Patience!! Part 2
The saga continues all through the week, but yesterday was the icing on the cake. And a valuable lesson learned.
I opened the door to my workshop yesterday morning and the blast of hot air that hit me in the face sent an instant wave of panic though me. I immediately scanned the interior for flames. Whew!! No flames, no fire. That checked off, now I needed to find the heat source. It didn't take long for me to realize that I had forgotten to turn down to free standing heater when I closed up the workshop the night before (the shop has no independent heat source yet and in winter here it can get down to 20 degrees in there. So we set the heater low at night to keep the shop at around 50 degrees when no one is working). Instantly I begin mentally berating myself and playing the "what-if" game in my head. "You idiot, you could have burned the shop down. You would have lost thousands of dollars worth of supplies & equipment. All your inventory would have been lost. And possibly the cars in the carport. You know better! Blah, blah, blah."
While mentally abusing myself I was doing a once over of everything to be sure that the heat had not done any damage. All appeared to be well. That is until I turned to the stainless counter top. This is where most of the expensive equipment is; scales, microwave, industrial mixer, etc. I noticed what appeared to be a large pool of water over most of the surface area of the counter including under all of the equipment. I had left a 2 gallon container of distilled water on the counter the day before so I assumed that it has somehow expanded in the heat and sprung a leak. Ok, if that was the worst outcome of my absent mindedness, no worries.
However, there's alway a However, . I ran my finger through the puddle, and I realized that it wasn't water. It was oil. I buy all my fixed oils that go into soapmaking in large bulk quantities. But for easier managability, I transfer smaller amounts into 1-3 lb size bottles, buckets or bags and store them on the shelf above my counter. After inspecting the shelf I saw that my bag of pricey, decadent Babassu oil was empty where there had once been just a bit over a pound in it. Yep!! That pricey pound of oil was now all over my counter! It could not have been a less expensive oil, NO. It had to be one of the spendy ones.
It was a chore to clean up I tell ya. Lots of newspaper to absorb the mess. I was so disgusted knowing that this awesome oil was just being absorbed into newsprint and thrown into the garbage. Thankfully not of the equipment was damaged. It all has raised feet and kept it sitting up out of the oil. Just a little foot washing and it was l good as new, lol. And after cleaning up, my hands were very nice and soft ;)
Lesson learned: Don't leave the shop without going over the new checklist hanging by the door.
I opened the door to my workshop yesterday morning and the blast of hot air that hit me in the face sent an instant wave of panic though me. I immediately scanned the interior for flames. Whew!! No flames, no fire. That checked off, now I needed to find the heat source. It didn't take long for me to realize that I had forgotten to turn down to free standing heater when I closed up the workshop the night before (the shop has no independent heat source yet and in winter here it can get down to 20 degrees in there. So we set the heater low at night to keep the shop at around 50 degrees when no one is working). Instantly I begin mentally berating myself and playing the "what-if" game in my head. "You idiot, you could have burned the shop down. You would have lost thousands of dollars worth of supplies & equipment. All your inventory would have been lost. And possibly the cars in the carport. You know better! Blah, blah, blah."
While mentally abusing myself I was doing a once over of everything to be sure that the heat had not done any damage. All appeared to be well. That is until I turned to the stainless counter top. This is where most of the expensive equipment is; scales, microwave, industrial mixer, etc. I noticed what appeared to be a large pool of water over most of the surface area of the counter including under all of the equipment. I had left a 2 gallon container of distilled water on the counter the day before so I assumed that it has somehow expanded in the heat and sprung a leak. Ok, if that was the worst outcome of my absent mindedness, no worries.
However, there's alway a However, . I ran my finger through the puddle, and I realized that it wasn't water. It was oil. I buy all my fixed oils that go into soapmaking in large bulk quantities. But for easier managability, I transfer smaller amounts into 1-3 lb size bottles, buckets or bags and store them on the shelf above my counter. After inspecting the shelf I saw that my bag of pricey, decadent Babassu oil was empty where there had once been just a bit over a pound in it. Yep!! That pricey pound of oil was now all over my counter! It could not have been a less expensive oil, NO. It had to be one of the spendy ones.
It was a chore to clean up I tell ya. Lots of newspaper to absorb the mess. I was so disgusted knowing that this awesome oil was just being absorbed into newsprint and thrown into the garbage. Thankfully not of the equipment was damaged. It all has raised feet and kept it sitting up out of the oil. Just a little foot washing and it was l good as new, lol. And after cleaning up, my hands were very nice and soft ;)
Lesson learned: Don't leave the shop without going over the new checklist hanging by the door.
- Lights off
- Stove off
- Small appliances unplugged
- Refridgerater door closed
- HEATER TURNED DOWN
posted by Valhalla Soap Company at
5:37 AM
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