A video of an ITP pour

[newbie]

Okay, it didn't come out as expected. My first layer was poured way too thick, no way to burl it but still looks good. The second layer is poured too thin and then by the time I'm pouring the top layer, it's almost at the right trace but I ribboned it instead of allowing it to curl and mound for a burl. Oh well. Will cut it up tomorrow to see what's what. I didn't listen to it and have no idea if I talked at all. Sorry if it's boring. Or I swore.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=725714897526229

 

[Obsidian]

Thank you for showing that technique, I'll have to try folding over ribbons and see how it works. I'd really love to see how you get your colors in the bowl. It didn't look like any itps I've seen before.

 

[Cactuslily]

Thanks for sharing this!

 

[newbie]

I have to figure out how to get the video off my phone. It won't download to my computer. My first video shows it but the second one was too far off to the side.

 

[RhondaJ]

Thanks so much for sharing that Newbie!! You've so much patience! What a great technique!

 

[newbie]

Here's loading the bowl for the first pour, Obsidian. The soap is thicker than it ought to be but the positioning of the soap is the same. I have a dreadfully nasal voice-blah.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=725746297523089

 

[jules92207]

I can totally see the ribbon effect, I love it. That's a nice thick trace when you got them layering in the bowl, but in the other video it's much thinner, is your goal for something in between or like it got at the end after you let it set up more?

Your soaking techniques always look like such fun! Always a blast to watch you, and I like your voice.

 

[newbie]

The last pour is closest to what I wanted. The video of me laying it out in the mold was after I spent 10 minutes looking for a camera, and the batter was too thick. The thin pour is too thin but it made a cool pattern from the top, but the last pour was close to what I really wanted. You can't see a burl effect as well with pinks and greens because it's not a recognizable as wood for the pattern. I'll post cut pics soon.

 

[newbie]

Pics of the loaf and the cut bars. I'm not overly impressed with the thickly poured parts nor of this color combo in the top. The part that hit the surface of the mold has the best coloring, I think because of how it sticks to the mold a bit and flattens out. I cut a bar up so you can see it throughout and I like the more thinly poured parts better (next post). IT would look more burly with wood colors, a bit.

 

[newbie]

I took one bar that had the thinner pour in it and sliced it into thin layers, so you can see what it looks like throughout. It starts with the bottom, thicker pour and then goes to the top of the bar (top of the mold). I like the impressionistic look of it but I think I would leave out the more fleshy tones that were supposed to be peachy, next time.

 

[lenarenee]

Here's loading the bowl for the first pour, Obsidian. The soap is thicker than it ought to be but the positioning of the soap is the same. I have a dreadfully nasal voice-blah.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=725746297523089

No, you don't. While watching the video I was thinking you had the perfect female voice. :grin:

 

[CaraBou]

You have amazing vision and patience. I love watching you soap and can't wait to see it live!

 

[TVivian]

The soap looks like rainbow sherbet! I like!!

 

[newbie]

It's not what I thought it would be with these colors but I found a spot I really liked, so I'm going to try a different ITP based on that.

 

[Obsidian]

I tried your technique today. I don't think it will turn out very well, it got way too thick to pour proper ribbons and my colors kinda muddied together. At least I got a nice smelling batch of my favorite recipe.

Not sure if I will split the log or just cut it regular. Maybe I'll try both and see what looks best.

 

[newbie]

I tried a couple pours last night too. A couple got very thick but the soap looks okay, if not ribboned. I'm wondering if there is a way to get the ribbon pattern throughout the bar but when I look at the side of the one I poured, there is no pattern- because of soap clinging to the walls and smearing? I will have to cut it to find out. I also think that the soap will flatten itself out and only the top would look ribboned.

If it was thick, your colors may have been more distinct than it seems. Post some pics! There is always something in every bar to see and use.

 

[Ellacho]

Thank you for sharing !

 

[newbie]

Here are some of the soap I made last night (ITP). The first three are of the soap wet in the Little Debbie Swiss Cake molds. Each side hold two bars, so they are face up. The one on the left I poured trying to let it ripple into the mold but trying to keep the lines of color relatively straight down the line. I sliced off the top because I want to see what pattern stays in the soap. SOme of the ribboning is seen in the pattern, but as always, it ends up 2D. Other picture is of the bottom (Sorry, it's sweating slightly currently.) Not sure if I like it. The one on the right was fairly thick and I let it ribbon and push itself down the mold but I didn't have enough batter left to fill the mold. I haven't sliced the top off yet but I posted a picture of the side to see what kind of pattern remained in there. AS usual, the weight of the thicker soap pressed the lower parts into thinner lines.

I also ITP poured into some individual molds (chocolate milk cartons) to see how it went. THe blue one was very thick and kind of plopped in small bits into the mold. One of them shows the outside of it and the one on the left has a slice off the side to see the pattern inside. Linear, as usual. THe brown one on the left was thick and the one on the right was fairly thin and poured very nicely. Inside, it's linear as well.

The last pic shows two other ITP pours. The upright bars were poured at a thicker trace, quite thick. The blue purple and white one was poured into a individual mold and I moved the bowl around. I wonder what it would have looked like if I had kept the bowl in the same place and let it all pile up and spread itself. A big target? Last is a different kind of ITP pour.

 

[jules92207]

I sort of tried this itp swirl yesterday. I got it way too thick so it was a bit more glob like as it went in. Pretty sure I have some air pockets too. It will be interesting to see how it comes out. Thanks for the new design Newbie!