Today I made myself a T&S mold and dividers out of a corrugated plastic sheet. I have everything planned in my mind. Hopefully I get the time to get everything ready and have a go at it. Shooting for tonight, if not tomorrow morning.
That's hilarious! Well, reading it is. I'm sure it wasn't so funny for you but I'm picturing your Sears Tower of colors slumping over, wondering where its buttresses were. Hopefully all the batter was thick enough to hold it's feather in there! You have to post some cut pics, no matter what.
I'm excited to participate in my first challenge! I'll enter my second attempt on the other thread, but here's my first attempt. I tried to learn from what did and didn't work for everyone else, but of course, I made plenty of my own mistakes to share here.
For the fragrance, I used Scents of Morocco from NDA. I hadn't used that FO before, so I checked some reviews, didn't see any major red flags, and charged ahead. A few unexpected problems came up:
1. The FO caused the soap batter to accelerate. I should know better than to try a new FO and a new technique at the same time. I ended up with batter that was way too thick and some serious air pockets.
2. I also didn't realize that this FO discoloured. You can see it starting to discolour in the picture, but I think it will turn out darker.
3. I don't even like the smell of the FO! (Not that this is relevant for the purposes of the challenge, but I had to live with it! To me, it has an unpleasant, overpowering powdery smell. It was way too strong and stunk up my house for days. A few days after I made the soap, a guest commented that it smelled like her grandma's house. :shock: Not exactly what I was going for.)
4. Two of the colourants I used - blue and green oil locking mica from WSP - instantly morphed to shades of greyish brownish purple. :-( I didn't even give the colourants any consideration as a potential problem. Some of the blue and green on the top seems to have survived. You can see the original colours in the picture.
Oh, and did I mention that...
5. I coloured too much batter for the feather. Ooops.
6. The wire I used wasn't thick enough.
7. I am going to avoid using squeeze bottles at all costs in the future!
Gear ties are the best thing ever for swirling . . . they're flexible like a giant twist tie covered in silicone, get some K!
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