regansoap
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This is a photo diary of my melt and pour which is only translucent not clear.
Homemade melt and pour
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I'm not sure what steps Im seeing - is the first picture your finished M&P? what is the second picture of?
Is the third picture how clear it gets when you melt it? What color are you using in the last with the red?
Thanks for posting these, its nice to see how others work
Is the third picture how clear it gets when you melt it? What color are you using in the last with the red?
Thanks for posting these, its nice to see how others work
regansoap
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Hello again sea wolf the first picture is the finished melt and pour. Placed into dish 3 days ago. Second some taken out of dish. Thirdly melted. Fourth with turmeric added for colour and FO added. No point showing finished as have already posted the sheep.
regansoap
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I get it looks red in the picture - I was aiming for that kind of golden colour of pears soap no luck.
Aha, for golden color I'm going to try grinding up annatto seeds and infusing them in glycerin. I don't think I'll be able to get the grind fine enough, so I plan on straining the bits out once the glycerin is stained. I'll let you know if it works
And tyvm for the description, that makes a lot of sense. Funny how when melted your soap goes so vety clear, but it doesn't stick. I wonder why?
And tyvm for the description, that makes a lot of sense. Funny how when melted your soap goes so vety clear, but it doesn't stick. I wonder why?
regansoap
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I have no idea !! Your soaps look fab wolfie.
Seawolfe, I use ground annato powder (readily and cheaply available in the groceries around here), put it in a empty tea bag case, fold the top over and put a toothpick through the top so it doesn't leak. For me that was way easier than straining. I also infuse in OO (in a jar set in a pot of water sitting on one of the BB double boiler makers: http://www.brambleberry.com/Double-Boiler-Maker-Double-Boiler-Maker-P3796.aspx
Have never tried to infuse in glycerin. Why did you choose that, just curious since it never occurred to me?
Have never tried to infuse in glycerin. Why did you choose that, just curious since it never occurred to me?
My thinking was that since this is Melt and Pour, I dont want to add a lot of oil. What is the recommendation? 1 tsp oil per pound of melt and pour? And Im working on 2 oz individual bars - so thats 1/8th of a tsp? Would be easy to overshoot and have too much oil if Im doing drop by drop for colors. But the M&P soap doesn't seem to mind more glycerin - and my test bars aren't sweating or sticky.
Gotcha, that makes sense. I don't like to add more than 3 teaspoons of oil to MP. I do use a commercially sold base (SFIC) and I know you are making your own, so not sure how that changes things.
I usually add one tspn each pp/base of coconut oil and castor, I think it makes it harder and feel better, so I would have less oil to work with in terms of coloring, you are right. I have not used the annato infusion in MP, just CP, but it can get REALLY strong/bright if you infuse it for long enough (in CP I add it in different amounts for colors in the yellow-gold-orange-reddish range). You may not need much if you have an infusion that is dark enough.
I usually add one tspn each pp/base of coconut oil and castor, I think it makes it harder and feel better, so I would have less oil to work with in terms of coloring, you are right. I have not used the annato infusion in MP, just CP, but it can get REALLY strong/bright if you infuse it for long enough (in CP I add it in different amounts for colors in the yellow-gold-orange-reddish range). You may not need much if you have an infusion that is dark enough.
