{"id":5194,"date":"2011-03-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2011-03-25T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T21:47:25","slug":"antique-lilac-soap-remake-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/antique-lilac-soap-remake-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember this beautiful Antique Lilac Soap?<\/p>\n

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Antique Lilac Soap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made it two months ago, and I’ve been waiting to see if it would harden. It was half of a batch that I split – one half was lye heavy and completely unusable, and this half ended up super<\/em>-superfatted, so it was extra soft. And still is. While I hate to mutilate those beautiful swirls, I’ve decided to cut it up and put it in another batch of lilac soap. Earlier in the week, I pulled out my food processor and attempted to grate it up. I was somewhat successful:<\/p>\n

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Grated Antique Lilac Soap - and a gummed up food processor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can see how soft it really is! Sort of reminds me of this:
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Play Dough Spaghetti<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

As I have time this week, I’ve been laying out the soap that wasn’t completely balled up onto trays, hoping more air will make it less sticky so that I can chop it up and it will disperse in the soap.<\/p>\n

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Trays of grated soap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I was first thinking about this project, I was hoping I could put the grated soap in the food processor with the blade and really chop it up, but now I know it would be a gooey mess. So today I took a tray of soap that has been airing out since Sunday and chopped it up with a knife. <\/p>\n

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Chopped up soap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Still feels a lot like play dough. If I were to count up all the hours I’ve spent on this soap and figured it into the sales price, no one could afford it. *sigh* I’m thinking about using this chopped up soap in a smaller batch to see how it works before I commit to a full-sized one. Could be the smartest thing I’ve done yet! <\/p>\n

I’ve also been contemplating what I could possibly coat this soap with to make it less sticky – like a powder of some sort. I think I’m all out of tapioca starch. Any other bright ideas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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