Soap cutting is all about timing—cut too early, and it’s too soft; wait too long, and it gets hard and can break your wires and get crumbly. I use a huge water discount in my soapmaking, which means my soap hardens faster than normal, so I have to cut sooner than most recipes. This batch sat a little too long, and you can see what happened! It’s still perfectly good soap, just a little more rustic-looking. Lesson learned! 👌🏻 Soap makers have you ever had a batch get too hard before cutting? .