In the last installement of the grated laundry soap saga, grated soap "curls" were dried an put into the cuisinart with the chopping blade to reduce them ot a powder. This was intended to make them easier to dispense and dissolve.
The goal was met, however, the fine powder has a lot of fine dust which very readily become airborne and irritates one's nose to the point of pain and sneezing. This happens both during prepartion of the powder and subsequent dispensing.
Today, I hit on a better plan. Using the fine grating attachment, a bar of normally hydrated Ivory soap was fed through the KA stand mixer with the food slicing attachment. A speed of "6" along with light pressure resulted in fine curls reminiscent of finely grated parmesan cheese, or coconut. Better yet, just a little shaking of a container filled partway (about 1/5) with these shavings resulted in them breaking up into smaller flakes. Larger chunks of ungrated soap which made their way past the fine grater were relatively easy to spot and pick out. Best of all, little or no dust was produced, and the resultant flakes look easy to dispense and no doubt will dissolve fairly readily.
To catch the grated soap curls, I used a 1 gallon plastic ice cream tub, with lid on for shaking. Then I picked out the larger chunks and transfered the flakes to another tub, and then to smaller plastic container for use in the laundry area.
Now all it needs is a Green Door (obscure cinematic reference, LOL).
The goal was met, however, the fine powder has a lot of fine dust which very readily become airborne and irritates one's nose to the point of pain and sneezing. This happens both during prepartion of the powder and subsequent dispensing.
Today, I hit on a better plan. Using the fine grating attachment, a bar of normally hydrated Ivory soap was fed through the KA stand mixer with the food slicing attachment. A speed of "6" along with light pressure resulted in fine curls reminiscent of finely grated parmesan cheese, or coconut. Better yet, just a little shaking of a container filled partway (about 1/5) with these shavings resulted in them breaking up into smaller flakes. Larger chunks of ungrated soap which made their way past the fine grater were relatively easy to spot and pick out. Best of all, little or no dust was produced, and the resultant flakes look easy to dispense and no doubt will dissolve fairly readily.
To catch the grated soap curls, I used a 1 gallon plastic ice cream tub, with lid on for shaking. Then I picked out the larger chunks and transfered the flakes to another tub, and then to smaller plastic container for use in the laundry area.
Now all it needs is a Green Door (obscure cinematic reference, LOL).
