So a lot of people have been talking lately about suggestions for red micas for CP and of course, this new one from Nurture has come up quite a bit. Since I managed to get it in and many are curious about it I decided to do a test batch and post the results here for people to see.
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Soap Welding experiment based on Grace's technique as described in her eBook and this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5VwCpAhdWI
Cut into 3 pieces & welded back together via water at joins, tightly wrapped in plastic wrap & into 200° oven for 10-20 minutes, then cooled.
This is the 2nd batch of HP soap I've made. I built a hex shaped mold out of wood and hinges and covered with heat resistant mylar (10 mil thick).
The soap really stuck to the mylar though and I had to use quite a bit of force to separate the column of soap from the mold causing me to...