Second Salt Bar

[artemis]

My list of things to try keeps getting longer. I'm experimenting with salt bars. The first attempt had salt at about 90% of the weight of the oils. This time was about 30%. It left me enough time to get a nice, beachy swirl, but I think maybe some of my salt sank...

 

[shunt2011]

Nicely done!! If your batter isn't thick enough salt will settle. If I'm swirling, I get it to a thicker trace than usual but not too thick to keep the salt suspended. I use 30-40% salt and find it's the perfect amount for me.

 

[cmzaha]

I can still swirl my 100% salt bars if I work fast

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

I can swirl mine, sort of - doesn't give me a lot of time so I have to move fast [emoji5]

 

[artemis]

Since it is a salt bar, the original design didn't include a swirl, just the sand and water (colored) portions, separated by some white. It was behaving so well, I just had to stick my hanger in there and try. I used my 16 oz mold, in case my experimenting went south-- now I'm wishing I had done a bigger batch!

 

[lsg]

The blue color is lovely.

 

[artemis]

Thank you- I'm still learning how to use colors to get what I'm looking for.

 

[queennikki]

That blue and gold look beautiful together!