CTAnton
Well-Known Member
Hey gang! I'm feeling related to my brother whose favorite line is,"I know enough to be dangerous".
I bought these Easter Island sculpture molds that I thought would be great embeds. From what I've read, adding a fragrance to a clear soap base is going to affect the color/clarity.So with these embeds colored gray I thought I'd set them on a base of white scented soap base, put the scented embeds on top and pour my crystal clear soap base (unscented) over the embeds, with copious amounts of alcohol spritzed between the layers.
I've done 3 batches tonight with increasingly better results, which boils down the clarity of the crystal clear base. I'm using WSP's that so many of you have recommended as the clearest choice out there. From what I'm thinking, cooling the clear soap base down to 128F or so seems to improve it's clarity. I still feel it could be clearer than what I'm getting in my test batches. Any pearls of wisdom out there from you all that could help me achieve the best possible clarity?Of course I don't have any real possible comparison other than photos online so what I'm getting might be the best one can hope for. And I'm wondering if there's a fragrance oil that I can use in the crystal clear base that won't affect it's clarity?
So many thanks to so many for the generous sharing of information on this site. With that said, I can live without a sale of any magnitude from any of the suppliers for some time......
I bought these Easter Island sculpture molds that I thought would be great embeds. From what I've read, adding a fragrance to a clear soap base is going to affect the color/clarity.So with these embeds colored gray I thought I'd set them on a base of white scented soap base, put the scented embeds on top and pour my crystal clear soap base (unscented) over the embeds, with copious amounts of alcohol spritzed between the layers.
I've done 3 batches tonight with increasingly better results, which boils down the clarity of the crystal clear base. I'm using WSP's that so many of you have recommended as the clearest choice out there. From what I'm thinking, cooling the clear soap base down to 128F or so seems to improve it's clarity. I still feel it could be clearer than what I'm getting in my test batches. Any pearls of wisdom out there from you all that could help me achieve the best possible clarity?Of course I don't have any real possible comparison other than photos online so what I'm getting might be the best one can hope for. And I'm wondering if there's a fragrance oil that I can use in the crystal clear base that won't affect it's clarity?
So many thanks to so many for the generous sharing of information on this site. With that said, I can live without a sale of any magnitude from any of the suppliers for some time......