Sunday, 2 June 2013

Soap Production

200 soaps (192 to be exact)…. Incubating cozy warm…
 
This is the most soap I have made in 1 day.  We made 96 before 10am and another 96 after 8:30pm.  Since I have an open shop… I have to produce outside of shop hours!
 Some simple trays we got out carpinters to make, to carry soaps around.
 
Then I had a productive working day in between.  Supposing I had more moulds, and the shop was closed for the day, I wonder how many I could make…? Maybe 400 or 500 if I was really pushing it…
Soaps on our new trays...
 
I remember reading on someone’s blog, it may have been Patti Flynn’s… that she can produce 2000 soaps in a day????? Wow!
What is the maximum amount of soaps you have produced in one day?  
xoxo Jen
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9 comments:

  1. Coco3 June 2013 at 01:51

    You go girl!!

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  2. Anne-Marie3 June 2013 at 14:31

    Wow -- that is an incredible amount of soaps. =)

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  3. Jennifer Young3 June 2013 at 23:24

    Coco, Thank you!!!

    Anne-Marie, Thank you!!

    I am really looking forward to other soapmakers comments... to see about others production as well!!! xo

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  4. Karen6 June 2013 at 08:48

    That's right, "You go girl"!
    I have about 300 bars downstairs, some curing, some waiting to be packaged. I just made a castile-sheep milk soap this morning.
    I'm thinking it's time for a bigger mold...!!

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  5. Michelle6 June 2013 at 12:26

    Holy cow! That's a whole lotta soap!

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  6. Jennifer Young8 June 2013 at 00:09

    Karen, Thank you for your comment!!! How big are your current moulds? Ours are about the maximum for now I think... any more and they will get too heavy to work with. We are still trying to solve the pouring issue... I can pour 48 bars myself. 100 bars, I have to have help... would like to build some sort of lever system so that I could still do it on my own.... xoxoxo Jen

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  7. Jennifer Young8 June 2013 at 00:09

    Thank you Michelle!! How big are your batches??? xo Jen

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  8. Polly McNamara8 June 2013 at 08:14

    That's a huge amount of soap and I love your fabric pouches that you package them in. I made tiddley amounts compared to you - the most I've made in a day is 44 soaps as I only have 4 moulds. Not sure my wee hob could take a pot big enough to melt all that coconut better :)
    Great work Jennifer xx

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  9. Jennifer Young8 June 2013 at 09:53

    Polly, thank you for your comment!! I love hearing about others soaping experiences... I just contacted your label supplier for a quotation... thank you for the tip!! We have a good one, but must order large numbers to make it reasonable. xo Jen

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