Yah, It did dry out and I was surprised how much water I had left in the soap and it was browned a bit on the outside but it was still good soap for washing hands. It makes me want to start making soap again but make it even better this time. At that time I didn't do any super fatting so it was a bit harsh. I think I will remill it since there's three bars of the old soap and some scraps the lady put in a jar. She was a bit of a hoarder so I have plenty of material to work with. Just for general information, one trick I learned by experimentation was to remill soap with rubbing alcohol. What that gave me was a gooey sticky soap that was perfect for sticking framing screws into when I was putting fresh lumber to old dried out lumber in buildings I was doing remodeling work in. See, you can't effectively use nails in old wood. Problems are that first off, old wood, especially in hot dry areas of California is very brittle and dried out. Framing nails are designed for moist newly cut lumber that shrinks when it dries out and holds the nails very firmly. This can't happen with old wood. So, my work around is to use framing screws. However, the screws can snap off once you hit that old dried out lumber. Either snap off or just stop completely and you have to back them out and use a new screw as often by then you've damaged the head of the screw. Instead, use the remilled soap I mentioned to smear on the threads and the screw will slide right into the grain with much less force. If you still want to use the soap for washing up, it works just as well for that also.