how long to wait before wrapping ?

[*Dee*]

with hp and cp how long do you wait before you shrink wrap ??

[Luci]

I use Dan's bands and generally wait at least a month before packaging. Even after waiting that length of time I frequently have to give another hit of the heat gun if it's a few weeks later that I'm sending out the soap.

[*Dee*]

thanks thats what i will be using.

[LuminousBoutique]

After 6 weeks, for me I do a water discount on my recipes so theres not a ton of shrinkage but even so, I wait the full 6 weeks

[CareBear]

yea - about 6 weeks minimum. but I don't store them wrapped so unless there is a need predicted for them in the near future they are nekkid in their storage boxes.

[Kitn]

I don't wrap until they are ordered.

[topofmurrayhill]

It depends not just on time, but on how much water you used in the recipe and even on the weather, so one thing you can do is weigh a bar (or multiple bars together, depending on how sensitive the scale is) to see when the weight stops decreasing from week to week. Then you know the moisture has stabilized and the soap is good to wrap.

[*Dee*]

thanks everyone. and i am assuming for hp, the wrap time could possibly be cut in half?

[leisa2003]

thanks everyone. and i am assuming for hp, the wrap time could possibly be cut in half?

Dee, I wrap my hp in about 3 days. When I can squeeze the bar and not get a indent in it,..then I wrap it. (I also do a water discount in my recipes).

Edited March 23, 2010 by leisa2003