Embedding in CP

[bombus]

I have been making small embeds with the leftover soap from each batch
lately. So I have a dozen or so little hearts & stars. I would like to use them
in a slab mold, placing a heart or star in the top of each bar.

How do I get the embeds to stick to the raw soap? Is just "snuggling" them
into the textured top going to get it to stay when the soap saponifies around
it?

 

[paillo]

yep, just snuggle them in, but make sure your soap is still soft enough so you can push them in a bit so they stick.

i use embeds a lot, and use leftover bits to cut into gems to put on top. on a few batches they haven't stuck very well. wondering if one could make some simple 'glue' or 'icing' out of, i dunno, confectioners sugar, to stick them back on?

what do folks use to stick embeds or other decorations on soap?

 

[Mayren]

I've been putting soap embeds in and on top of soap by either
gelling the soap well (like CPOP) or with CPHP i just cover the
tops with plastic wrap while hot and let it gel that way so the soap
and embeds fuse together.

Works so far but I havn't done really huge ones or intracate
patterns.

Sometimes I've seen people use non-soap embeds on top
by kinda snuggling them in under a bit of soap or even
using a bit of M&P to act as "glue".

 

[funkymomma]

I want to try using embeds with my cpop soap. The embeds are ones that I made using Bonnie's recipe from Edentia Farms. Do you think they will melt too much and just become blobs instead of the cube shapes that I am planning on doing? I would put them in the middle of the soap as I am pretty sure they will just ooze all over the top since they are basically a melt and pour type soap.

 

[jcandleattic]

I've been putting soap embeds in and on top of soap by either
gelling the soap well (like CPOP) or with CPHP i just cover the
tops with plastic wrap while hot and let it gel that way so the soap
and embeds fuse together.

Works so far but I havn't done really huge ones or intracate
patterns.

This is what I do, and it has always worked for me.