Cure your soaps in just 48 hrs!!? But can you?

Can you cure your soaps in just 48 hrs? Should you use soap after just 48 hours? In this quick video, i take a look at whether the claim a creator made that she cured her soaps in just 48 hours was true and what the difference between saponification and cure actually is.

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[carriehinch]

As a soap maker, I personally use a water discount (less water that needs to evaporate) also cure in a space that has fans and a great dehumidifier

[dannyhuerfano]

I saw that video and the same thing came to my mind. New here. you had me within the first ten secs. 😍

[MalumTheGamerMan]

Soapgal. Very eye opening video to save people from marketing gimmicks

[boop]

As a soapmaker I appreciate you myth busting this one for people, I believe I saw the same video and was pretty unimpressed by the way it was presented tbh. Quite dishonest really.. but I'm sure they made a lot of money of it🤥

[abbyb]

I’m kind of a newbie to soap making but I’m selling tallow soap bars which are naturally on the harder side and use a water discount. I’ve found they are nearly fully cured in just a week.

[yannickcotten]

I'm probably a little bit caricatural but I just feel like the sole solution to keep a soap dry is to use it only once a day (if not even less) and use 10 different soaps if you need to wash your hands 10 times a day. Which is basically what's recommended about shaving soaps, change soap everyday to allow them good drying (i've noticed how much drying is critical with those ones, especially the potash ones ?).

A soap used around 10 times a day will clearly absorb much more moisture than it will release over the same period of time and will become sticky just over a few days.

I'm not a professional soap maker, to be honest, still a beginner with the practice, but worked the theory, and I make far more liquid potash soap far more than hard soda. I've probably just made two or three soaps at all with soda and probably around a dozen with potash. But I'm clearly wondering what's the point in giving it so long dry time when I see how fast they get moist back.
well this opinion probably makes sense just for myself using my own soaps. But I understand that a professional has to care about customer's opinion.

Your "claim" (probably not the right word, English is not my mother tongue, sorry for this misuse) that saponification takes 48 hours reassures me, this matches my observation.


However, I totally agree with you when you say there's confusion about saponification, cure, and I would also add trace to the list. The chemical reactions beneath are often misunderstood. But somehow I understand that too much information can be disturbing for beginners.

[GinaAnagnostopoulou]

What if you put your soaps in a room with a dehumidifier? Will this cure the soaps faster?

[marielle]

first of all, thank you for the clarification and education about the different processes that cold process soap undergoes! Second of all, your mustache is fantastic. 😁

As a side note, and I preface this with an admission that I have no idea if this would work, but I wonder if someone has ever tried to drive off water to cure soaps in a similar way to how making dried fruit or meats is done. Would putting a saponified bar of soap in a dehydrator cure a bar of soap more quickly? or would it ruin the bar?

🤔

[sandymclean]

thank you ◇ so much I value what you've said
nz 🌴🌴

[coralc]

A hypothetical:
could you potentially cure your soap faster with silica packets or something of that general idea or would that cause the soap to dry too quickly and possibly lessen overall quality?

[smokypoo]

I hated that misleading video, felt like my time had been stolen, good thing I didn't watch it completely. Cheers