Show off your spatula collection!

[LisaBoBisa]

I’ve started trying to count the spatula sets when I watch Tree Marie videos . I’m less than a (very focused) year and a half into collecting soapmaking spatulas! Here’s my collection so far.

How many spatulas do you own?

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I think that's called "Spatulitis" ... you may need to see a therapist. Take some soap along.

(Just kidding!)

 

[gardengeek]

I’ve started trying to count the spatula sets when I watch Tree Marie videos . I’m less than a (very focused) year and a half into collecting soapmaking spatulas! Here’s my collection so far. View attachment 66991 How many spatulas do you own?

How do you like those baby spatulas?

 

[LisaBoBisa]

How do you like those baby spatulas?

I love using the handles to swirl. They’re the perfect size and glide over the bottom of the mold. Other than swirling, I use them instead of a chopstick to pour FO down the handle, but I mainly use the baby spatulas to disperse/squash oxides into oils (instead of a palette knife like Tree Marie, bc I can never find my palette knife), then scrape up the dispersed color. So I’ve been using them a lot lately.

My favorite spatula is the second from the bottom, big one with a spoon shape and skinny edges. It gets every last gram of oil.

Spatulitis… so glad to know the diagnosis!

 

[KiwiMoose]

Matching colours! Very posh. Mine are all random colours.

 

[LisaBoBisa]

Matching colours! Very posh. Mine are all random colours.

That makes it easier to match your batter

 

[SudsyPigeon]

I have two: one large, one small, and despite loving their colors (all my tools are different colors for a rainbow theme), everytime I use them I’m reminded that I need to get new ones. The handles are heavy so they always topple over if I put them in a container, they’re not rigid enough so scooping out batter isn’t as efficient as I’d like, the large isn’t long enough to dig out oils without some effort.

But then I wash and put them away and forget all this until the next batch!

 

[gardengeek]

I love using the handles to swirl. They’re the perfect size and glide over the bottom of the mold. Other than swirling, I use them instead of a chopstick to pour FO down the handle, but I mainly use the baby spatulas to disperse/squash oxides into oils (instead of a palette knife like Tree Marie, bc I can never find my palette knife), then scrape up the dispersed color. So I’ve been using them a lot lately.

My favorite spatula is the second from the bottom, big one with a spoon shape and skinny edges. It gets every last gram of oil.

Spatulitis… so glad to know the diagnosis!

Good to know. I've had them in my cart for a while now. Maybe I'll pull the trigger some day soon.

I could use a slender plastic spatula for my deodorant. I only make one tube every few months and every time I do I think I need to get one. I waste too much because I'm not scraping the container as well as I should.

I have a bunch of random mismatched spatulas because every time I see a solid, smooth faced one I have to get it.

I hate when they stiffener piece on the inside doesn't go all the way to the end so the end of the handle flexes when you're stirring. Drives me nuts! Also, I prefer solid one-piece spatulas with a smooth, flat face. I don't like the spoon type because I can't scrape them off completely.

 

[Lauriertje]

Haha, love these random posts

 

[KiwiMoose]

 

[earlene]

Because of this thread, y'all had me looking at the sparce selection of spatulas at Dollar Tree today! And I do mean sparce. IMO only one set of 2 that were way out of my reach (like up on the top of the wall where a 7-foot basketball player would have to reach for it to take it down), were suitable for soapmaking.

But no photos from me. I have an abundance of silicone spatulas, many colors like the small blue & yellow ones in KiwiMoose's image and a few of #4, #8 in LisaBoBisa's post. Plus some others. I even have an extremely long-handled one that I have never used (freebie or as-good-as a freebie at a Soaping Conference) because I don't use pots deep enough to warrant a super long-handled spatula.

 

[glendam]

The black one in the center was among my first, it broke and we glued it back together. The tall and skinny one (teal) is becoming my favorite lately. I am including the ones that broke because I still use them sometimes without the handle.

 

[LisaBoBisa]

that’s commitment (using a spatula even after it breaks)!