Yay FINALLY got the first batch done

[Amybell]

Looks great! I love the swirly top. Congrats!

 

[dianne70]

Congratulations!!! I think it looks great...and your swirly top is awesome

 

[melstan775]

Thank you! They are firming well so I should be able to cut the ones in the box tonight.

 

[2lilboots]

Awesome! Glad you finally got the chance to do your cp soap. Beautiful swirls. Looking forward to the cut pics!

 

[melstan775]

UPDATED w/ CUT PICS! >3

I felt my soap before I went to work this morning, and it was just about there. It's all good and ready when I got home a few hours later! The box mold was perfect, as it was overflow and only poured to about 1/2 inch thick. The round one was good as well though the paper was soaking wet so after I unmolded it, I let it stand awhile to dry out. I decided those pokey holes in the square soap is air; I also got them in the top of the round mold, a few of the soaps have the air bubbles.

When I was first cutting, I was all, "How do straightren up the edges and get the excess off the tops and make the box sides look better? Then I was like, "Oh right, you cut them." Good things there's no snakes about...

As follows:

1.) Detail of square soap. Got 4 3x3 soaps weighing 3.6-5 oz each (I got overzealous on cutting the edges of one. I see a wire loaf soap cutter in my future).

2) The square soaps. So pretty!

3) The round soaps, some beveled, some not, one with a bunch of air holes. I also see a soap planer in my future.

4) The soaps on a cookie rack ready to go. I stored them in a hall closet to cure.

I am a bit sad I didn't fragerence them, but I suppose it's for the best anyway. Keep it simple the first time,right? They passed the zap test beautifully. There isn't much lather to them at all, is that normal for a pure castile? I use coco castile that lathers beautifully, no idea with pure olive oil. Overall, I am very happy with how they turned out. They are all so white and creamy and silky.

 

[Moonshea Botanicals]

so pretty

~Juli

 

[sue1965]

Nice job! Love the swirls! I thought my bars were plain too but everyone seemed to love them.

 

[Badger]

Very nice looking! I like the beveled edges on the round soaps. What did you use to do the edges like that?

 

[melstan775]

Very nice looking! I like the beveled edges on the round soaps. What did you use to do the edges like that?

Just a vegetable peeler. It's harder then it looks, my lines are way more crooked then they look there.

 

[Badger]

I bet it is hard to do that! It does look really nice in the pictures though!

 

[melstan775]

Thanks!

 

[RocknRoll]

Just a vegetable peeler. It's harder then it looks, my lines are way more crooked then they look there.

Try waiting a few days or even a week before you bevel them, The harder they are the easier they are to bevel. I notice that when i bevel mine the same day as I unmold, they are softer and I end up beveling off more edge than I would like and my lines arent as straight

 

[RocknRoll]

These look awesome! I just love the swirly top, it looks like cream cheese frosting! Yes, olive soaps are less bubbly and have a "stin-gee" lather. The longer you cure them, the better they get though. Loooking forward to seeing what you make next!

 

[melstan775]

Thanks for the tip on bevel ing. I'll try next week . And I'm glad
You like them, they do look like cream cheese frosting! It did when it was setting up too!

 

[RocknRoll]

Thanks for the tip on bevel ing. I'll try next week . And I'm glad
You like them, they do look like cream cheese frosting! It did when it was setting up too!

Your welcome. I love passing on tips that work for me. Im all about working smarter not harder. And if I find an easier way of doing something with the same end result...Im all over it lol!

 

[2lilboots]

Your first batch of soap turned out beautiful! Looking forward to your next batches!!!!!!