What soapy thing have you done today?

[Angie Gail]

Cut the woodgrain soap! A couple of bars (the first ones I cut) came out a bit funny because the batter was very thick at that point, and there was more white than in the rest because I used up the ends of all the colours in the last pour. But after that, I really like them! The bars are kind of big and ignorant because I used the standard sized mould and couldn't figure out a better way to cut them; next time I think I'd use T&S so the loaf is the width of a normal bar.
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It was almost too hard to cut this morning already, so I went ahead and planed and beveled it also. Got some great looking wood laminate and shavings out of it
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(although they also remind me a little bit of bacon...)

The end grain is also pretty cool looking:
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This is amazing! Fantastic job!!!

 

[amd]

I made an elephant embeds mold today.

Can we be friends? I adore elephants. Somehow did not thing to put them (or ahem, I mean an elephant shaped embed) in soap!

I made two small batches to test FO and try the OPW with them. Too many things going against me - the soap dungeon was hot because the boiler had been running all day, my foot was achy from mopping my kitchen floor for two hours (I got a steam cleaner so gave the floor a very thorough cleaning for the first time in 4 years), and I was just plain being dumb. Knowing that my recipe is a bit tricky to work with and using unknown FO's, I still decided to mix up the two small batches in one larger batch and split off. So of course by the time I got the first split divided colored and generally screwed around with because it accelerated, the second batch was not pourable enough for OPW. FO test results: NG's Sage & Citrus accelerates but smells amazing, will make this work in a layered soap. NG's Moonlit Path is probably very workable, if I had done that one first I think I would have been able to do a successful OPW with it. The FO does lose the chemical notes from OOB once it goes into the pot, hoping it stays that way.

Will probably tackle lotions and shampoo bars over the weekend - last weekend's shampoo bars yielded some interesting results during their "cure", so I'll be taking what I learned and seeing if I can duplicate the successes and avoid the failures.

 

[JuLeeRenee]

Can we be friends? I adore elephants. Somehow did not thing to put them (or ahem, I mean an elephant shaped embed) in soap!

I am actually hoping to be posting what I am creating out of it in a few days. The embeds are setting up a bit and I will manipulate them later tonight or tomorrow morning to make a column embed out of it. Then of course make my soap.

I used a cookie cutter to make a resin cast of that. Made a mold of the resin casting. Then made a bunch of elephants to make an 8 cavity elephant mold. This idea I have in my head has been a year in half in the making. I also had to get a stamp made just to go with my idea. I have another idea to go along with this one but that one is going to take more time since it is a pain in the bum.

 

[The_Phoenix]

Cut the woodgrain soap! A couple of bars (the first ones I cut) came out a bit funny because the batter was very thick at that point, and there was more white than in the rest because I used up the ends of all the colours in the last pour. But after that, I really like them! The bars are kind of big and ignorant because I used the standard sized mould and couldn't figure out a better way to cut them; next time I think I'd use T&S so the loaf is the width of a normal bar.
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It was almost too hard to cut this morning already, so I went ahead and planed and beveled it also. Got some great looking wood laminate and shavings out of it
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(although they also remind me a little bit of bacon...)

The end grain is also pretty cool looking:
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Yay! Well done. I tried wood grain once. It looked like human flesh.

Yours looks fabulous.

 

[Tara_H]

It looked like human flesh

Oddly specific

Thanks for the compliment!

 

[The_Phoenix]

Washing my soapy supplies in my kitchen. This guy, whom I’ve named Gus, keeps attacking the window. He’s an African Whydah and very territorial. This is the second year he’s claimed our backyard as his and chases all the birds away from our feeders. Handsome and obnoxious.

 

[Angie Gail]

Washing my soapy supplies in my kitchen. This guy, whom I’ve named Gus, keeps attacking the window. He’s an African Whydah and very territorial. This is the second year he’s claimed our backyard as his and chases all the birds away from our feeders. Handsome and obnoxious.

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That's too funny because we have a cute little cottontail rabbit that hangs out by the rose bushes outside our dining room window and we named him Gus!

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Ooh ooh, I made a soap using my new favourite design - OPW. As I was pouring it I thought maybe I have another contender for the challenge entry, but then of course I didn’t have a snap of the pot before pouring. So that’s the decision made for me. I can’t wait for the cut tomorrow. I blended White Tea FO with Jasmine FO and a touch of Sweet Orange EO.
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so pretty

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Washing my soapy supplies in my kitchen. This guy, whom I’ve named Gus, keeps attacking the window. He’s an African Whydah and very territorial. This is the second year he’s claimed our backyard as his and chases all the birds away from our feeders. Handsome and obnoxious.

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Wow & Wow' Captured Great Shot's.

 

[AliOop]

Today I picked up a gallon of glycerin and some really nice assorted FOs from a soaper/herbalist who is closing down her storefront. Normally she would have been too far away from me, but it so happened that we were passing right through her town on our way home from a few days up in the mountains.

She also has a multi-bar cutter for sale (too bad I bought one new a few months ago!), plus lots more FOs, a couple more gallons of glycerin, gallons of unopened body wash and lotion base, etc. Most of what I saw was from WSP, plus she said she has tons of stuff beyond what we went through. Fortunately, my husband was with me and was very hungry for lunch, so that limited the amount of time that I could browse (soapy-speak interpretation: spend money). Hopefully she sells the rest of it quickly before I go back out that way.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Today I picked up a gallon of glycerin and some really nice assorted FOs from a soaper/herbalist who is closing down her storefront. Normally she would have been too far away from me, but it so happened that we were passing right through her town on our way home from a few days up in the mountains.

She also has a multi-bar cutter for sale (too bad I already bought one new a few months ago!), plus ots more FOs, a couple more gallons of glycerin, gallons of body wash and lotion base, etc. Most of what I saw was from WSP, but she said she has tons of stuff beyond what she even showed me. Fortunately, my husband was with me and was very hungry for lunch, so that limited the amount of time that I could browse (soapy-speak interpretation: spend money). Hopefully she sells the rest of it quickly before I go back out that way.

Thats wonderful' WootHoo

 

[Catscankim]

Just beautiful! Is that two different shades of blue in there?

Yes, Key West Blue from MM and Turquoise Teal from CC

 

[The_Phoenix]

Did something I’ve been wantiing to do for months. Testing various sugars to gauge bubbles boost. Added mica to each to keep account of which is which. Molasses, honey, light corn syrup, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, and aloe Vera juice (which isn’t a sugar but I want to compare it as a control).

Tomorrow I’ll also make one with nothing and, lastly, sorbitol.

Next week I want to test starches (rice flour, potato starch, cornstarch, colloidal oats, and a few others)

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[KimW]

Did something I’ve been wantiing to do for months. Testing various sugars to gauge bubbles boost. Added mica to each to keep account of which is which. Molasses, honey, light corn syrup, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, and aloe Vera juice (which isn’t a sugar but I want to compare it as a control).

Tomorrow I’ll also make one with nothing and, lastly, sorbitol.

Next week I want to test starches (rice flour, potato starch, cornstarch, colloidal oats, and a few others)View attachment 57879.

What a cool experiment. Look forward to hearing about the results!

 

[earlene]

I beveled 6 bars of soap. That's all the soapy stuff I could manage today, since my thumb was in a great deal of pain. It's much better now about 12 hours later.

@Tara_H , your wood-grain soap came out beautifully.

 

[The_Phoenix]

That's too funny because we have a cute little cottontail rabbit that hangs out by the rose bushes outside our dining room window and we named him Gus!

There’s just something about that name.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

What a cool experiment. Look forward to hearing about the results!

this will be interesting’ I saw another post in the net somewhere they did a similar test w/ various items. The findings were Interesting . Looking forward to seeing you your results. Yay

 

[Whillow]

Did something I’ve been wantiing to do for months. Testing various sugars to gauge bubbles boost. Added mica to each to keep account of which is which. Molasses, honey, light corn syrup, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, and aloe Vera juice (which isn’t a sugar but I want to compare it as a control).

Tomorrow I’ll also make one with nothing and, lastly, sorbitol.

Next week I want to test starches (rice flour, potato starch, cornstarch, colloidal oats, and a few others)

Gonna leave this here so I can check on results as well. Very interested to see about the sugars.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

I beveled 6 bars of soap. That's all the soapy stuff I could manage today, since my thumb was in a great deal of pain. It's much better now about 12 hours later.

@Tara_H , your wood-grain soap came out beautifully.

That must be miserable trying to do things one handed' while in pain with the other one. Hope you regain complete healing & mobility soon.

 

[AliOop]

Gonna leave this here so I can check on results as well. Very interested to see about the sugars.

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