salt bars

[svanhild-anita]

im thinking og making salt bars for the first time and i was wondering if anyone could help me out With some design ideas, i was thinking of making stripes but im woried the first layers will be crumbly before the top layer is firm enough to cut.

 

[toxikon]

I personally find that salt bars (with high coconut) trace too quickly for any sort of meaningful design. I tried to do a multilayer salt bar last time and it did not go well lol. And if you pour it too liquidy all the salt will drop to the bottom. A simple 2-colour swirl would work well.

 

[Obsidian]

I wouldn't do layers either. I do either a in the pot swirl or a drop swirl

 

[Lin19687]

I agree, swirls Can work, sometimes

 

[cmzaha]

Drop swirls do work the best. The percentage of salt you are planning on using and the fragrance will play a big part in the choice of design. I tend to make 100% salt bars and the batter will thicken very quickly on top of using a fragrance that accelerates. Drop swirl is all I can get in and have to be quick. Do not do a steep water discount if you want to swirl, salt bars need a long cure, at least 3 months to be nice, so water amount really does not matter

 

[shunt2011]

I do in pot swirls or drop swirls. I don’t find mine moves too fast and have plenty of time generally.

 

[Misschief]

I don't do any swirling in my salt bars. I used cavity molds. I love the pure look of the bars as they are.