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Prepped 8 batches, two different recipes, that meant 72 times weighing an ingredient to the gram, give or take a gram. Whew!
I find a good assembly line fairly relaxing. But for this I have to extra focus! If I pour into the wrong container, or other mistake, then it’s a big PIA.
Soon I may MB, but for now I’m inching my loaf mold and my pull through recipe closer to each other.
Now for the fun part! I’ve got a que of ideas in my head that I’m excited about!
Hoping my new extruder discs come soon!
 

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I just got the last 6 samples I ordered (NY Scents). I was least impressed with Oatmeal Milk & Honey. I fear I may smell playdoh if I soap it. The Irish Spring scent, while not quite a dead ringer OOB, smells very pleasant. I want to try that the most. The other scents are Olive Branch, Avobath, Orange Blossom and Lime Basil Mandarin.
 
Today I cut yesterday’s soapy thing. I made a batch (for the first time) of a rendition of Zany’s Castile soap. I used Zany’s Faux Sea Water and 80% OO 15% CO, 5% Castor. The only additive was scent mixed with a couple tsp of Kaolin Clay. It came out of the mold and cut beautifully after 15 hours. I gelled it on a heating pad. A sliver lathered amazingly. Can’t wait to see what it’s like after a few weeks! This is also the first time after 203 batches of soap I left it uncolored! I love the simplicity of it. Scented with White Tea Ginger.
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Jersey Girl said:
Today I cut yesterday’s soapy thing. I made a batch (for the first time) of a rendition of Zany’s Castile soap. I used Zany’s Faux Sea Water and 80% OO 15% CO, 5% Castor. The only additive was scent mixed with a couple tsp of Kaolin Clay. It came out of the mold and cut beautifully after 15 hours. I gelled it on a heating pad. A sliver lathered amazingly. Can’t wait to see what it’s like after a few weeks! This is also the first time after 203 batches of soap I left it uncolored! I love the simplicity of it. Scented with White Tea Ginger.
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Thats Beautiful Soap' My Goodness. 🤗❤️🧼
 
Jersey Girl said:
Today I cut yesterday’s soapy thing. I made a batch (for the first time) of a rendition of Zany’s Castile soap. I used Zany’s Faux Sea Water and 80% OO 15% CO, 5% Castor. The only additive was scent mixed with a couple tsp of Kaolin Clay. It came out of the mold and cut beautifully after 15 hours. I gelled it on a heating pad. A sliver lathered amazingly. Can’t wait to see what it’s like after a few weeks! This is also the first time after 203 batches of soap I left it uncolored! I love the simplicity of it. Scented with White Tea Ginger.
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Great photography also!
 
Sudds said:
Which recipe did you use out of her books. I have her vegan one, wanted the animal one but it was a gift so can't be too picky. Am dying to try making soap dough along with about a million other things!
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I used the free recipe on her website. 50% Lard, 30% CO, 20% OO (she lists castor but says you can sub OO). 5% SF, 33% lye concentration
It made a great dough.

TashaBird said:
Great photography also!
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Thank you! I’ve been working on that. It’s not my strength, but it works for my website to keep it simple and consistent. I have a couple really amazing cameras but I just use my iPhone for these as it’s so much easier for me to upload the pics to my site.
 
Tara_H said:
A whimsical little interlude, playing with soap dough :)

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I hesitated a lot over buying a slicer but I'm glad that I did, it's so much easier to get consistent cuts.
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Wowieee! How'd you do that with soap dough. The symmetry is beautiful and fascinating me!

Jersey Girl said:
Today I cut yesterday’s soapy thing.
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Oh the thrill of a pure white bar of soap! Beautiful.
 
Well, this was great fun to make and I love the (potential of the) result! I don't know how often I'll do it though, took basically all day for just these two and I'm still not finished. I want to use these as the centres for poured soaps to give them a bit more structural integrity.
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Check out Polymer Clay Fire Flower Cane Tutorial to see what they're meant to look like!
 
Tara_H said:
Well, this was great fun to make and I love the (potential of the) result! I don't know how often I'll do it though, took basically all day for just these two and I'm still not finished. I want to use these as the centres for poured soaps to give them a bit more structural integrity.
Check out Polymer Clay Fire Flower Cane Tutorial to see what they're meant to look like!
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Honestly, considering polymer clay, if my memory serves me correctly, is different from even the best soap dough I think you pretty much nailed it!
 
KimW said:
Honestly, considering polymer clay, if my memory serves me correctly, is different from even the best soap dough I think you pretty much nailed it!
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Thanks Kim 🥰

I was actually very happy with how the dough came out in the food processor, it was super smooth and easy to work with!

What made it more difficult was that I hadn't any black made up, so I tried to darken some grey with liquid colouring, and it made it a little softer. So when I had the black and the yellow/green alongside each other, they didn't move quite the way they should, hence the strange sketchy lines!

Also I was doing it before and after work and over lunch and it was cooling down in between so a bit harder to work with when I came back.

How about this for the next one? Square Kaleidoscope Cane Tutorial

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Tara_H said:
A whimsical little interlude, playing with soap dough :)

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I hesitated a lot over buying a slicer but I'm glad that I did, it's so much easier to get consistent cuts.
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I love this one and the next one you posted. You might inspire me to try soap dough!

Jersey Girl said:
Today I cut yesterday’s soapy thing. I made a batch (for the first time) of a rendition of Zany’s Castile soap. I used Zany’s Faux Sea Water and 80% OO 15% CO, 5% Castor. The only additive was scent mixed with a couple tsp of Kaolin Clay. It came out of the mold and cut beautifully after 15 hours. I gelled it on a heating pad. A sliver lathered amazingly. Can’t wait to see what it’s like after a few weeks! This is also the first time after 203 batches of soap I left it uncolored! I love the simplicity of it. Scented with White Tea Ginger.
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Nice, plus I love the scent. I’m going to have to try the ZNSC castile with OO and castor. The ones I make with 100% OO are always beautiful, but I would like to have a bit more lather.
 
Mobjack Bay said:
I love this one and the next one you posted. You might inspire me to try soap dough!


Nice, plus I love the scent. I’m going to have to try the ZNSC castile with OO and castor. The ones I make with 100% OO are always beautiful, but I would like to have a bit more lather.
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Yes, try it! This one lathered beautiful and it wasn’t even 24 hrs old. I’m sure it will be lovely with a few months cure!
 

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