Aleppo tribute soap...

[Ford]

Hi everybody.
Finally made my Aleppo soap. 80 % olive oil, 20% laurel berry oil. Used ZNSC recipe. Just with 20% Laurel Berry oil. Worked perfect. Forced gel. Cut @ 20 hours. It's Hard! man. Diy stamp. 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 blocks. Smells awesome.

Stamp says "made by hand" in Arabic. Used an online translator. Trying to be as respectful as I can. Had a lot of fun. Putting the pieces together. Thanks for looking.

 

[Zing]

Hi everybody.
Finally made my Aleppo soap. 80 % olive oil, 20% laurel berry oil. Used ZNSC recipe. Just with 20% Laurel Berry oil. Worked perfect. Forced gel. Cut @ 20 hours. It's Hard! man. Diy stamp. 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 blocks. Smells awesome.
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Stamp says "made by hand" in Arabic. Used an online translator. Trying to be as respectful as I can. Had a lot of fun. Putting the pieces together. Thanks for looking.

I am so curious about this and keep us posted after the cure. Your soap is beautiful, stamp and all! I have long been intrigued by aleppo soap and bought some from a local middle eastern grocery. However, it was slimy BUT smelled divine. But you are using @Zany_in_CO 's recipe and I want to know what yours is like.

My son knows Arabic so if you ever need a quick phrase translated, just let me know.

Thank you for sharing this! Great job!

 

[Cat&Oak]

Beautiful!

 

[ResolvableOwl]

Just about as authentic and empathic as possible, while not being inside that hell over there in Syria.

One question to your laurel oil: it was more on the pale side? Colour varies vastly, but most often one sees laurel oil/Aleppo soap bright olive/fir green, rather than this flesh/ivory colour.

 

[Ford]

Hi.
Had this project in the works. Started reading Zany s thread. And it mentioned Aleppo soap being made with seawater. Didn't like slime I saw in review video's. So thought I would give it a try.
Mmmm, greenish oob. But yes, it is on the light side. Maybe if I had used a higher percentage Laurel Berry oil??

 

[ResolvableOwl]

I think you just got a batch of laurel oil that has little green colour in it. There are 5% laurel Aleppos that are stronger coloured than yours.

 

[Ford]

Hi everybody.
Here is how I made the stamp.


Fix a lot of things, with JBWeld. Thanks for looking.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

That's super clever! And a bit embarrassing for those used to bragging with fancy 3D printer stuff, how easy the same is done ghetto-style.

 

[earlene]

Lovely soap @Ford! They came out just perfect!

 

[ScentimentallyYours]

Hi everybody.
Here is how I made the stamp.
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Fix a lot of things, with JBWeld. Thanks for looking.

Is that Aleppo soap you used as the master for the stamp you made? Absolutely beautiful results on your soaps!

 

[Ford]

Hi, sacrificed an old bar (brown/white) for the stamp mold. And just an end cut to test it out. You can see. It took me a couple of bars to get it looking correct. Not sure how long to cure these?? They are not 48 hours old. And rock hard. Cannot see these taking a year to cure. Will test a slice in a month. Thanks.

 

[Bubble Agent]

Clever to use that type of glue! I used a glue gun myself. Yours won`t produce heat like a gluegun. Is it hard?

It was about four or five years ago I made molds from fun types of candy that I wanted to use as m&p embeds. So since there wasn`t anything available to make molds out of then (it is now though, two silicone clay parts you mix together and press the thing you want to make a mold from, and let set for 24 hours)

It worked well and I still have them. Not very flexible, but still works! I`ll have your idea in mind next time.

 

[Johnez]

Hi everybody.
Here is how I made the stamp.
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Fix a lot of things, with JBWeld. Thanks for looking.

Amazingly clever, nice!

 

[JasmineTea]

Very classy soap!

 

[Vicki C]

Very cool.

 

[Ford]

Hi everybody. Cut a bar in half. Slight ring starting to appear. It is getting lighter. Outside showing signs of aging. Shinkage, cracking. Starting to look like the real thing. Ok, tested at the sink. Some, big open bubbles to start. But settled in to a tight, almost cream like lather. In the shower was pretty much the same. NO SLIME!, in either case. Very soft. Skin felt good after. Going to enjoy using these. Thank you for looking.

 

[Johnez]

Hi everybody. Cut a bar in half. Slight ring starting to appear. It is getting lighter. Outside showing signs of aging. Shinkage, cracking. Starting to look like the real thing. Ok, tested at the sink. Some, big open bubbles to start. But settled in to a tight, almost cream like lather. In the shower was pretty much the same. NO SLIME!, in either case. Very soft. Skin felt good after. Going to enjoy using these. Thank you for looking.

You've put a lot of thought into this soap. Thanks for the update, it's one of my favorite soap projects I've seen here.

 

[AliOop]

Looks really good, Ford. What SF did you use?

 

[Zing]

I have been so curious about how this soap performed. Thanks for the update. Why can't we send scents thru the interwebs yet?!

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Hi everybody.
Finally made my Aleppo soap. 80 % olive oil, 20% laurel berry oil. Used ZNSC recipe. Just with 20% Laurel Berry oil. Worked perfect. Forced gel. Cut @ 20 hours. It's Hard! man. Diy stamp. 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 blocks. Smells awesome.
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Stamp says "made by hand" in Arabic. Used an online translator. Trying to be as respectful as I can. Had a lot of fun. Putting the pieces together. Thanks for looking.

Your soap is beautiful & love the big block bars. I never thought of making a stamp most interesting. Great job well done..