I made some quick and easy homemade soap and I am wondering where to leave it to dry? I recall my Dad always put ours on top of the refrigerator, lol. Any tips?
It needs good dry air circulation.......so no where moist and enclosed.
I keep mine in my pantry, on shelves the have holes in them.
Edited by - ThePixiesPlayhouse on Dec 30 2008 10:06:17 AM
Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 10:23:32 AM
The top of the refrigerator is actually a good place. The refridgeration unit creates heat and as long as the area isn't enclosed there is usually good circulation. I dry mine on slotted shelves.
I got mine on a wire shelf, underneath a table. I have it in the bathroom. My husband kind of "stuck" the shelf up underneath. I have had it loaded too,and it stays put. Works great.
I have wire shelves in a closet - makes things smell great. Wherever you store it just make sure it has good air circulation until it's completely cured.
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 7:13:42 PM
Someplace cool, dry and dark. I have a maids entrance in our old Victorian that has steep dark steps I keep my soap there lightly covered (to keep the dust out) with freezer wax and let it cure there for a month or more. Every once in a while rotate your soap so that it dries evenly.
I have shelves and shelves of soap in my shop. For the home soaper, the top of the fridge is where I tell my students to cure their soap. One thing you need to be aware of is that mice LOVE homemade soap. I have had students put their soap in a garage to cure and come back the next day to find bite marks and little brown bits on the soap!!!
I woke up on January 1st and it was 2009. And it's been that way ever since!
Where to leave soap to dry?
Posted - Dec 30 2008 : 10:00:48 AM
