Just a bit of a whine, hoping for some advice. I do CP ITP and ITM swirls pretty regularly in loaf molds and slab molds.
I had a request to do a swirled soap in some small (guest sized) silicone flower molds. Each one holds about 1 ounce. My customer wanted whispy swirls, so I went with a light trace in a standard slow-moving recipe. FO was BB's Cranberry Fig. My main batter was uncolored, then I colored 1/4 of the batter in red (BB's Magenta mica and TKB's Crimson Sparkle mica) and another 1/4 in purple (BB's Queen's Purple mica). I did an ITP swirl, and it looked good in the pot, but all the soaps just look like a murky purple. I can't see much of the uncolored batter, and very little red. On the bright side, they unmolded beautifully. But... Not the swirl I was going for.
I thought about doing an ITM swirl with a toothpick. But these are poured upside down and the toothpick probably wouldn't get into the nooks and crannies very well. My other thought was maybe using 3 squeeze bottles and laying the soap down in stripes, then giving it a spin.
Does anyone have any tips for getting a nice swirl in a small mold, where the soaps will be poured bottoms-up?
I had a request to do a swirled soap in some small (guest sized) silicone flower molds. Each one holds about 1 ounce. My customer wanted whispy swirls, so I went with a light trace in a standard slow-moving recipe. FO was BB's Cranberry Fig. My main batter was uncolored, then I colored 1/4 of the batter in red (BB's Magenta mica and TKB's Crimson Sparkle mica) and another 1/4 in purple (BB's Queen's Purple mica). I did an ITP swirl, and it looked good in the pot, but all the soaps just look like a murky purple. I can't see much of the uncolored batter, and very little red. On the bright side, they unmolded beautifully. But... Not the swirl I was going for.
I thought about doing an ITM swirl with a toothpick. But these are poured upside down and the toothpick probably wouldn't get into the nooks and crannies very well. My other thought was maybe using 3 squeeze bottles and laying the soap down in stripes, then giving it a spin.
Does anyone have any tips for getting a nice swirl in a small mold, where the soaps will be poured bottoms-up?