Just some guy's soaps

[akseattle]

@justsomeguy , thank you for the comparisons! I'd say that ZNSC looks pretty much like mine, mine might be a teeny bit yellower. I use Extra virgin OO, so maybe that's why. But, I feel better that I'm not just imagining that I'm the only one that doesn't get WHITE ZNSC.
The HO sunflower is definitely lighter, and the coconut, well, can't get much whiter! Or can it?

 

[justsomeguy]

@justsomeguy , thank you for the comparisons! I'd say that ZNSC looks pretty much like mine, mine might be a teeny bit yellower. I use Extra virgin OO, so maybe that's why. But, I feel better that I'm not just imagining that I'm the only one that doesn't get WHITE ZNSC.
The HO sunflower is definitely lighter, and the coconut, well, can't get much whiter! Or can it?

No, the coconut doesn't get any whiter

 

[Zing]

@justsomeguy -- that is waaay more than just some soap! Great job. I love the colors and glad you shared photos. Did I hear 52 bars?! Sounds like you may have leftovers to share with a certain someone....

 

[justsomeguy]

@justsomeguy -- that is waaay more than just some soap! Great job. I love the colors and glad you shared photos. Did I hear 52 bars?! Sounds like you may have leftovers to share with a certain someone....

I've got a few bars left...
Would you like 1, 2, or 3?

 

[justsomeguy]

2nd attempt at dragon's blood. This time with purple in the majority (it looks blue right now ) and red in the minority. High oleic sunflower oil with ZCS, sodium gluconate, sorbitol, and Zany's faux seawater.

I added some HDPE slabs to shrink the mold size to 12x12.75. the purple shows up

 

[justsomeguy]

The soap overheated when I attempted to CPOP it Look at the oil seepage!

So I propped it up on tomato sauce cans and let it do it's things. It's still zappy. But that'll pass with time. The dragon's blood fragrance is non existent right now. It appears

So, there was some good news with the new molds. Perfect rectangle. Easy to remove the soap from the silicone. And some bad news. Silicone rash from overheating. And I need to put 4 holes in the bottom of box because getting the mold out required disassembly

But, I got 4 perfect 3" loaves and 52 3x3x1 bars (I dropped a few)

The new-to-me slab cutter is awesome!

 

[akseattle]

@justsomeguy, thanks for sharing! Now is the soap here on the bottom, the same as the purple & Blue that you second is second attempt at dragons' Blood?

 

[justsomeguy]

@justsomeguy, thanks for sharing! Now is the soap here on the bottom, the same as the purple & Blue that you second is second attempt at dragons' Blood?

Yeah. The blue went purple

 

[akseattle]

What a change in colors! Still very nice result!

 

[justsomeguy]

What a change in colors! Still very nice result!

Yeah. And, it's not chalky!

 

[Zing]

Wow, 52 bars! Go big or go home I guess!

 

[justsomeguy]

Wow, 52 bars! Go big or go home I guess!

I sized everything so that there are no little pieces. 12.75" loaf produces 13 bars and each slab produces 4 loaves. And each Pokemon card box can hold 60 bars so it all works out.

 

[Zing]

 

[justsomeguy]

I just finished a glass of Canadian ice wine (if you've not had it, get it!) and can't stop laughing...

 

[justsomeguy]

I made a shea/coconut/castor soap. Scented with CC pink grapefruit. Colored with Himalayan rhubarb infused castor with a smidge of Alkanet root infused castor.

I cut it this morning (to soon)

Only got a partial gel.

Think it'll be a little while before I make another slab. Those suckers are heavy (~164 bars weighing in around 51 pounds)

The new silicone mold is awesome. Holes in the bottom of the box are a must.

 

[akseattle]

@justsomeguy 51 pounds!! holy cow! I won't be asking to borrow your mold anytime soon !

 

[justsomeguy]

@justsomeguy 51 pounds!! holy cow! I won't be asking to borrow your mold anytime soon !

Not one mold. Two slabs and 6 two pounders.

 

[justsomeguy]

It's still pink y'all

 

[AliOop]

That's an awesome color!

 

[bookworm42]

It's so pretty!