Question for those experienced with piped-top soaps...

[Abeltran]

Hello beautiful crafty world! I have a weird question... I get a lot of requests for piped-top/high-top soaps (CP). Whenever I make a batch of soap that doesn't include a piped-top, I usually pop it in the oven & CPOP it, as just on personal preference, I love a gelled batch of soap. Piped-top soaps however, I don't gel, as they always include some sort of decorative MP embed on top, and I don't want those re-melting on me. I have a high-top soap project where again, I'll be placing MP embellishments on top of the CP soap frosting, but for this specific one, a gelled bar would look awesome. I'm wondering if after pouring the batch (but before I pipe & embellish the top), if I could pop it in the oven, just long enough for it to fully gel, and then once gel is complete, pull it from the oven & then continue with piping & decorating the top? I'm wondering if anyone has ever done this? My biggest concern in trying this is that the piped-top won't adhere to the main batch, and will separate from it. Has anyone ever tried this with success? Thank you for your help!

 

[shunt2011]

I've put MP on top of CP and gelled it with no issue. Though I don't pipe high tops.

 

[Abeltran]

Thank you so much shunt2011! This was precisely my concern (and why I was over-complicating it in my head!)... Was worried my MP embeds would re-melt on me, but if I could just do the whole project & THEN pop it in the oven to gel, it would be much easier! I'm going to give it a try! Thank you so much for your help!

 

[shunt2011]

Thank you so much shunt2011! This was precisely my concern (and why I was over-complicating it in my head!)... Was worried my MP embeds would re-melt on me, but if I could just do the whole project & THEN pop it in the oven to gel, it would be much easier! I'm going to give it a try! Thank you so much for your help!

I don't CPOP so your mileage may vary. I just cover and insulate it.

 

[jcandleattic]

If you CPOP it is very likely your M&P topper embeds will melt. If my soap overheats the embeds I have put on top tent to melt around the edges if I don't unwrap or know it's overheating. However, if it just goes through a normal gel, they are fine and don't melt.