Hope you won’t mind answering one last question.

Unmolded a cheese now out to dry and it has 2 small cracks in the middle of the top. Should I do anything about it?

if the the cheese is pliable then use a knife and smear it closed.depending on the cheese, u can rub some salt in it so no crap starts to grow in their or collect. Or coat with Olive oil, again, depends on the type of cheese your making.

what is the cheese type u r having cracks on ?

THANKS for replying.
It is a Colby, about 3 lbs, wheel.

Cracks in side and top, I can press the cheese with my fingers and it is still pliable. Seems like it will hold together It is curing - 1st day.
Should I do anything?

ur room is so dry, drying out so fast makes the cheese to cracked, put it in a pot with slightly open cover, so it dried slowly, and the cheese will stop craking..

in case u just take out of mold, and craked, u repress it, and do the above method and u will be fine
if it;s been long time (over 2 hours out of press) no need to repress, just do the pot thing
good luck

THANKS…can I just put a bowl over it slightly “cracked” to let air in?

u need to make it dry very slowly, yes u can go with bowl , but if ur climate is dry, do not put the cheese and bowl in air drift

any way read thru this http://www.rickandlynne.com/rick/go/forums/viewthread/255/P0/  u will find it good

THANKS!!

of course this method will not (now) heal the cracks , but it will stop more..

Next time do the bowl / pot trick and u will have no cracks at all

Actually I have one MORE question…should I dress the cracks in anyway? Oil? Or just fill them when I wax?

As i said, if u can close them with a knife by pressing it in, yes, as long as u dont create more cracks. I personally would Oil it but hard to say without seeing it.

i would just wax it if it is not so deep, main point here is to avoid any air trapped between the wax and the crack