{"id":6592,"date":"2011-07-29T16:41:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T22:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=6592"},"modified":"2022-01-01T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T20:18:51","slug":"goats-milk-soap-update-and-new-soap-cutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/goats-milk-soap-update-and-new-soap-cutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Goat’s Milk Soap Update and New Soap Cutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may have been wondering if I was ever going to make goat’s milk soap again after the last fiasco<\/a> with the Red Rock Canyon soap. I received so many great tips on how to avoid the undissolved lye issue – it was great!! Knowing that my new soap cutter was going to be delivered yesterday, I decided to give the Red Rock Canyon another try so that I would have some soap to cut!<\/p>\n

Several people suggested that my lye solution was too cold, therefore the lye wasn’t dissolving properly before I added it to the oils. I also had a couple people recommend pouring the lye solution through a fine mesh sieve to catch any undissolved particles. So I combined these tips, and waited until the lye solution was 85 degrees before I poured it through the sieve. Only problem was, I had so many saponified milk solids in the solution, it wouldn’t go through the sieve! I wish I had a picture, but of course I was only thinking about what I was going to do next! I ended up scraping everything out of the sieve and into the pot of oils, and pouring the rest of the solution straight into the pot as well. <\/p>\n

As you can see, (so far anyway) the soap is free from lye particles – yippee!!!<\/p>\n

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Red Rock Canyon soap by Great Cakes Soapworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In case you were wondering, Red Rock Canyon is a nice earthy-sweet cologne fragrance with lime essential oil. It’s a great men’s soap, colored with natural clays and cocoa powder. If all goes well, it should be available around August 24th. The pre-cure weight on this soap is a hefty 5.35 – 5.5 ounces because of my new soap cutter! Ok, so I may have overshot the size a bit. (I was hoping for at least 4 ounces!)<\/p>\n

Here’s what the new cutter looks like:
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Soap Cutter from Soapequipment.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

There are a couple differences between this cutter and the “tank”. The first thing I noticed when I put my log of soap in the new cutter was that I had to cut my log in half before trying to cut the soap into slices. The bars on either side don’t allow for a longer soap log. <\/p>\n

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Rounded frame on the Tank lets you cut any size soap log<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other thing I noticed is that the wires are quite a bit heavier on the new cutter. It may help the wires last longer, but only time will tell! Oh, and in case you were wondering, I already have a buyer lined up for the tank. The new cutter cost a bit more, but it also shipped a lot faster. I’d say either one is a great product! Update: you can now get a cutter from SoapEquipment.com with a rounded frame called the Long Loaf cutter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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