are sold for $4-$4.50 and the smaller narrow bars are sold at $3.50....$3.00 for wholesale and at shows. My soaper friend who sells tallow soap charges $6.50 each...she hates my price....yells at me all the time. But I notice folks shied away from the larger priced bars...and this economy speaks for itself....I being a fiscally responsible person chose to market only the smaller bars and marketed what folks were buying most.
Could you use the bags as SAMPLE soap bags? Sell them for $2 and cut your larger bars in half? My $3 soaps sell very quickly...
Oh...man that stinks...I did the same and adjusted my cut to fit the smaller bags. I preferred the larger 4x6 bags...but customers kept buying the smaller bars and not the large ones....so now I'm all small bags. I have many testimonials about my long narrow bar being easier to hold in the shower. All are appx 4 ozs too. My bars measure after fully cut and rippled...4x2x1.5 and I do cut sometimes at 2 inch thickness. I ripple cut only the ends of the bars...very pretty. This smaller size fits the smaller bags for sfherb.com just perfect and leaves the ends opened a little for a peek at the soap. My larger bars are sold for $4-$4.50 and the smaller narrow bars are sold at $3.50....$3.00 for wholesale and at shows. My soaper friend who sells tallow soap charges $6.50 each...she hates my price....yells at me all the time. But I notice folks shied away from the larger priced bars...and this economy speaks for itself....I being a fiscally responsible person chose to market only the smaller bars and marketed what folks were buying most.
Could you use the bags as SAMPLE soap bags? Sell them for $2 and cut your larger bars in half? My $3 soaps sell very quickly...
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Pics?? I love seeing mistakes just as much as the nice bars...troubleshooting/rebatching is FUN too!! Did you think grating and rebatching would work with the egg? Microwave rebatching is the easiest and quickest way...grate up a few bars and try it out...see how you like it. Maybe whip it? Make some floap...
When I make my eggnog....it is cooked which makes it stable....so I have never used raw egg....so this is good to know about tempering the eggs...the gel probably scrambled them a little too. I've been researching milk like crazy...used some of the farm's homogenized milk and found that the raw un-homogenized milk turned red and the pasteurized homogenized milk stayed white...interesting hunh!! The spinning breaks the fat globules down.
No worries...mistakes can always be fixed with soap by rebatching.
Pics?? I love seeing mistakes just as much as the nice bars...troubleshooting/rebatching is FUN too!! Did you think grating and rebatching would work with the egg? Microwave rebatching is the easiest and quickest way...grate up a few bars and try it out...see how you like it. Maybe whip it? Make some floap...
When I make my eggnog....it is cooked which makes it stable....so I have never used raw egg....so this is good to know about tempering the eggs...the gel probably scrambled them a little too. I've been researching milk like crazy...used some of the farm's homogenized milk and found that the raw un-homogenized milk turned red and the pasteurized homogenized milk stayed white...interesting hunh!! The spinning breaks the fat globules down.
No worries...mistakes can always be fixed with soap by rebatching.
I'll post pics in the morning. I don't know that rebatching would work. I'm going to leave em and see what happens. The eggs srated thickening and turning stringy almost as soon as I added the traced soap. Took me a while to mix it all, but I guess I didn't get them all. I looked the over and it looks like I only have two that have what I would call big pieces, about the size of calendula petals. Fingers crossed. Next time I'm going to drop my SF from 8% to 5 to make up for the eggs and milk.
For the bags I'm going to use the for samples, cut a bar into 4 parts and charge $1 each and staple a card to it. I'm going to order some of the 4x6 and 5x7 bags because if they fit will be perfect.
For the bags I'm going to use the for samples, cut a bar into 4 parts and charge $1 each and staple a card to it. I'm going to order some of the 4x6 and 5x7 bags because if they fit will be perfect.
I cut these bars this morning. My kitchen smells lovely!
I have plans for 5 more today then I am taking a long break. 19 batches of soap these past 2 weeks.
I have plans for 5 more today then I am taking a long break. 19 batches of soap these past 2 weeks.
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Those are beautiful!!
Those are beautiful!!
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That is $500 dollars!!
The dollar bars go FAST! Sometimes mistakes are good ones...I have found!
That is $500 dollars!!
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