traderbren
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My second attempt is not discoloring at all after close to 2 days. So today I tried one last attempt with a 4% vanillin FO. (My other one was only 2%). If this doesn't discolor, well, I guess I still have soap...
My second attempt is not discoloring at all after close to 2 days. So today I tried one last attempt with a 4% vanillin FO. (My other one was only 2%). If this doesn't discolor, well, I guess I still have soap...
I'm still holding out hope that my second attempt discolors some! It was my last shot of getting the color scheme I was going for. My third attempt was blue, which is definitely NOT Baltimore Orioles colors...Oh no don't say that! Mine is only 2.3% and I don't think I have any others with vanillin
Mine isn't darkening as much as I had hoped. The left over pot I mixed my fragrance in went tar brown as I left it for two days before cleaning it. (Yes I am that horrifyingly lazy, and I had a hangover lol) unfortunately the soap isn't following suit with the same level of darkening. Any ideas of how to speed it up?
I don't need a picture of it in the mold. Only when its cut and sometime after 48 hours.I only have one soap to enter, I did two, but forgot to photograph the second loaf before cutting. I am going to post both on this thread, though, even though neither is beautiful. They do smell good though!
I used the exact same FO's (a DFO - BB's Black Amber Lavendar for the plain batter, and a non-DFO - Gemlite's Lavendar for the colored parts) for both batches. With the first I CPOP'ed the way I usually do, in a 150 degree oven for an hour. The second one I forgot about (took the dogs out for a walk and lost track) so it was probably twice as long.
The second is SO much darker. I just thought that was kind of cool. The top was kind of crinkly and ugly, so I wouldn't do this as a matter of course unless I was OK w/planing the soap, but it was interesting to see the difference.
ETA: Newb and Saponista, if you see this, I meant to reply to your response earlier on my mantra marbles questions. I kept typing the replies out and then losing them, plus it was a horrible day (am moving) anyway. But I really did appreciate your thoughts, and the efforts you went to to help me trouble shoot. I am just giving up on that one for a while.
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