Swirly questions

[ChrissyB]

Hi Everyone
While I have been looking at pictures of swirled soap (online and in the saponifier contest and at etsy and artfire) I have noticed that some swirlers swirl all the way through the soap, right to the bottom, and some only swirl the top layer.
I've not done any swirling so I don't really know the difference, but I am presuming it is harder to get the swirl all the way through, is this right?
What's your thoughts on this?

 

[Barb]

to get the swirling all the way thru you kinda have to pour at a thinner trace then normal and pour the colored soap or soaps from varying heights above your mold. they higher you pour from the farther it goes down into the soap and swirl with a chopstick or swirling gizmo of your choice.

course you could always do my method. stand on one leg on a chair with your tongue hanging out the corner of your mouth and pour that way too. it's even better if your in front of your kitchen window in full soaping garb and the neighbor sees ya.

 

[ChrissyB]

Can you get them to take a picture of that next time you do it?

 

[Barb]

not happening. i close the mini blinds now..............................

 

[ChrissyB]

I think my neighbours think I am cooking up crystal meth cos I don all my soaping garb and then go outside to mix the lye/water. I am a real sight when I do it!!

 

[IanT]

I think my neighbours think I am cooking up crystal meth cos I don all my soaping garb and then go outside to mix the lye/water. I am a real sight when I do it!!

i always wonder the same!

 

[ChrissyB]

Yeah between that and my teenage son googling "how to make a fertiliser bomb" I'm sure I'm going to have the feds on my doorstep.

 

[rszuba]

oh the crystal meth thing is so funny, i always have said that, especially since we had such probs with our old neighbors.

 

[digit]

course you could always do my method. stand on one leg on a chair with your tongue hanging out the corner of your mouth and pour that way too. it's even better if your in front of your kitchen window in full soaping garb and the neighbor sees ya.

Thanks Barb!!!! This is the part I have been missing!

You do know your swirls.

Digit

 

[LomondSoap]

Too funny Barb
I had my goggles, gloves & apron on today and thought my soap was getting a bit too hot so there I am carrying my prize outside like it's the crown jewels, just as well my neighbours know, lol

 

[7053joanne]

TO get the swirls all the way through you can also do an in the pot swirl....or pour some of the colored soap in the bottom, add your other soap color and keep alternating and then use a chop stick or whatever to swirl in the mold.

 

[unmouton]

I haven't done a swirl yet, but I plan to soon. I am going to use the tutorial in this link: http://beauxeaux.com/swirltutorial/howtoswirl.htm

It was originally posted by justcrafty in the recipes and tutorial forum, so I can't take credit for this one!

In the first page of the recipes and tutorials forum I think there is also a funnel swirl tutorial that looks a bit simpler to do.

Both ways look like they take a bit more effort to me, as opposed to just doing a swirl on the top!

 

[surf girl]

My best swirls were done using the method in the link posted by unmouton. It works very well to carry the swirl throughout each bar rather than just on the surface.

 

[ChrissyB]

Thanks everyone, I am going to try that!