CpnDouchette
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@Mobjack Bay !! Thanks! Got it! Yeah, I used AC. I think I would have been better of sticking to mica to be honest because I ended up with about 6 teaspoons of TD and AC for a 3lb batch...
I poured my soap backwards… pour my top color first and when the bottom corner was what I thought was full enough I placed my embed and pushed a wee bit to sink it in a bit. Then continued pour. The only problem I had with this pour was my mold was a tall & skinny mold and my hands were not skinny enough! So I kinda had to drop it & hope for the best.And here's my second batch that I decided not to submit. I was going for a white to black ombre but didn't anticipate the obscene amount of TD I'd need to achieve it. Perhaps I should have gone white to black but I have such issues with soda ash, I wanted to do the black first. I would have submitted this though, I think, if my embed hadn't displaced my ombre quite so much. How did you manage it Violet? (Also, need to figure out how to tag people....)
That “skinny” description sure is accurate. As it the “tall.” You pour and pour and pour and pour…it just keeps going.I poured my soap backwards… pour my top color first and when the bottom corner was what I thought was full enough I placed my embed and pushed a wee bit to sink it in a bit. Then continued pout. The only problem I had with this pour was my mold was a tall & skinny mold and my hands were not skinny enough! So I kinda had to drop it & hope for the best.
Oh that’s funny I just posted that I found a 1/3 dark 2/3 light batter worked well - I probably read your post and forgot!Also glad I watched a Kilo Soap YouTube video and stuck with their recommendation of a 70% white/30%color split… it made my math a little easier. And pouring was easier than I was thinking it would be… I just poured 70% of my batter into a pitcher the split the remainder for my colors then added the white batter or the next color (for color change) as I went.
Beautiful! Well done!Here’s the first gradient ombre soap I made while practicing for the challenge this month. This one is colored with ultramarine blue and scented with the Revive EO blend on EOCalc. I really like this technique for a simple soap and plan to use it in the future along with a higher proportion of white or uncolored batter. I also made a small batch with rose and yellow clays and rhubarb root oil infusion and one with (not enough) gromwell infusion. I will post the clay soap when I get a chance to take a decent photo in daylight.
Cheers to @dibbles for hosting this challenge and for inspiring me to learn this technique.
Cheers also to those who have already posted their beautiful soaps.
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