How do you guys achieve those beautiful tall peaks on top of your soaps?
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You mean like this?
You can get that by mixing your PT soap until it is almost solid and then trying to mould it up!
But I think you mean the more gentle peaks - when the soap has set up a little bit, so it's a fairly thick trace, use a spoon and play with it. There are some great you tube vids on it
You can get that by mixing your PT soap until it is almost solid and then trying to mould it up!
But I think you mean the more gentle peaks - when the soap has set up a little bit, so it's a fairly thick trace, use a spoon and play with it. There are some great you tube vids on it
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SB, or wait a few minutes and the trace thickens considerably. Then plop, and use a spoon pushing down and rolling towards you, move a step forward, push down and roll away, back and forth in rows. I think this is the best way. I tried to SB to thicken the tops on one and whipped air on accident. Waiting for trace to thicken is probably best.this was one of my first questions I had when learning about cp soap making lol!
I think this is it, but who knows. I've been wrong before!
I think this is it, but who knows. I've been wrong before!
jcandleattic
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I just take my paring knife and swirl and peak the batter up toward the middle - I get great swirled peaked tops that way. 
HorseCreek
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Pour your soap and let it set up a bit. I usually add any extra I have right down the middle when it's set up enough to stay where I put it instead of just running all over. Then when it's thick enough (and there can be a fine line between that and too far set up) just take a spoon or whatever you use and start pushing it up from the sides towards the middle. If it's not thick enough yet, it just kinda runs back down. Do it a couple times and you'll get a feel for it. At any rate, just shape it until you like it.
ETA: I"m making a "peaked" soap today, I'll try to remember to take some pics of the process.
ETA: I"m making a "peaked" soap today, I'll try to remember to take some pics of the process.
KatieShephard
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After its thick enough, use a small spoon and make swooshing motions...think Nike swooshes
Meganmischke
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I have been obsessed with how bluekettlesoapworks on YouTube textures her soaps. She calls it smocking.
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I soap pretty warm and get the batter to thick trace, then fill a loaf mold to the top. Tap hard. Then I start glopping on the remainder, using a stainless steel spoon and starting down the center lengthwise. Glop, glop, glop, smooth to the edges, glop some more, swirl with the back of the spoon, glop. I build up from the spine out for the humpy-whipped-mountain-peak look. With a discoloring FO, I leave about 1/8 of the batter unscented so a dark soap has fresh white peaks.
The picture is Mocha Mint. This is my first effort but they've gotten better since. Sorry, I'm a terrible photographer. Gah...can't rotate photo...
The picture is Mocha Mint. This is my first effort but they've gotten better since. Sorry, I'm a terrible photographer. Gah...can't rotate photo...
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I just saw this tutorial and thought it had some good tips on texturing tops.
