Kelly Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 OK, I've never seen this before. Some of the soaps I made about 3 months ago, are getting tiny little crystal like beads all over them... just as if they were droplets of perspiration, but they aren't wet like water, they are bumpy and hardish.Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAnna_EC Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 sounds like at some point your soap got a case of the sweats and dried back out leaving those little beads behind.if the bars werent wrapped or just stored out in the open this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Oh dang it, I made them before we moved into our new house and I just boxed them up wrapped in paper towels. I guess that wasn't good enough. I have never seen the weird solidifying of the sweating before. Oh well I guess I have a bunch of soaps I can use myself now!! Thanks DeAnna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfcat Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 That happened to some of my soaps last week, I took a soft cotton cloth and wiped them. The little bumps did come off. I think what happened to mine was the changes in temperature lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 I will try that elfcat thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platypus Moon Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 The best way to store them is wrapped in Saran (we call it glad wrap) that way no moisture can get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 That is caused by the glycerin in the soap drawing the moisture from the air and clinging to the outside of the soap. The glycerin is just doing what it is meant to do. So the thing to do is keep your soap as dry as possible by wrapping it and storing in a dry place. If you don't have a dry place use a box and store your wrapped soap in it til you use it.A great thing about M&P is you can always remelt it and make new soapies out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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