I have no words! Stunning! And how the heck did you yin and then yang??!!
What soapy thing have you done today?
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This is also both how I dress and interior design our house. I think it all reflects the inner-workings of my brain.They're all great but the green one in particular I keep looking at! It feels like it should clash, but then it doesn't, and the sharpness of the different greens is stunning.
Thanks, @Zing! It was not a peaceful process, let me tell you. Made the embeds using a column mold and a sheet of pliable plastic, of which I had to experiment with three different materials. Lots of wasted raw materials. Sadly, only a handful came out looking yinny and/or yangy. Embedded them into the red soap.
I'm still looking for the perfect material to take another crack at it.
Now my head hurts.
Indeed. It took a lot out of me. Never have I ever cursed so profusely at a soap. Hope I didn't hex it.Now my head hurts.
ResolvableOwl
Notorious Lyear
You dress like a glacier valley?
Ruined Lollipop swirl?
Joke aside, I could imagine to first make two thin “inner inlay” columns in pure white/black: they then can hold an S-shaped plastic sheet in place, to fill the surrounding yin-yang “tails” (inside a larger circular mould) with a second batch of identically coloured soap. One step more (+ 2 days), yes, but arguably more consistent throughout the whole column, and no free-floating curved plastic.
I was kind of thinking the same, but I wonder how well they would join? And there's potential risk for halo effects...
Oh, I troubleshooted the heck out of the embed engineering. I even looking into buying and shaping stainless steel sheeting to shape into one half of the yin/yang, then piece them together and embed into the rectangular mold. I shaped the plastic into an "S" and poured the black and white into the column at the same time. Then I pulled the plastic sheet out carefully. The problem was that the AC in the black thickened up more than the TD in the white and when I pulled it out the white displaced the black.You dress like a glacier valley?
Ruined Lollipop swirl?
Joke aside, I could imagine to first make two thin “inner inlay” columns in pure white/black: they then can hold an S-shaped plastic sheet in place, to fill the surrounding yin-yang “tails” (inside a larger circular mould) with a second batch of identically coloured soap. One step more (+ 2 days), yes, but arguably more consistent throughout the whole column, and no free-floating curved plastic.
Even thinking back on it is giving me mild PTSD...
Yup, this is exactly what I did. I even watched this very same video as a guide. My plastic partition was not rigid enough. At least, that is what I figure.
Ladka
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I threw away the third bag of raw beef tallow. It was kept in a refrigerator and I kept an eye (in fact a nostril) on it to notice any smell of degrading traces of blood on it. I noticed none and prepared the table to start cutting it. It was only then I saw mould on the surface of chunks. What did I say to myself? I thanked Got I was freed of the chore and immediately decided that the couple of kilograms of fine rendered tallow in my refrigerator and a whole box of raw tallow in my freezer is quite enough for my soaping for several months if not even years.
violets2217
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I sadly do not have a vibrating table... I sometimes use my palm sander for some vigorous vibrating
violets2217
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I've not made soap since the challenge and am also jonesing for some soap making. So much so that I dreamed about making soap last night...
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Quick HP as son wanted Fyah soap for camping on weekend. So, hot process green tea Fyah (both green tea and matcha). Looks awful
but will serve it's purpose(full of goodness) and that's the most important thing right?
go to @ResolvableOwl 's profile. Look at their discussions started.
Here's a link Twist-close Hexagon (Baumkuchen) Box – concept/mockup
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KimW
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Hey @Juggsy - I'm pretty sure posts can only be deleted by Admins. Additionally, they can only be edited for a time - I have no idea what that time is, but the time to edit is limited. Start a conversation with an Admin to delete any of your posts. Or, like I think most of us do, edit the post and the just type "Deleted". Hope that helps!
MarinaB
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ResolvableOwl
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Only just, I have updated my personal stock and recipe inventory, first time including quantities. Since last october, I'm making soap at a quite constant rate of 20 g/day (oil input). This is highly unsustainable!
In another, no less tedious self-monitoring experiment, I found that I'm using up soap at a rate of 0.5 g per hand washing or about 5 g per shower.
Clearly, showering four times and/or washing my hands 40 times a day is obviously a bad idea. But which alternatives do I have? Making less soap?
In another, no less tedious self-monitoring experiment, I found that I'm using up soap at a rate of 0.5 g per hand washing or about 5 g per shower.
Clearly, showering four times and/or washing my hands 40 times a day is obviously a bad idea. But which alternatives do I have? Making less soap?
KimW
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Dear RO - Just get a bigger soap cupboard.Only just, I have updated my personal stock and recipe inventory, first time including quantities. Since last october, I'm making soap at a quite constant rate of 20 g/day (oil input). This is highly unsustainable!
In another, no less tedious self-monitoring experiment, I found that I'm using up soap at a rate of 0.5 g per hand washing or about 5 g per shower.
Clearly, showering four times and/or washing my hands 40 times a day is obviously a bad idea. But which alternatives do I have? Making less soap?
No doubt, you remember this from @Tara_H in the "struggle" thread...
In soapy things today, I... ordered a new callipers and feeler gauges, so that I can make a new cross-cut sled for my table saw, so that I can make straight cuts at a right angle more easily, so that I can make a new box, so that I can make a silicone mould, so that I can make tall & skinny soaps that don't get stuck when I try to unmould them! <deep breath> and then I practiced lining the mould I have more effectively, as a fall back plan.
I also learned how to make lotions! Almost immediately followed by how to repair separated lotions! but I think I have the hang of it now, and husband and I are both more moisturised than either of us have been in years.
I also learned how to make lotions! Almost immediately followed by how to repair separated lotions!
but I think I have the hang of it now, and husband and I are both more moisturised than either of us have been in years.
KimW
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I think I need to order molds from you! Or...maybe it would be less expensive to just fly you and hubs over here.In soapy things today, I... ordered a new callipers and feeler gauges, so that I can make a new cross-cut sled for my table saw, so that I can make straight cuts at a right angle more easily, so that I can make a new box, so that I can make a silicone mould, so that I can make tall & skinny soaps that don't get stuck when I try to unmould them! <deep breath> and then I practiced lining the mould I have more effectively, as a fall back plan.
I also learned how to make lotions! Almost immediately followed by how to repair separated lotions!
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I'm trying to stick to my intention of making a variety of basic soap recipes, and not get too distracted by fancy designs and ingredients! On that note, last night I made Zany's no slime Castile with the added coconut and castor oil, to compare to the 100% olive oil one I made a while ago.
I have been trying to make time to soap for a couple of weeks, so once my baby was in bed and my husband was out playing with his toys (hunting), I made myself do it even though I didn't feel up to it. I don't plan on doing that again
it wasn't quite a disaster, but just enough kept going nearly wrong to put me off (including a dash over to my mother-in-law's house to grab extra olive oil after I'd already mixed my lye).
I poured in cavity molds because I couldn't be bothered to line my mold, and when I unmolded this morning, three of them had missing corners that were wet and zappy
the rest are really pretty and simple though.
I have been trying to make time to soap for a couple of weeks, so once my baby was in bed and my husband was out playing with his toys (hunting), I made myself do it even though I didn't feel up to it. I don't plan on doing that again
it wasn't quite a disaster, but just enough kept going nearly wrong to put me off (including a dash over to my mother-in-law's house to grab extra olive oil after I'd already mixed my lye).I poured in cavity molds because I couldn't be bothered to line my mold, and when I unmolded this morning, three of them had missing corners that were wet and zappy
the rest are really pretty and simple though.Attachments
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