Grating puck soap??

**nessmuck** · 02-08-2011, 01:11 PM

So do i just grab a cheese grater and run my MWF through it?? Then what do i do with the pile of shavings?? thanks

**Pops!** · 02-08-2011, 01:12 PM

press the shavings into your desires bowl or dish..

i did the same with my wool fat and couldn't be happier.. it really makes a difference.

**sleekandsmooth** · 02-08-2011, 04:52 PM

I find this is the best possible thing to do with any hard soap....it just makes for a much thicker and creamier lather.....plus you can form it into any bowl or mug you want

shayne.

**simpleman** · 02-08-2011, 05:01 PM

Thats it. Grate it up and push it into a bowl or mug. Most people do this for a couple reasons. 1 its easier than a double boiler method and safer than microwaving it. and 2 It created a better lather(at least i think so)

**zib** · 02-08-2011, 05:54 PM

I did the same with MWF before I actually bought their expensive ceramic dish.
I used a very fine paddle cheese grater, and it was very easy to mold afterwards.

Glycerin, or the clear looking soaps can be microwaved gently, and poured
Tallow based, or the white looking soaps need to be grated.....

**Pops!** · 02-08-2011, 10:13 PM

it's my understanding that microwaving soaps with essential oils can easily kill off scents.. you really have to use very short bursts to avoid damaging your soaps.. and you never want to microwave tallow based soaps..

with that said.. grating is the easiest method.. .

**1OldGI** · 02-08-2011, 11:21 PM

I've been a cheese grater advocate for years. I've grated a whole bunch of soap pucks to fit them into various containers and never had a problem. Reduce pucks to shavings, press them into the desired container and simply lather as normal. After a few latherings, the soap shavings will be smoothed out and the soap will look like it was milled into container X at the factory.

**Str8Edge** · 02-09-2011, 12:06 AM

Does grating MWF make it lather better in a bowl or is face lathering still the way to go?

**Pops!** · 02-09-2011, 12:11 AM

facelathering is recommended for mwf.. most recommend it anyway.. just seems to work better that way.

**sgthuskey** · 02-09-2011, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

facelathering is recommended for mwf.. most recommend it anyway.. just seems to work better that way.

Wish I'd known this sooner. I had used a bowl with other soaps and just couldn't get MWF to work right that way, and ended up trying facelathering and it works great. Now I'll have to try grating it to. I just trimmed the edges to get it to fit in my mug.

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