So I would like to make GM+honey soap today and use bubble wrap oto make the honeycomb design. I would like to know if it is OK to lign my mold with the bubble wrap - is the soap going to stick to it badly?
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Yep, what Tasha said. You're good to go!
IrishLass
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I LOOOOOOOOOVE the look bubble wrap makes on soap its probably the best thing you could use for a honeycomb-like appearance.
Well...it did not come out as nice as I hoped. Next time I will get the mini-bubble wrap. I wish someone would make honeycomb mold. I know they have molds for individual bars but I don't like those that much.
At least the color is really nice..I love that.
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cwarren
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I think they turned out wonderful !
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I think they look great!
Bubbles Galore
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Very nice indeed and lovely photo. :wink:
That looks to be about the same size bubble wrap I use. I think your soap came out perfectly fine.
If you are concerned that the bubble holes are not as smoothly pristine as you'd like, check your bubble wrap for deflated or nearly flat bubbles. At the risk of sounding risqué :wink: , I've found that the more full and perky the bubbles are, the smoother the bubble holes in your soap will be.
Since I've never yet found a perfect sheet of bubble wrap where all the bubbles were full and perky, my honeycomb soaps are usually about a 60/40 mixture of perfectly smooth holes and not so perfectly smooth holes, which is fine with me. I find it adds to the charm of the soap. If all my holes were perfect, I think my soap would look too unreal or less natural. Well, at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
IrishLass
If you are concerned that the bubble holes are not as smoothly pristine as you'd like, check your bubble wrap for deflated or nearly flat bubbles. At the risk of sounding risqué :wink: , I've found that the more full and perky the bubbles are, the smoother the bubble holes in your soap will be.
Since I've never yet found a perfect sheet of bubble wrap where all the bubbles were full and perky, my honeycomb soaps are usually about a 60/40 mixture of perfectly smooth holes and not so perfectly smooth holes, which is fine with me. I find it adds to the charm of the soap. If all my holes were perfect, I think my soap would look too unreal or less natural. Well, at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
IrishLass
ewenique
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This can apply to more than just making soap - a little imperfection isn't such a bad thing after all.
IrishLass said:That looks to be about the same size bubble wrap I use. I think your soap came out perfectly fine.
If you are concerned that the bubble holes are not as smoothly pristine as you'd like, check your bubble wrap for deflated or nearly flat bubbles. At the risk of sounding risqué :wink: , I've found that the more full and perky the bubbles are, the smoother the bubble holes in your soap will be.
Since I've never yet found a perfect sheet of bubble wrap where all the bubbles were full and perky, my honeycomb soaps are usually about a 60/40 mixture of perfectly smooth holes and not so perfectly smooth holes, which is fine with me. I find it adds to the charm of the soap. If all my holes were perfect, I think my soap would look too unreal or less natural. Well, at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Oh thank you IrishLass...now I feel so much better. Yes, it is true, I want all the bubble holes to be prefect..lol I love this look so I will do it again.
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Bubble wrap I've never used, but it looks thicker than food-service wrap.
Food service wrap I now use as the mold-base liner. 2 layers. Soap DOES NOT stick, great, and the thin wrap stands up to high and sustained temperatures.
(To think of all the time that I wasted before creasing and using butcher paper . . .)
Soap will stick to acetate-sheet mold liners. (Let one fall horizontal by accident before your pour and find out.) That's why you have to use a pull-line on each of the 4 sides during dis-assembly.
mmmmm bubble wrap!
Food service wrap I now use as the mold-base liner. 2 layers. Soap DOES NOT stick, great, and the thin wrap stands up to high and sustained temperatures.
(To think of all the time that I wasted before creasing and using butcher paper . . .)
Soap will stick to acetate-sheet mold liners. (Let one fall horizontal by accident before your pour and find out.) That's why you have to use a pull-line on each of the 4 sides during dis-assembly.
mmmmm bubble wrap!
Just wanted to share my find of a Silicone HoneyComb Mold thingy...
Could be just the ticket for more precise combs?
http://www.cheftools.com/HotSpot-HoneyC ... 6-1251-50/
Could be just the ticket for more precise combs?
http://www.cheftools.com/HotSpot-HoneyC ... 6-1251-50/
albo said:
My thoughts exactly, although I must say that the bumps would look cool, too- like a massage soap or something.
IrishLass
