Saturday, September 5, 2009

Hardly a Master... part II

Since I am no master, but am pretty handy when it comes to making a log or two of soap it's always exciting to find new & better ways to do it - especially after you've been doing it for over 7 years!

Today was one of those days. Since we've upped our production getting ready for the craziness that is about to ensue I've been able to streamline quite a bit of the production.

My amazing father built quad molds (they hold 4 logs of soap) so my dear husband had to build a log splitter (splits one big slab of soap into individual logs.) Now that I've gone quad I don't ever want to go back.

Scheduling the production & creating a production chart have help tremendously too. Less dishes to wash because I'm planning what we're making, how much we're making & when we're making it. Out of 34 logs of soap, only 4 pots were left to wash. And let me tell you, washing dishes after soapmaking is just as fun as it is after making dinner.

Now if only I could find a way to add a few extra hours to each day... hmmm...

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