Made a soap mold and cutting board so naturally I made some soap

[wigwom]

I am big about making stuff out of pallets so I relished the chance to make a soap mold and cutting board out of them. Of course, after I made the two I had to make some soap to test it out. So I made a batch of chamomile tea soap, I used paprika and turmeric to color it. I put the images in an album on imgur so I'll just link to it.

http://imgur.com/a/S2Oso

 

[lionprincess00]

Great looking mold and soap! I wanted to build my own, but I don't have the right saw for it.

 

[wigwom]

I used a rotary saw to cut mine out and since the board were extremely rough, I had to sand them smooth. In the end I like the way it all turned out.

 

[lsg]

Nice looking mold and soap.

 

[JuneP]

Early AM soap chores

I've got my soap station ready to go for my first mantra swirl, lavender soap. I cut out the cardboard with the pieces of cardboard at the ends to stabilize it and a hoping it will work well. My colors are selected and as soon as I finish a few household chores, I'll get to it.

First I need to watch the video again. I'm a newbie soaper who needs a lot of review of everything, and a reminder list of what order to do what, before I made a soap. This is only my 3rd CP soap, but I'm determined to try all of these beautiful swirls. The first hanger swirl came out pretty well, so I was encouraged to try more and different swirls.

 

[wigwom]

I haven't tried to color any CP soap yet, only made CP once, but I have been thinking about trying it in the near future. I really like making HP soap because you don't have to wait 4-6 weeks to try out my creations hehe.

 

[dixiedragon]

I love your mold! Very clever!

 

[girlishcharm2004]

I loved it! Very beautiful soap as well!

 

[xraygrl]

nice mold, and great looking soap!

 

[DWinMadison]

Love it. Always love to find another use for pallets.

 

[JustBeachy]

Really cool idea.

 

[cmzaha]

Your mold and soap both look great. I will make one recommendation, use coated freezer paper instead of wax paper. If you make cp wax paper can be hateful to remove from the soap. Freezer paper will peel or slip right off

 

[wigwom]

Sorry, double post

 

[wigwom]

@cmzaha thanks for the advice, I'll try that.
@DWinMadison using pallets is something new I have just started and love it. My first project with making things with pallets was a table. It might not look professional but that's what I like most about it.