Guest guest Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I've never heard of this and I've been making soap for 15 years. May I ask what the purpose is? Would it be molded and look like a store bought soap? Rosemary In a message dated 7/20/2011 3:38:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, june@... writes: Hi Everyone I am looking into using a hydraulic press to 'press' my cold process soap into a die cast mould. 'Melt and pour' soap seems to lend itself to this type of moulding press as it is relatively flexible, but my castille-type soap is rather brittle, and shatters under pressure. I had a little more success when I moulded it the day after I had made it, and the bar made with stearic acid was better than the one made without, but it still isn't perfect. Does anyone have any idea of how I could make it less brittle? I would like to stick to cold process soap made with lye rather than change to melt and pour, if it's possible. Any ideas would be gratefully accepted. Many thanks June Coventry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 More or less. Our problem is that we supply someone who takes 5 or 6 thousand bars at a time, and he has decided that he needs a bigger bar. We have enough silicone moulds to deal with the smaller bars, but the cost and time and space to make new silicone moulds mean this is not an option. With the soap stamper we will be able to change the dies to get whatever size and shape we like, and we will also be able to add different logo stamps to the dies. We have been experimenting with stearic acid and slightly reducing the lye, and seem to have solved the problem. The soap might look a little like store bought soap, but we all know there is a vast difference between hand made and the normal store bought soap! Regards, June Coventry > I've never heard of this and I've been making soap for 15 years. May I > ask what the purpose is? Would it be molded and look like a store bought > soap? > Rosemary > > > In a message dated 7/20/2011 3:38:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > june@... writes: > > Hi Everyone > > I am looking into using a hydraulic press to 'press' my cold process soap > into a die cast mould. 'Melt and pour' soap seems to lend itself to this > type of > moulding press as it is relatively flexible, but my castille-type soap is > rather > brittle, and shatters under pressure. I had a little more success when I > moulded it the day after I had made it, and the bar made with stearic acid > was better than the one made without, but it still isn't perfect. Does > anyone > have any idea of how I could make it less brittle? I would like to stick > to cold > process soap made with lye rather than change to melt and pour, if it's > possible. Any ideas would be gratefully accepted. > > Many thanks > June Coventry > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Thanks for telling me that. I haven't sold that many bars in 15 years. :-) Had no idea there was anything like that out there. In a message dated 7/28/2011 12:16:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, june@... writes: More or less. Our problem is that we supply someone who takes 5 or 6 thousand bars at a time, and he has decided that he needs a bigger bar. We have enough silicone moulds to deal with the smaller bars, but the cost and time and space to make new silicone moulds mean this is not an option. With the soap stamper we will be able to change the dies to get whatever size and shape we like, and we will also be able to add different logo stamps to the dies. We have been experimenting with stearic acid and slightly reducing the lye, and seem to have solved the problem. The soap might look a little like store bought soap, but we all know there is a vast difference between hand made and the normal store bought soap! Regards, June Coventry > I've never heard of this and I've been making soap for 15 years. May I > ask what the purpose is? Would it be molded and look like a store bought > soap? > Rosemary > > > In a message dated 7/20/2011 3:38:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > _june@..._ (mailto:june@...) writes: > > Hi Everyone > > I am looking into using a hydraulic press to 'press' my cold process soap > into a die cast mould. 'Melt and pour' soap seems to lend itself to this > type of > moulding press as it is relatively flexible, but my castille-type soap is > rather > brittle, and shatters under pressure. I had a little more success when I > moulded it the day after I had made it, and the bar made with stearic acid > was better than the one made without, but it still isn't perfect. Does > anyone > have any idea of how I could make it less brittle? I would like to stick > to cold > process soap made with lye rather than change to melt and pour, if it's > possible. Any ideas would be gratefully accepted. > > Many thanks > June Coventry > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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