Remember the Rosemary&Peppermint soap from the mold failure post? Well here it is rebatched. It looks really good for a rebatched soap! I cooked it in the crock for 4 hours and 30 minutes so there should not be shrinkage later. After that amount of time, the soap assumes a consistently very simular to hot process soap. When I put this in a mold, I did not leave any excess and the top was bumpy. I like soap with straight edges so I cut off the "crown" and got a shorter bar. Another soap I wanted to rebatch, I made sure I overfilled the mold to get a significant "crown" on top so I can cut this and get regular sized bars. More on this later.This soap was real heavy on the peppermint so I was able to drive alot of it off and add a little more rosemary EO to bring about some herbal balance. After a week or so I will be able to shower up and see how it turns out.
Rebatching is a saver for me. Once you get the hang of this method, you will save all your cut up scrap and experiment with rebatching. So far, I would say that my best bar of soaps are the ones that I made with rebaching method. I love a soap that is very hard to the touch and that stay hard even when wet.
ReplyDeleteWould you consider putting together a tutorial for those of us that haven't gotten the hang of rebatching? Or could you direct me to a site with a tutorial? I tried rebatching once and my final product didn't look like the beautiful bar in your picture. Btw, was it the heat from the crock pot that burned off the excess scent?
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