melstan775
Well-Known Member
I tried my first soap experiment today. Technically it’s the second, but since the first was just making laundry soap from a wide-spread, standard recipe, that was a given, so it doesn’t really count.
Here’s the results of Experiment No. 1:
This is the view of the finished project, with the butcher knife for scale. I tried four sizes of scoopers to see what would work. The plain round measure worked best. The mini melon scooper worked second best. The ice cream scoopers broke. Apparently the thing that scoops ice cream out isn’t strong enough to cut through packed powders. Fail.
Here’s the view of the smaller sizes. You can see the broken detail of the failed scoops.
Winner winner chicken dinner! Plain round cylinder scoops, i.e. measuring cups. According to a small food weigher I have in my kitchen, each disc measured to a nearly perfect two ounces with minimal breakage, so I expect these to get better with practice.
I set up a blog, it's not all detailed yet, but it's there. If you would like to read my notes on this experment, click here.
Here’s the results of Experiment No. 1:
This is the view of the finished project, with the butcher knife for scale. I tried four sizes of scoopers to see what would work. The plain round measure worked best. The mini melon scooper worked second best. The ice cream scoopers broke. Apparently the thing that scoops ice cream out isn’t strong enough to cut through packed powders. Fail.
Here’s the view of the smaller sizes. You can see the broken detail of the failed scoops.
Winner winner chicken dinner! Plain round cylinder scoops, i.e. measuring cups. According to a small food weigher I have in my kitchen, each disc measured to a nearly perfect two ounces with minimal breakage, so I expect these to get better with practice.
I set up a blog, it's not all detailed yet, but it's there. If you would like to read my notes on this experment, click here.
