My attempt at milling a bar of MWF...

[DGuterman]

After a fairly successful weekend of milling my new bars of GFT, I decided to have a go with my TOBS Almond shave cream, it was a wonderful shave and the lather (my first time with real good soap) was so surprising I wiped it on my girl just so she could get in on the floaty goodness. Then today happened...

After soaking my tools, I gave my bar of MWF a whirl at making its way into my new Pyrex dishes, and well, pictures speak a thousand words, so here's the mess...

Has anyone experienced this when milling MWF? Was it a bad bar, possibly old or dried up? What's the story here..?

 

[Jim]

Its OK, just dump it all in the dish, add a 1/2 shotglass of water, snap on the lid and walk away for a few days.

 

[RoyalKooparillo]

Its OK, just dump it all in the dish, add a 1/2 shotglass of water, snap on the lid and walk away for a few days.

And I thought it looked like a crime scene!

Good luck, I hope it 'comes together' for ya!

 

[DGuterman]

Hoping for the best, I followed Jim's instructions (Greatly appreciated might I add), and we will see what happens, hoping for the best.

 

[galopede]

Does look a bit of a mess! Mine grated just fine.

As said above, cram it all into your container, press it down, add a little water and let the magic commence. It'll be fine.

Gareth

 

[ambrose]

Its OK, just dump it all in the dish, add a 1/2 shotglass of water, snap on the lid and walk away for a few days.

I would like to add to this great recommendation. Cut up the remainder of your soap in to small pieces, then mill and add to your jar. I grated mine by hand and packed my down adding a bit of water.

 

[Sluggo]

I see three things when I look at the picture...1) A Half puck of MWF in the back, 2) A half bar of clay on the green lid, 3) a bowl of crack in the pyrex dish....is there something you want to confess

 

[BYUTexan]

After a fairly successful weekend of milling my new bars of GFT, I decided to have a go with my TOBS Almond shave cream, it was a wonderful shave and the lather (my first time with real good soap) was so surprising I wiped it on my girl just so she could get in on the floaty goodness. Then today happened...

After soaking my tools, I gave my bar of MWF a whirl at making its way into my new Pyrex dishes, and well, pictures speak a thousand words, so here's the mess...

Has anyone experienced this when milling MWF? Was it a bad bar, possibly old or dried up? What's the story here..?

I can't help but laugh for some reason, LOL. you should have put it through a grater, then added hot water and pressed it down.

 

[BYUTexan]

i see three things when i look at the picture...1) a half puck of mwf in the back, 2) a half bar of clay on the green lid, 3) a bowl of crack in the pyrex dish....is there something you want to confess

lololololololololololololololol

 

[DGuterman]

I can't help but laugh for some reason, LOL. you should have put it through a grater, then added hot water and pressed it down.

Really? What did you think the next step was after making dust out of it? The point was the previous soap I milled didn't come out like dust, it grated like cheese.

 

[Ignatius]

Really? What did you think the next step was after making dust out of it? The point was the previous soap I milled didn't come out like dust, it grated like cheese.

MWF is hard soap.

It chortles derisively at your cheese grater.

 

[galopede]

That soap is a very odd colour. Is it the camera? My Kent/MWF is white.

Gareth

 

[joelmole]

Yeah, my MWF didn't grate to dust, something is definitely odd there. My immersion blender has a food chopper attachment, kinda like a mini food processor. I used that, not a hand grater.

 

[Jim]

Most soaps given the right conditions would end up like the MWF shown above. The MWF seems to be the most prone to drying out of the soaps that I have. Remember, soap is primarily salts of fatty acids.

 

[DGuterman]

Yeah, my MWF didn't grate to dust, something is definitely odd there. My immersion blender has a food chopper attachment, kinda like a mini food processor. I used that, not a hand grater.

Food chopper huh ... how does that work for you? I was afraid it would grind everything to a paste.

 

[joelmole]

Food chopper huh ... how does that work for you? I was afraid it would grind everything to a paste.

Works pretty well. The MWF made a racket because it's such a hard soap, but it worked well. In practice it turns the soap into little pebbles. The blender looks pretty much like this one. I don't think a regular blender would work, this is probably more like a food processor in action.