There is nothing I tell you, NOTHING, like having a baby, and from the time they are 6 weeks old, trying to run your full time soap business around them to teach you super time managment skills lol :)
What do you do to keep on the ball? And not just with soap!
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Oh my!! I can hardly believe it!! You must make LARGE batches and then pour in to separate moulds? For the moment I can only physically pour enough for my 40 bar mold, but my husband is trying to design a pourer for large quantities... you have just reminded me how labout intensive my entire process is... including packaging. Needs work... but however it moves forward, I want to make sure I still enjoy it!! xo Jen
Hi Jennifer :) I do large batches and use slab moulds yep - 50 bars per batch and mould. Each slab gets cut into 5 logs, each log into 10 bars :D
It's all about prep definately. I use cold caustic mixed the night before, soap oils and scents are all prepped the night before, so all I need to do the next morning is heat up the solids, mix, and off I go!
Have a look at the soapmaking category and you'll see the slab moulds in some old posts :D
I use 20L buckets to mix my soap in, and am so used to pouring my 8kg batches out of them I barely feel the weight now!
Happy soapin,
Kat xox
Hi Kathy
I was tempted to offer a pair of hands to help out with your massive order deadline but decided you'd have to kill me to stop me implementing a bit of Beguile swirl magic into my bars.
Aww thanks :) How are you???
I'm actually trying to come up with a way of doing consistent swirls, I usually do the coathanger method, but would love thicker, chunkier colour blocks for some variety!
Kathy, Thank you so much for all the info!! I can imagine what it is like trying to manage the business, make soap and look after a toddler! xo Jen
Woah ~ go you!!!
My time management skills need a lot of work. I tend to operate under the urgency paradigm ;)
Fantastic Kathy, you are an inspiration to us all!! My kids are grown and gone now, the thought of juggling a soap business with them growing up makes me go weak at the knees lol!! Well done, I need to move to bigger slab molds to, its the way to go.
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