Has anyone successfully tried 'painting' or 'glazing' a surface of CP with MP soap? In other words, what I mean is, has anyone successfully found a way to apply a glaze-like surface using MP soap? *
I am envisioning putting a clear glaze over the entire surface of some CO Easter Egg Soaps I made, but am having some difficulty coming up with a way to do so without making a complete mess and wasting a lot of MP base. The soaps themselves have a rounded surface, which is the surface I want to cover.
At this point, I am pretty much in the planning stages, and thought a couple of weeks to think about it might help me come up with something, but I haven't thought of anything other than:
1. pour some MP base into the mold & squish the already made soaps in on top and hope for a smooth enough fit that I'll have good surface coverage that way. (the problem here is that it wouldn't cover the sides that would stick up out of the top of the molds)
2. paint it on with a paint brush and hope it doesn't drip off and make an ugly mess (this doesn't seem like the best option, though, and I can't imagine doing this without it resulting in brush strokes)
3. heating some clear MP base and dipping the Easter Egg Soap in the same as I would a strawberry into melted chocolate (I'd still have unglazed spots where my fingers hold onto the soap, but maybe after they dry I can do a second dip and get those bits glazed)
Another question I have is will I need to spray the CP soaps with ETOH before pressing them into the MP or is it better to spray the MP surface itself, then press the CP Easter Eggs onto the MP?
* Well, I have to say, I do know that mzimm has successfully done such a thing because her entry for the June 2016 SMF Mosaic Soap Challenge was one of the winning entries and she used a clear MP glazed surface which she describes as 'immerse the top with clear MP'. Her winning soap is quite gorgeous, in fact, and probably why I thought of doing this in the first place.
So maybe I might try #3 first. And if I'm not happy with that, I might move to #1. I should probably try #2 just for the heck of it, although I don't have much faith in my ability to do that without leaving brush strokes behind.
Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. There's no rush on these soaps because they are really for next year. The cure of the CP soaps won't be ready in time for Easter this year.
I am envisioning putting a clear glaze over the entire surface of some CO Easter Egg Soaps I made, but am having some difficulty coming up with a way to do so without making a complete mess and wasting a lot of MP base. The soaps themselves have a rounded surface, which is the surface I want to cover.
At this point, I am pretty much in the planning stages, and thought a couple of weeks to think about it might help me come up with something, but I haven't thought of anything other than:
1. pour some MP base into the mold & squish the already made soaps in on top and hope for a smooth enough fit that I'll have good surface coverage that way. (the problem here is that it wouldn't cover the sides that would stick up out of the top of the molds)
2. paint it on with a paint brush and hope it doesn't drip off and make an ugly mess (this doesn't seem like the best option, though, and I can't imagine doing this without it resulting in brush strokes)
3. heating some clear MP base and dipping the Easter Egg Soap in the same as I would a strawberry into melted chocolate (I'd still have unglazed spots where my fingers hold onto the soap, but maybe after they dry I can do a second dip and get those bits glazed)
Another question I have is will I need to spray the CP soaps with ETOH before pressing them into the MP or is it better to spray the MP surface itself, then press the CP Easter Eggs onto the MP?
* Well, I have to say, I do know that mzimm has successfully done such a thing because her entry for the June 2016 SMF Mosaic Soap Challenge was one of the winning entries and she used a clear MP glazed surface which she describes as 'immerse the top with clear MP'. Her winning soap is quite gorgeous, in fact, and probably why I thought of doing this in the first place.
So maybe I might try #3 first. And if I'm not happy with that, I might move to #1. I should probably try #2 just for the heck of it, although I don't have much faith in my ability to do that without leaving brush strokes behind.
Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. There's no rush on these soaps because they are really for next year. The cure of the CP soaps won't be ready in time for Easter this year.