What soapy thing have you done today?
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Yes me too. I meant to say something about that!
SO there! @Dean - stop putting your work down. Honestly for all the things I'm really enjoying trying with soap - I really love a plain, crisp, natural piece of soap. One might think i like fancy stuff, but no, I actually like fairly minimalist things in my home. It's just the creative side that wants to try all these different techniques.
I keep a stack of real seawater in the freezer now ( divided up into small portions) and I often add that to my soaps to harden.
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Dean
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R u using 100% sea water for ur liquid now?
Usually a 50/50 mix. Unless I don't want it to move too fast. Today I'm trying out me new slab mould so I won't use it.
Okay, so, what, like you two are the power couple now?! Artisan soap made in artisan molds?! Just kidding, I'm envious of folks with handy and carpentry skills. I'm proud of myself when I hang a picture on the wall.
Chris_S
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Okay, so, what, like you two are the power couple now?! Artisan soap made in artisan molds?! Just kidding, I'm envious of folks with handy and carpentry skills. I'm proud of myself when I hang a picture on the wall.
I want to say thats really bad zing but honestly i made some kinda photo frames last year and they are still in storage somewhere although in my defence i havnt got the bits to hang them on the wall yet.
Made the simple everyday soap recipe i found on the forum soap calc. changed it very slightly. Anyone want to claim credit for the recipe do i can say thanks if i like it.
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Heh heh - maybe? My Rog is very talented with woodwork stuff.Okay, so, what, like you two are the power couple now?! Artisan soap made in artisan molds?! Just kidding, I'm envious of folks with handy and carpentry skills. I'm proud of myself when I hang a picture on the wall.
Anyhoo - look what I made!! And the batter didn't seize up or get too thick or anything. Very happy!
Hendejm
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Great colors
atiz
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Made my first beeswax/honey soap today, and I think this was my favorite one so far! At least for the making. Still in the mold, can't wait to take it out. Smells so good, I hope it will be a good soap.
I'm envious of folks with handy and carpentry skills. I'm proud of myself when I hang a picture on the wall.
It's really not that hard. In my 20s, i built a slatted platform bed and 2 large wooden and hardware cloth bird cages. In my 30s, i built a chicken coop large enough for me to climb into for cleaning. I would have done my molds, but SO hates when i do everything myself.
Conceive, measure, plan, measure again, have the lumber store cut the lengths you need (should be free), get your screws, nails, and any glue you need, if using it. Hammer , screwdriver. Pound, twist, and have fun!!
Very artistic. The slabs are a different mindset than a loaf, which you took good advantage of, here. The slabs are more like a canvas than a blind painting that you can't see until it's cut the next day. But you can't make designs on the top with spoon, embeds, etc., so that's the trade off. You also have to plan for your cuts. I'm very curious to see what choices you will make when cutting this into bars .
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Dawni
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Love the colors @KiwiMoose!
Can't wait to see it cut, @atiz!
I ordered more lye. And while I had a lil bit of cash leftover I ordered 100 grams of Kaolin clay so see what soaping with it is like.
Thought I had enough lye and wanted to continue the natural colorants in HP series but looks like that will have to wait a few days...
Can't wait to see it cut, @atiz!
I ordered more lye. And while I had a lil bit of cash leftover I ordered 100 grams of Kaolin clay so see what soaping with it is like.
Thought I had enough lye and wanted to continue the natural colorants in HP series but looks like that will have to wait a few days...
atiz
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Cut my honey-beeswax soap. This is probably my first soap that turned out mostly as expected. No fancy colors, but it feels really smooth, maybe because of the wax, and I just love the smell. The FO I used was supposed to discolor, but it is hardly visible (maybe because I mixed it with an EO so lesser percentage?). If it cures well maybe this will be my favorite soap to make
And now have to stop with soap making for a while. Waay too much soap for myself.
And now have to stop with soap making for a while. Waay too much soap for myself.
Dawni
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Those look really cool.. Good job!
I, on the other hand, only have this rather poor excuse for a rebatch lol I got lazy and didn't spend a lot of effort in molding them properly.
The initial crumbs were more of a light grey, so I'm guessing the charcoal has dispersed all throughout with the heat.
I've molded much better rebatch soaps before this. Oh well..
I, on the other hand, only have this rather poor excuse for a rebatch lol I got lazy and didn't spend a lot of effort in molding them properly.
The initial crumbs were more of a light grey, so I'm guessing the charcoal has dispersed all throughout with the heat.
I've molded much better rebatch soaps before this. Oh well..
Chris_S
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Cut my honey-beeswax soap. This is probably my first soap that turned out mostly as expected. No fancy colors, but it feels really smooth, maybe because of the wax, and I just love the smell. The FO I used was supposed to discolor, but it is hardly visible (maybe because I mixed it with an EO so lesser percentage?). If it cures well maybe this will be my favorite soap to make
And now have to stop with soap making for a while. Waay too much soap for myself.
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Iv got far more than ill ever use in a lifetime so i just keep giving them away to folks who look like they need a wash. Seriously though when asked what im going to do with it all my excuse is that im going to become a soap preper and when the dooms day comes along i can either throw the soap at all the zombified people or trade it for food maybe even fashion them into a shiv type attack device. Or maybe i could make a soap gun? if i made them in pellet size i could use them like that like a spud gun? Or bait traps to lure all the zombies in and then have a massive spike when they set off the trap ill watch some bear gyrlls to see how to make it. I know that can be my soapy thing tonight learn how to make soap based lure spike traps for when the world goes into meltdown
Or i could just cut the soap i made last night maybe that would be slightly more rational?
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Me too! I put some green and pink clays in a cart with some other stuff Saturday, but decided that I need to see what my next check looks like. It could be very grim (and thin)!
It's snowing like a beast here right now so going to pack it up at work and head home, might make a couple batches of soap since I'll be home earlier than usual. Also need to stop by the grocery store....should have gone yesterday.
And so it is! I love having “an excuse” to visit my bars. Rearrange them, turn them, anything to spend a bit of time inhaling the wonderful fragrances! It is an addiction I can live with—as long as the. Money doesn’t run out!
Wow Atiz - these look great!Cut my honey-beeswax soap. This is probably my first soap that turned out mostly as expected. No fancy colors, but it feels really smooth, maybe because of the wax, and I just love the smell. The FO I used was supposed to discolor, but it is hardly visible (maybe because I mixed it with an EO so lesser percentage?). If it cures well maybe this will be my favorite soap to make
And now have to stop with soap making for a while. Waay too much soap for myself.
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Chris_S
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Its called giving them a good old fondle!
Just cut my latest soap i miscalculated the batch size so it got rather full and when i put the card on top of the mould it stuck to the top of the bar so i had to perform a delicate operation to free it from the evils of stickyness or maybe i just sliced the top off so i lost the swirls i did on top of most of it but soooooo pleased with the end result gunna try this technique with a more bold colour like the blue iv got with the white and maybe a 3rd colour.
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That’s cool! It looks like tiger stripes. You could do orange and black ;-)
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