Here are my first rimmed soaps made on Jan 19 & 20, 2018. The ones I cut today still need to sit out in the air for another day or so before I bevel the corners. I'll post photos of the final finish when that is done.
I wanted to do non-round rimmed soap, so I chose a Tazo Tea Box for the first mold. For the second mold, I used the small testor Mighty Mold that I got at SoapCon2017 (a gift for which I am grateful). The third rimmed soap was in the Crafter's Choice one-pound silicone mold. I have photos of the soap in the molds. I thought I took a photo of the thin slab that I made to use for the rim, but it appears I forgot to do that.
Making the rim was an adventure. After gelling the thin slab, while still warm, I cut it to size for each mold to make the rims. To make the mitred corners perfectly took some practice. The first one in the Tazo Tea Box was not as well done as the third one, with the second, obviously better than the first, but not quite as well done as the third. It took time and practice to learn how to make a truly well designed and tight fitting mitred corner for a soap 'box'. If I had done much actual wood working making boxes, I might not have needed this much of a learning curve. But I am happy with how they came out.
Here they are in the mold after gelling:
Here after removal from the molds and cleaned up a bit:
The soap I made in the Tazo Tea Box has hidden hearts inside, so I won't be showing the cut soap quite yet. I may enter them in the January SMF Hidden Heart Challenge, or I may not. In any case, I'll add a photo later on.
The small testor MM mold bar is remaining as is in size as a single bar soap. In other words, I chose not to cut it because it's a perfect size for holding in the hand, if not a bit longer than a normal sized bar. But then I am not one to care for 'normal' all that much. So I just planed & beveled it and here it is:
In the one pound mold, I made a mosaic soap, using the left over bits from the thin slab that I made for the rims. I just cut these today, so they are still rough around the edges. When they dry out enough to allow for beveling, etc. I will post a finished photo.
I wanted to do non-round rimmed soap, so I chose a Tazo Tea Box for the first mold. For the second mold, I used the small testor Mighty Mold that I got at SoapCon2017 (a gift for which I am grateful). The third rimmed soap was in the Crafter's Choice one-pound silicone mold. I have photos of the soap in the molds. I thought I took a photo of the thin slab that I made to use for the rim, but it appears I forgot to do that.
Making the rim was an adventure. After gelling the thin slab, while still warm, I cut it to size for each mold to make the rims. To make the mitred corners perfectly took some practice. The first one in the Tazo Tea Box was not as well done as the third one, with the second, obviously better than the first, but not quite as well done as the third. It took time and practice to learn how to make a truly well designed and tight fitting mitred corner for a soap 'box'. If I had done much actual wood working making boxes, I might not have needed this much of a learning curve. But I am happy with how they came out.
Here they are in the mold after gelling:
Here after removal from the molds and cleaned up a bit:
The soap I made in the Tazo Tea Box has hidden hearts inside, so I won't be showing the cut soap quite yet. I may enter them in the January SMF Hidden Heart Challenge, or I may not. In any case, I'll add a photo later on.
The small testor MM mold bar is remaining as is in size as a single bar soap. In other words, I chose not to cut it because it's a perfect size for holding in the hand, if not a bit longer than a normal sized bar. But then I am not one to care for 'normal' all that much. So I just planed & beveled it and here it is:
In the one pound mold, I made a mosaic soap, using the left over bits from the thin slab that I made for the rims. I just cut these today, so they are still rough around the edges. When they dry out enough to allow for beveling, etc. I will post a finished photo.
