Peanut butter and jelly

[Todd Ziegler]

@Todd Ziegler are you still swirling in your molds or in your soaping bowl?
With a in the pot swirl, most of the swirling happens when you pour the swirled soap out of the bowl into the molds.

No those were ITPS swirls but the FO caused some acceleration of trace and when I poured the colors in, they did not go all the way to the bottom of the pot. I poured them from as high as I could but the batter was to thick. I added the FO and lye water at the same time in order to reduce the amount of blending needed but that didn't prevent the accelerated trace.

 

[Obsidian]

I asked cause they look more like a drop swirl.
I don't worry about the colors going to the bottom of the pot. I've poured colors that sat on the batter top and just did my best to swirl it around with a spatula before pouring.
When I first started doing itps, I was worried about how muddy the colors looked at times but the swirls always turn out.

Maybe try a small batch with just one color swirl and no scent, see if you can get the technique down. With only one color, you don't have to worry about over stirring in the pot.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

I asked cause they look more like a drop swirl.
I don't worry about the colors going to the bottom of the pot. I've poured colors that sat on the batter top and just did my best to swirl it around with a spatula before pouring.
When I first started doing itps, I was worried about how muddy the colors looked at times but the swirls always turn out.

Maybe try a small batch with just one color swirl and no scent, see if you can get the technique down. With only one color, you don't have to worry about over stirring in the pot.

Yeah I tried to push the color down and that just made things worse.

You read my mind on the second part of your reply. I am going to do my lard recipe without FO and use this new mold I have. It is just a 50 ounce mold and I'm not worried about the recipe just the color.

 

[Obsidian]

Hmm, I don't try to push it down at all. I just get all the color in the pot, regardless of where it lands and do two complete circular stirs.
If your batter is thin enough, the colors will move around and swirl when its poured.

If I get really thick trace or slight acceleration, I tend to do a plop and glop instead of trying to swirl. You don't have to swirl to have pretty designs.

 

[Arimara]

I asked cause they look more like a drop swirl.
I don't worry about the colors going to the bottom of the pot. I've poured colors that sat on the batter top and just did my best to swirl it around with a spatula before pouring.
When I first started doing itps, I was worried about how muddy the colors looked at times but the swirls always turn out.

Maybe try a small batch with just one color swirl and no scent, see if you can get the technique down. With only one color, you don't have to worry about over stirring in the pot.

Great idea but the only con I have is that I won't have another mentally mouthwatering thread to pop in on and be "mad" about that Todd created.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Hmm, I don't try to push it down at all. I just get all the color in the pot, regardless of where it lands and do two complete circular stirs.
If your batter is thin enough, the colors will move around and swirl when its poured.

If I get really thick trace or slight acceleration, I tend to do a plop and glop instead of trying to swirl. You don't have to swirl to have pretty designs.

Yeah I am going to have to get better at thinking the situation through when something unexpected happens. I tend to overreact and make it worse. It is an old family traits that I am trying to overcome lol. Tomorrow I am going to do an unscented batch so that I can at least make sure that I get the technique right.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Great idea but the only con I have is that I won't have another mentally mouthwatering thread to pop in on and be "mad" about that Todd created.

Thanks. I have fell head over heels in love with soap making. It is the only thing that I do where, when I mess up, it's okay because the soap is still usable. Plus, I am Picasso in my head but a Forrest Gump with my hands.

 

[Obsidian]

Man, you aren't the only one who over reacts when something doesn't go as planned. We've all done it, at least your soaps are pretty even if not what you envisioned.

When I was new, I thought everything had to be perfect or I would rebatch. I rebatched a lot and made a lot of ugly soap.

I've made spam pink, moldy zombie skin brown and something that looked a lot like baby poo.

Now I won't rebatch to save my life. If a batch is screwed up that bad, I'll just toss it.

When things start to go sideways, I'll follow the soaps lead. I'd rather get a decent looking vs a monstrosity from trying to get those last two colors in a accelarating mess.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Man, you aren't the only one who over reacts when something doesn't go as planned. We've all done it, at least your soaps are pretty even if not what you envisioned.

When I was new, I thought everything had to be perfect or I would rebatch. I rebatched a lot and made a lot of ugly soap.

I've made spam pink, moldy zombie skin brown and something that looked a lot like baby poo.

Now I won't rebatch to save my life. If a batch is screwed up that bad, I'll just toss it.

When things start to go sideways, I'll follow the soaps lead. I'd rather get a decent looking vs a monstrosity from trying to get those last two colors in a accelarating mess.

As long as it is usable, I don't really care much about the color. I know that I will try to get it right the next time and keep going until I do.

 

[Todd Ziegler]

Here you go grape jelly FO
http://www.saveonscents.com/product_info.php?products_id=1615

There site was a little confusing at first but I figured it out and ordered a few FO's. Thanks