Omg!! Beautiful!!
Before I attempt this CP...
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Google 'clear acrylic soap molds' and you get tons of results so finding a vendor and price acceptable to you might be easy enough. Well, price-wise, they are generally pretty expensive, though.
Thanx! In order for this design to work properly the length needs to be twice the width in order to get 2 squares. It would be nice to find one with the center divider.
Here's me thinking DH should make me something!
Here's me thinking DH should make me something!
Or you could cut it into 3 rectangular bars. Although then I guess it wouldn't be a butterfly anymore.
Ugh!! I got BUBBLES!! Whereas I'm happy with my first swirling experiment, I'm #%€£*€¥!!! About the bubbles!!!!
Better with their little faces sliced off!!
They look wonderful! Isn't swirling so much fun?
Thank you SO much, yes it was FUN!! I love hp, but my complaint is that it's SO MUCH TIME with only about 2 minutes old design time! Not enough! Granted, this took me a LONG time today from measuring and cutting cardboard, trying to be sure that I had the right %'s of colors to base, AND procrastinating because I was nervous!
I'm looking forward to unmolding the loaf tomorrow to see what I get!
Question... I wanted the base color a lot lighter pink, but I discovered that mixing TD (says water soluble) with the mica in oil may not have been a good idea. I wanted to use more white in it, but I was afraid it was going to get clumpy. What does one do? NOT lighten with TD,or mix TD and mica with water?
I'm looking forward to unmolding the loaf tomorrow to see what I get!
Question... I wanted the base color a lot lighter pink, but I discovered that mixing TD (says water soluble) with the mica in oil may not have been a good idea. I wanted to use more white in it, but I was afraid it was going to get clumpy. What does one do? NOT lighten with TD,or mix TD and mica with water?
They turned out great! I have no troubles mixing my TD with mica in oil, I got my TD from Brambleberry. You could always put a tiny bit in oil to test to see if it disperses!
Ours came from here https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/cafe-de-savon/item/a1081206/
I usually just add less mica for a lighter color. You can mix mica with water. To get the best results with TD or white mica, use a stick blender to mix it in.
I should have just used less mica, as you say. I was afraid of stick blending because I didn't want it to get any thicker. I did notice little chunks of the TD which I HOPEFULLY got all worked out. I guess I'll really be able to see when I unmold the big one tomorrow.
The TD came from nurture soaps.
The TD came from nurture soaps.
I need to get my husband to make me something!
They are out of business at this time. The one I posted is a great little mold. You can purchase TD is three different forms, water, or a water or oil dispersing td
I prefer to mix my TD alone, not mixed with mica. I buy TD that is water & oil soluble, so either works. It is also glycerin soluble, as I think all my colorants are. In any case, I don't mix the TD with mica, first. In the past I kept a bottle of TD already pre-mixed that I could use as needed, but I used it up and haven't prepared another bottle of it yet. Pre-mixed in a bottle like that, it's easy to squirt a little bit in a color I want to lighten.
Then some micas that look like they are going to be light, do end up much darker than expected. More often I run into micas being lighter than I want, so it always surprises me when they are much darker than expected. I had a 'mauve' mica give me a fairly deep dark red recently that really was a surprise. I guess that's the reason some soapers do color tests when they start using a new vendor for colorants.
Then some micas that look like they are going to be light, do end up much darker than expected. More often I run into micas being lighter than I want, so it always surprises me when they are much darker than expected. I had a 'mauve' mica give me a fairly deep dark red recently that really was a surprise. I guess that's the reason some soapers do color tests when they start using a new vendor for colorants.
I looked at that several times, but I can't find the dimensions! I might have been too tired, I'll look again!
Click on the picture and you get a pop-up with 3 image options. The second option shows the measurements in mm. It looks like it's about the right size for 4 square bars of soap if filled to the top. A decent price for an acrylic mold.
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Beautiful
They look great. I really like that pink. It's prettier in that light than in your first photo.
