Hanger Swirl

[Gerry]

I cut this today after making it last night. I'm working with my favorite sandalwood FO which unfortunately accelerates a bit so being quick is necessary. I ran out of TD, so I've been experimenting with designs without it until my order arrives.

The colors are really off on my cellphone photos, but the background is a medium "army green" made with a mix of ultramarine blue with yellow oxide. The black is just activated carbon, and the orange (which looks deeper in real) is a mix of red and yellow oxide. What looks like blue in the photo is actually an emerald green mica, which looks more green in real life.

It's supposed to be a guy soap and so I also put cedarwood and fir needle EO with the sandalwood. Smelled like a cat peed on dirty socks early this morning when freshly cut. Scared me! Hahaha... but now it settled down and really smells great (to me).

 

[artemis]

I see a blue bird in a couple of those bars!

 

[BeesKnees]

Very striking!! I LOL at your description of the smell upon cutting this morning. Glad it settled down for you.

 

[newbie]

Excellent swirling! I still find hanger swirls difficult.

 

[doriettefarm]

Wow Gerry, I love the colors and the scent combo sounds pretty sweet to me! It's giving me vibes of a Petra swirl which is totally awesome
http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=59287&highlight=petra+swirl

 

[Luviesmom]

Great manly looking soap! I know quite a few military guys would like it!

 

[CaraBou]

Very nice! Not sure I'm seeing the colors right either but they are very pretty anyway! And great definition in your swirls.

 

[cherrycoke216]

On my phone it looks like avocado green base color with turquoise/blueish green and neon orange. But anyway it's so pretty!!! And the scent sounds delightful ( not the cat pee part )

 

[shunt2011]

Very pretty. Love the swirls.

 

[Gerry]

Wow Gerry, I love the colors and the scent combo sounds pretty sweet to me! It's giving me vibes of a Petra swirl which is totally awesome
http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=59287&highlight=petra+swirl

Just watched the video and yes, I use a very similar technique - layering against the wall of a tilted loaf mold after pouring in the base color.

What I did though was layer first black-orange-black-orange...etc., then a thicker layer of the base color, then black-emerald green-black-green-black...etc. The base layer in the middle isolates the two striped color combinations. When done, I level the mold and pour the rest of the base on top, then do my hanger swirl. Sadly in this case I didn't reserve enough colors for the top because I got carried away with the layering...

 

[Debs]

Wow - that swirl is amazing! I haven't started swirling yet, still in the getting my colours right stage but wow!!

 

[HowieRoll]

You are becoming a master at mixing oxides for color, which is no small feat (well, to me anyway)! Just beautiful.

 

[Scooter]

Love the colors....

 

[Lissakp54]

So cool!

 

[Marilyna]

It's frickin' amazing!