Hmm, I have seen PET thingies come out of the dishwasher in nearly the same shape as before, just shrunk by a third in size. Anyway, I'm super curious of your submission! Do you happen to have photos of what happened to the bottle?
Just for you, I dug it out of the trash. Warping more severe at top, likely because bottom was confined by soap dough and a plastic lid. Here it is in all its sad glory....
It was a few years ago and I can’t really remember - I think I tried freezing it a few times. It was like cement! Maybe it was my recipe. I was baffled by the videos I watched.
OMG! My dad was a pilot. I remember the intense fear when he handed me control of his Cessna and said, now you take over, after purposely stalling the engine. I was terrified. I swore never to fly with him again in a small plane. Obviously I didn't die, but for the life of me, I can't recall if he taught me to pull it out of that stall as planned or if he ended up having to do it himself. All I remember is the total sense of fear.
Oh dear! Thankfully, Silent Jim was not making the plane do anything, it was all my stupidity. You poor thing!
That is so smart!!! I cut cardboard circles out but there wasn’t a great deal and some of the batter leaked out. Not a big deal but using soap dough is a great idea!! Also used one layer of plastic wrap, then cardboard, then another layer of plastic wrap.Soap dough...Roll it out bigger than mold and put it on your plastic cutting board or whatever, squish column mold into soap dough.
Too close to the previous pour and the design doesn’t move. Too far apart and it pinwheels. There’s a sweet spot that I haven’t found...yet. I made attempt #2 earlier and filled the mold all the way to the top, hoping that at least two bars hit the mark.
Brilliant!Soap dough...
This is really tricky. I have two practice rounds under my belt and they aren’t matching my vision,A few thoughts on the pour: you have to pour just so. Like, duh, right?
A few thoughts on the pour: you have to pour just so. Like, duh, right?
This has become my strategy too!
I've found it a lot trickier than it looks too and I think for me it's down to being able to get my body into the correct position to pour. For my next attempt I think I'm going to put the mold in the kitchen sink. Seems safer than teetering on my knees atop a bar stool.This is really tricky. I have two practice rounds under my belt and they aren’t matching my vision,
I watched I Dream I Soap YouTube video on the lollipop swirl for the 12th time today... I took two tips away from her video... 1. I saved lye bottles and cut the top off and used those to pour from. They hold 16 oz ish which was perfect for my colum mold with 3 colors. They are flexible enough to squeeze while pouring and creating a spout. I was definitely more in control of my pour. And 2. She said she poured just to the side of her previous pour, right at the curve where the batter slides down the side and spreads. I tried that today. We’ll see how it turns out tomorrow!?!?
I’ve watched that video many times too. I can’t get my batter to be the perfect viscosity nor can I get perfect round circles - I end up with lopsided blobs.
Me tooooo!!!
@Vicki C
