How to Remove Soap from the Molds & Cut the Soap into Bars

Video Transcript

"The soap is cured for about 48 hours, I looked at it a couple of times, peeked in, it cooled down very slowly and gradually and now it’s time to take it out of the molds. Remove the plastic wrap, now press on this, sometimes it can be kind of hard, there we go. I like to use a little bottle or something to push it out, there we go. If you have problems, you can place your molds in the freezer after it’s gone through the curing process and it will help to shrink the soap just enough so that it will come out, there we go. So here’s a third of the soap recipe, now we’re going to cut this up, you might want to go to great lengths to cut it very evenly, you might want to measure along here and mark it evenly, if this is your finished product. Here are some bars that I didn’t cut very accurately from the same recipe the other day, now we have this nice cutter here that puts a pretty pattern on it, or have a knife that puts a nice smooth pattern on it. For what we’re doing, we’re just going to cut it up rough, just roughly even pieces, so that it can continue the hardening and curing process before we handle the soap. And that’s all there is to it. Nice texture, its firm, but it’s still soft. It’s not oily, it’s not slimy, and this is beautiful soap. Now, if this was the finished product, we would leave it to sit for anywhere from about 3 to 8 weeks depending on the recipe. You want air to be able to circulate around your bars and maybe once a week you’ll turn them over so that they will all dry evenly. When you get done, you can cut beveled edges and decorate your soap like a finished product. For us, we’re going to take this soft soap and let it sit for about a week until its hard enough to grate. And if you’re not sure, just go ahead and try it. If it grates pretty easily, and I do recommend using a hand grater, then you’re ready to hand mill. "