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DWinMadison

DWinMadison

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I'm honestly not sure you can appreciate this soap in a photograph. It is almost exactly what I had envisioned. The bottom layer is natural uncolored soap while the top has added TD. The hanger swirl is a maroon that I achieved by mixing ultramarine and brick red oxides with just a tiny streak of neon yellow soap to add a little interest. It's scented with WSP's lavender/chamomile EO/FO blend. Only tweak I'd make is a little more of both colors and I probably need a little thicker wire hanger. Hope you are inspired. Have an awesome day ladies and gents.

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I love all the Rorschach analysis we do with the swirls on here. I think the upper right one looks like a scorpion. Not to be morbid, but overall they look like drops of blood hitting a pool of water. I may attempt a redo for Easter without the yellow and call it "Love Grew Were the Blood Fell." Maybe scent it with frankincense and clove. For the non-Christians among us, it would also make an awesome vampire-themed soap. ...Just sayin' My favorite thing about this project, and the real thing that interested me in it is the blending of natural and TD whitened soap. The darker colors were just "fluff." I love that subtle difference in the white tones, but I don't think you can see it well in the photo. The other nice thing is ending up with a soap anywhere CLOSE to what you were aiming for! Thanks for the feedback.
 
On my screen, I see black and yellow, no maroon, so it looks like "busy bees" gathering nectar.

So glad you achieved what you were hoping for!
 
lenarenee said:
On my screen, I see black and yellow, no maroon, so it looks like "busy bees" gathering nectar.

So glad you achieved what you were hoping for!
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Nope, definitely a deep maroon and the photo also doesn't do justice to the variation between the natural and TD white soap. I definitely see the bees and nectar thing, however.
 
Wow! Those are so cool looking! I can definitely see the scorpion in the upper right one, and I must say that I do like the subtle difference going on between the TD and natural parts. Well done!

IrishLass :)
 
DWinMadison said:
I'm honestly not sure you can appreciate this soap in a photograph. It is almost exactly what I had envisioned. The bottom layer is natural uncolored soap while the top has added TD. The hanger swirl is a maroon that I achieved by mixing ultramarine and brick red oxides with just a tiny streak of neon yellow soap to add a little interest. It's scented with WSP's lavender/chamomile EO/FO blend. Only tweak I'd make is a little more of both colors and I probably need a little thicker wire hanger. Hope you are inspired. Have an awesome day ladies and gents.
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Nice soaps! For a thicker hanger trick. Take the hanger apart, slide two straws onto the bottom portion, then put it back together.
 
JustBeachy said:
Nice soaps! For a thicker hanger trick. Take the hanger apart, slide two straws onto the bottom portion, then put it back together.
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Awesome suggestion. The one I use is a 3/8" steel rod I purchased at Lowe's home store and bent it to the exact size of my mold. I was thinking of getting a thicker rod but was wondering how I would ever bend it. I have also wondered how swirling with a flat rod as opposed to a round one would work.
 
DWinMadison said:
Awesome suggestion. The one I use is a 3/8" steel rod I purchased at Lowe's home store and bent it to the exact size of my mold. I was thinking of getting a thicker rod but was wondering how I would ever bend it. I have also wondered how swirling with a flat rod as opposed to a round one would work.
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I'm thinking the flat rod might make some interesting swirls. I've sorta gotten away from swirls, but thinking of trying some again. In the past, I experimented with different sizes of "wire" and combs. Never thought of a flat rod. Now you've got me thinking. How about a jig saw blade, with a coarse cut? Might be too short, but thinking the teeth would add extra drag and texture to the swirl. Hack saw blade might work as a flat bar as well, using the tooth side in the direction of the "cut".
 
JustBeachy said:
I'm thinking the flat rod might make some interesting swirls. I've sorta gotten away from swirls, but thinking of trying some again. In the past, I experimented with different sizes of "wire" and combs. Never thought of a flat rod. Now you've got me thinking. How about a jig saw blade, with a coarse cut? Might be too short, but thinking the teeth would add extra drag and texture to the swirl. Hack saw blade might work as a flat bar as well, using the tooth side in the direction of the "cut".
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I like the way you think. Saw blades. Brilliant! Maybe even a thin piece of wood trim attached to sturdy wire for handles. Hanger swirls are fun because they are so irregular that it's difficult to screw them up. Sort of like painting modern art vs. a landscape. People can generally tell if you can't paint a tree. :)
 
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I like the way you think. Saw blades. Brilliant! Maybe even a thin piece of wood trim attached to sturdy wire for handles. Hanger swirls are fun because they are so irregular that it's difficult to screw them up. Sort of like painting modern art vs. a landscape. People can generally tell if you can't paint a tree. :)
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So true. I'm one of those people that can't draw stick figures with a ruler, but I can swirl soap!! haha

A piece of thin scribe trim might just be a great idea. The wood would give it more drag than the metal.
 
I love your swirls! You're inspiring me to think about trying a hanger swirl myself. I'm swirl challenged, and that's one I've never tried. As for what kind of tool you can use to make them, I saw this on someone's blog. It could be bent to fit a number of different sized molds.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051BH0EM/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
 
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Susie said:
It is the name of a movie(I think), and the first thing that came to mind when I saw it was dragon. Then he said he was thinking tiger stripes, soooo.....
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Yeah it was a sorta cheesy, imo, martial arts style movie. When i read your names, then looked at the pics again. It was like...match! haha
 

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