It turned out nice
Thank you!! I didn’t see it could look like marbeling. I was copying a turntable technique from I Dream in Soap
Very nice! I could use one of those!I made another box.
And talked myself out of buying 4 more silicone molds because, when am I ever gonna need to make 416 soaps in 1 day (even though I have space to cure ~700 at a time)
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. I might have to contact them and see if they can remake it. Will cut in a few days.
Made soap yesterday, a long time coming to get it done. It's a seaside soap with 5 different greens, blues, turquoise and a little white,.ocean breeze scent that I can't get anymore
Oooooo you took on wood grain soap as a newbie? Nice!!! Share when you cut please!I mostly make 1# (450 gram) batches, as I am still pretty new to soapmaking and don't have time to make soap as regularly as I would like. Today I took a huge step and made a 5# (2,300 gram) loaf of wood grain soap. I was thrilled with how long my batter stayed fluid, but still had 4 cavity mold bars of leftover batter that got too thick to pour. The cavity bars are ugly, but they smell as amazing as the loaf. It should be ready to cut tomorrow evening. That's always a fun family event.
I hope we get to see your soap. It sounds amazing!
I'm not super new, but new enough that I'm still surprised when a soap turns out like it's supposed to.
I've made wood grain before, but only in small batches. It takes a lot longer to pour 80 oz than 30 oz!
Right?! Same! I get that! Love when daughters help too.I'm not super new, but new enough that I'm still surprised when a soap turns out like it's supposed to.
I was pretty excited that I didn't overblend the batter and was able to separate for colors at emulsion. That gave me a good amount of time to pour. My daughter helped hold the mold at am angle for me. She'll be a soapmaker when she's big enough.
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Are your oils only olive and laurel berry?Made an Aleppo style soap today. Anyone ever make this? How long did you wait to test? (I know this has to cure for a year
Totally jelly! That's a beautiful piece of furniture! Awesome husbandI didn’t do anything but my husband did! He finished my drying rack.
I ask for something simple and get a piece of furniture
I agree with @Elise it does depend on your ratios (most people go with a ratio of 80% olive:20% laurel berry, but some do 70:30 or even 90:10). But with all high percentage olive oil recipes, longer cure times make for a better soap for sure! I have used some of mine at the 3-4 month mark, but they were still soft. The ones that cured longer were much more firm and had a richer lather. Maybe set one bar aside and cut test slivers off the end at different monthly intervals and keep notes? Or cut a bar into quarters and test one quarter at 3 months, 6 months, 9 & 12 months (taking notes on how the bar felt, how it lathered, how long it lasted, etc). Have fun! I do love an Aleppo type recipe ~ I like the laurel berry oil scentMade an Aleppo style soap today. Anyone ever make this? How long did you wait to test? (I know this has to cure for a year
I like it ~ it has a very natural earthy tone to itI use grams instead of oz. Doing some back of the envelope math, I figured my oil probably has 2.5 times the concentration but using a fifth resulted in a softer pink than you got.
I’m going to see what happens when I use at full strength
Just curious ~ can the oils and butters not normally available be sent to you by someone else? Or is that a no-no? I'm not very familiar with foreign shipping rules or laws
