Lessons not learned. What do you do when your batter seizes? do some FO's react poorly with ground oatmeal?

[Tammyfarms]

@Susan Cote beautiful colors and swirl!

 

[Susan Cote]

@Susan Cote beautiful colors and swirl!

Thanks Tammy

 

[melinda48]

@melinda48 ,
The lyric " i swear there ain't no heaven and i pray there ain't no hell" is running in my mind on a loop...
I'm not convinced glass will explode in the micro (with ordinary boiling and use) but, since I have plenty of coffee stir sticks that I really don't use to stir coffee, based on the articles I read, it helps to add something to the water to keep it from heating unevenly - I've decided to put a stir stick in my water when I micro it.

Since this incident, I have chosen to simply use plastic.

 

[Blue Star]

Yes, if you remove the air from the soap it does work well for soap dough. With fresh soap intentionally done for soap dough, I pour it into freezer bags seal well and in 5 days. It's not sticky and it's perfect for dough. Lisa over at I dream in soap has a wonderful vid on YouTube about how to do it. With my batter seizing it was my first thought to try! I made another batch today and I used colored clays and indigo and black carbon for my colors.
From past experience using the clays can cause the soap to trace very fast. So remembering my experience with the emerald mica I wondered if adding a gold mica to my fine pink clay and a bronze to my orange clay would help slow things down. I was doing a hanger swirl and I got through the whole process without any time issues!! I was thrilled! It's in the cooler for the night. I can't wait till tomorrow! I won't get a blue from the indigo however. My eos I put in like the 5 fold orange turned the indigo green! We shall see. how it plays out. There is a lot to take into consideration! Note taking helps. I definately need to create a eo and fragrance note book.

Thanks Tammy

I agree, that soap is so beautiful!! Such delicate swirls against a light background is something I’d love to do