soaping alone

Posted on | August 1, 2007 | No Comments

maurice’s collarbone is improving rapidly, but he still isn’t up to lifting 20 kilo buckets of hot raw soap and pouring it, so yesterday’s soaping session was pretty much a solo effort.
well, he did line moulds for me and do lots of other things, but i was mixing and pouring and finishing on my lonesome.
it had a lot of potential for mayhem, but i kept it to a steady pace and everything turned out perfectly.
even the “divorce soap”, with many little layers, worked out beautifully!

i set up an extra table for all my tools and stuff and things went smoothly.
really, the hardest part was lifting the 20 kilo bucket out of the sink, walking 5 metres with it, then raising it to sit on the scales.
my biceps felt quite worked out after all that!
to treat ourselves, we took a couple of friends out for dinner.

my soap helper did all the soap cutting today, while i made bath salts and herbal tooth powder.
the curing room is absolutely full to bursting and tomorrow i have loads of orders to pack, so the room will start emptying out again.
o well, i can enjoy the delightful illusion of being ahead, just for one evening at least!

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