I'm making mine this weekend. I would absolutely LOVE to have everyone signed up participate. Wouldn't that be fun...
YES!!Celebration time if we get 30 soaps entered.
That would be amazing!! All the stripes...Celebration time if we get 30 soaps entered.
Cut mine day before yesterday. Its not perfect but im entering it anyway just to show my stubborness in trying to do it in HP lolIt’s in the mold! In fact, I have two variations on a theme: one full-blown color and other more minimalist. I’ll decide which one to enter after I cut #2 tomorrow.
Yay Cellador!!I did one this past weekend, but I think it's pretty plain. So, I will try again this weekend. In any case, I'll definitely be submitting something
I hadn't though about it in those terms, but was planning to photograph quickly anyway. Excellent point.Congrats on getting it done @DWinMadison It's a fun technique to play with, isn't it. If you can get a picture quickly after you cut, the discoloration probably won't have reached the inside yet. That usually happens with exposure to the air. But it is a fairly small window before it starts to change.
It’s cut! Came out very niceI hadn't though about it in those terms, but was planning to photograph quickly anyway. Excellent point.
It’s cut! I’m very pleased. Yes, the colors are a bit lighter than I originally wanted, but they are true to what I poured—no morph, unless it happens during cure. (And man, oh man, does it smell good!). It’s a 3 color swirl, and I split the colors at 1/3 each of the batter. Next time, if I want to use really dark/bold colors I’d probably do 50/25/25 or maybe even 50/30/20 with 20 being something really dark like black or navy. My first attempt was colored at 80/10/10, and It’s nice too, but not the best for this competition. I may post that later sinceI’m not entering itMy 2nd batch is a crap shoot at this point. I believe the colors are going to end up much more muted than I had imagined, but it should still be very nice. I was going for big, bold color striations, and it's just hard to do that in 2/3 of a batch without wasting a ton of colorant and/or ending up with a soap that stains. My batter consistency was dead-on for nice, thick tiger stripes, and I believe my pouring technique will produce a pattern that is interesting and different yet true to the core challenge. I used coconut milk as the remainder of liquid after the 50/50 lye solution and it started the soap off almost like it had TD in it, which of course pulled my bold colors more toward pastels. I've been making predominantly white soaps with minimal swirls since adding so much coconut milk in my standard recipe, and I hadn't noticed how white it starts the batter off.
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I'm not quite sure what you are asking. The rules just require that you use the pouring technique, at least two colors and that stripes are visible throughout the soap. You can PM me with your idea if you have questions about your plan.I have a question....do we have to use alternating colors for this challenge so we have the contrasting stripes? Or can we use the pouring technique to create other effects? Let me know what you guys think!
Is it fair to ask a fellow member friend To help you choose between one or more possible entries without violating the spirit of the challenge?—obviously, that would be done in a PM, not a posted pictures the page.Congrats on getting it done @DWinMadison It's a fun technique to play with, isn't it. If you can get a picture quickly after you cut, the discoloration probably won't have reached the inside yet. That usually happens with exposure to the air. But it is a fairly small window before it starts to change.
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