I managed to squeeze in some time and prepared another soap today.
I used a pvc pipe as mold.
One big mistake was that I forgot to squirt a quick release oil into the pipe or to line it with wax paper of freezer paper.
I had a hard time in removing the soaps!!!
Then, here comes my housemates Heli and Peter to the rescue.
Heli did most of the pvc cutting job (need to cut it already - we tried everything that we could think of - but it's of no use) and that includes putting the soap into the freezer for a while already. Btw, Peter already gave up halfway. lol.
Here is our output. In the end we still produced a fruity scented soap with a nice mix of colors.
I made this by layerring green and yellow soaps. Then I twisted the layerred soap into a curl embed just enough to fit the pvc mold. For the pvc mold, I tilted it to an angle (i think around 30 degrees) then poured the remaining soaps required to fill the container. For the colors, I used FD&C colors. I know that FD&C colors will bleed and so I am making full use of that color behavior into this design. Some soapers don't like bleeding colors but for this design it is a big advantage just see how beautiful the swirls were in the photos below.
I made this by layerring green and yellow soaps. Then I twisted the layerred soap into a curl embed just enough to fit the pvc mold. For the pvc mold, I tilted it to an angle (i think around 30 degrees) then poured the remaining soaps required to fill the container. For the colors, I used FD&C colors. I know that FD&C colors will bleed and so I am making full use of that color behavior into this design. Some soapers don't like bleeding colors but for this design it is a big advantage just see how beautiful the swirls were in the photos below.
I've decided to name this soap, fruity swirls.
If you'd like to know on whether i'll make another batch again?
Yes but next time, I will use cylindrical loaf mold lined with wax paper instead!
I learned my lesson already.
I learned my lesson already.
Goodnight everyone.
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