CPVC as a mold?

[FlybyStardancer]

Okay, so I had this idea for a breakfast soap that looks like eggs (with the theme being egg breakfast, egg, bacon (aka lard), hashbrowns (cooked potato fluff), and coffee.

I was thinking of having the yolk be an embed, because that seemed easier to do without that missing third hand. The main mold would be a pringles can, so I needed an embed mold that would make a proportional yolk.

I thought about PVC pipe, but the smallest ones still have a diameter that's too big for my aesthetic preferences. However, I do also have some spare CPVC pipe around, and the diameter of the inside is thinner for the equivalent size! (At least it does IIRC.) Has anyone used CPVC instead of PVC for a soap mold?

 

[Seawolfe]

If one can roll up soap balls, can you roll a soap cigar?

 

[FlybyStardancer]

I've never looked into making soap balls before, so I had to quickly google it. My instinct is that soap that's soft enough to mold like play dough would be too soft to stand upright in a column mold.

 

[Derpina Bubbles]

Yep, I've used CPVC, it's fine. Saw a few soapers on here that use em for embeds which is why I tried it. The breakfast soap sounds cute. Please post some pics if you make it!

 

[Tienne]

If you use a pringles can then you can just insert a paper towel roll inside it and pour the white batter around the roll and the yellow inside of it. Then just carefully pull the roll out of the can.

Edit: On second thought, the edges between the white and yellow might not look sharp enough that way, but you could then just make the embed first and once that's done and set up, then slip it out of the lined roll and then insert it into the pringles can and pour around it.

 

[Derpina Bubbles]

If you use a pringles can then you can just insert a papertowel roll inside it and pour the white batter around the roll and the yellow inside of it. Then just carefully pull the roll out of the can.

^^^Genius. This works. I've done it before in a pipe mould. Completely forgot about it. This way you get it done in one shot. Just pour your yellow slightly higher in the cardboard insert for a raised yolk.

 

[FlybyStardancer]

If you use a pringles can then you can just insert a paper towel roll inside it and pour the white batter around the roll and the yellow inside of it. Then just carefully pull the roll out of the can.

You also still get the size problem with the paper towel roll. The egg would be nearly all yolk!

Also, I'm worried about the 'white' being thin enough to pull something like that off. It'll be the part with potato in it, and I've heard that thickens soap batter up.

 

[FlybyStardancer]

Yep, I've used CPVC, it's fine. Saw a few soapers on here that use em for embeds which is why I tried it. The breakfast soap sounds cute. Please post some pics if you make it!

Nice! Good to have confirmation!

 

[Tienne]

You also still get the size problem with the paper towel roll. The egg would be nearly all yolk!

Also, I'm worried about the 'white' being thin enough to pull something like that off. It'll be the part with potato in it, and I've heard that thickens soap batter up.

Really? I of course can't know how big the rolls you would have available are, but the ones I can get here in Sweden have the perfect size. You could also check the rolls that aluminium foil comes on. They are usually even smaller. I wouldn't worry about the thickness of the batter either. It would have to be pretty gloopy for you to not be able to pound it down. Anyway, it was just an idea. Maybe it wouldn't work for you, but there you have it. I just thought I would throw it out there.