Teach Soap

Hello, everyone!
I made my first batch of salt bars today. I cut them within half an hour of pouring them in the mold because they got really hard. Now, about five hours later I noticed that the are getting hot. I wonder if they are going to gel now after cut? Are they going to turn into jelly?
Thanks

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I usually wait at least a couple of hours after I pour my salt bars. They usually gel. As soon as they start cooling off (but are still quite warm), I take the soap out and cut it. I use oven gloves and a knife since the soap at this point is still quite hot.

It's possible that what you are getting is delayed gel. Can you put them back into your mold?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Salt Bars are funny. Sometimes I think mine are gelling as I'm pouring, other times not.

I really think it's hard to actually 'see' gel with salt soap, as the salt is taking up so much
of the volume.

That is why I no longer make salt bars that need to be cut.
I either use individual molds or my Kelsei divider molds.

Makes life much, much easier!

I just woke up and checked on them and they are fine! They are nice and cool- still have their shape and the color is the same.
I was pretty surprised yesterday on how fast they set up. I didn't want to wait too much for fear of getting a crumbly mess.
I can't wait for these to cure to try them out!

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Sounds like you will be fine then. Yes, salt bars tend to set up very fast.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Now, if I wanted to add color to a salt bar I would do this before adding the salt?

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Okay - I thought about it and of course I should add the color before the salt. I didn't think before I posted

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