Lorrie Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 I have been reading about salt bars and I have one stupid question (well actually a couple) I know that you add the salt at the end but do you stick blend it? I was told it is going to get thick really fast so I thought I better make sure before I wreck my stick blender.And I cut this about 1/2 hour after molding right? Do I need to put the mold in the oven? And how long do they need to cure for?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Weeeel, I tried to SB when the salt was in there. The next day I replaced my broken SB... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovelyLathers Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 You stir the salt in by hand at light trace. It gets too thick for the sb. You can try to make cut marks after 20 mins. Sometimes they fill in so Then I go back in 15 to 20 mins. later and cut again. It is important to cut them before they get hard as they are as hard as rocks. When they do get hard they will be a bit crumbly let them cure about 3 weeks. (Some only say that 2 weeks is enough) Then spritz them with alcohol or run underwater to polish them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elitenaildesign Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Here's my advice from a saltbar wrecker....I did not use my SB after the salt, but just used my regular wooden spoon. It sets up very fast without the SB. I totally miscalc. my oils(forgot to cut in half) and had a huge batch, so thankfully I had a small log mold already lined. I was pouring into ind. molds and by the time I got to the log mold, it was REALLY thick. Maybe a saltbar queen has a trick she knows, but hand stir as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrie Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Well, I made my first batch of salt bars last night. I think that they turned out really good. I had a little bit of oil in the bottom of the mold when I cut them for the third time. (I kept cutting them so I wouldn't Have problems later) but it looks like it was absorbed back into the bars. Thanks everyone for answering my questions on these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapLady Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 I take the soap to trace with my SB then add the salt and use a wire whisk to mix it in. It gets really thick and heavy with the salt so I do think it could burn out a SB. I got crumbly bars no matter how I cut them so I started using individual molds for my salt bars. Love it! They jump right out of the molds and look so smooth and nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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