Candybee Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Just wondering how many bevel their soaps. I only bevel my salt bars. I never bevel my others. I think beveled soaps look great its just a lot of work. That's why I only do my salt bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I did way back when as I first started out. Didn't take long to build up a huge pile of shavings! Unless I found a use for them, like soap balls, felted soap, etc, what a waste. Then there's the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I'm speaking as a consumer now (ha!) as i haven't made soap in gosh a lot of years. I love the look of the beveled soap. Speaking as a former soapmaker, forget it, it's way too time consuming. Pretty labels can make up for not beveling IMO. I know, not much help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBeardly Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I think beveling can look nice, although I don't think soap has to be beveled to look nice, but it's a pain in the butt & I hate doing it so I rarely bevel soap. Plus, it can waste so much soap. I know a lot of soapers keep the scraps to make more soaps, but that's not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazeKelly Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I bevel all my soaps. I just prefer the look cuz I'm a little OCD and I like how it feels in the hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponiebr Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 35 minutes ago, KrazeKelly said: I bevel all my soaps. I just prefer the look cuz I'm a little OCD and I like how it feels in the hand. You TOO? Oh,wow... I'm glad I'm not alone... I was wondering what to do with all the shavings, and considering my newly appointed "hobby" of mechanic it occurs to me that making up some hand cleaner might be prudent. So I'll likely be mixing the mess o'shave'n's up with some mineral spirits and making "Goop/Go-Jo/Napalm" for my use in car repairs. -Sponiebr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFyre Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I like the look of both beveled and non-beveled. I bevel mine because I don't like the way the un-beveled edges feel on my hands the first couple of uses. Since I only make small loaves right now, the amount of shavings isn't much. I just make balls out of the excess, and my daughter likes to collect them. She's 12 and loves playing at designing houses for her Littlest Pet Shop toys, and she uses the balls for interior decorating, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I use to bevel, but don't really like confetti soaps, and after a while I was throwing pounds and pounds of shavings in the trash, only using a handful of them for other projects. Since going to 6-7oz bars, IMO they look better unbevelled. And no wasted time or product from bevelling. Now if I want to make a confetti soap, I'll grate up a couple bars from a soap I didn't like, or that I have curing for personal use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 It was enough to try to cut a straight line so beveling was never an option here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Okay. Good to know I am not the only one that finds it way too time consuming... on the other hand, the salt bars I do bevel look so nice. I used to save the shavings but now that I only do the salt bars I don't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazeKelly Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I baggies of shavings every where!! Lol. I keep saying I'll use them some day but you know how that goes. Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debratant Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I try to bevel, because my husband likes them beveled because as Pheonix says, the feel in the hand. But I personally could care less appearance wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcandleattic Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I think I must be the only person on the planet that likes the feel of the sharp edges. But that's not why I don't bevel. As I said previously, it's just too time consuming and I honestly truly don't think consumers really care one way or another. It's never deterred a sale for me anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shari Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I bevel. I find beveling my soaps therapeutic. I do it while watching tv. I just prefer the feel in the hand. The sharp edges turn me off. I just make soap balls or dump the shavings into another batch for family to use. Sometimes I do have quite a lot of them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_35550 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Not my tall and skinny but loaf bars, most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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