What soapy thing have you done today?

[Barefoot Farm Girl]

First success Goat Milk Soap! This is my 5th batch of soap and my 2nd attempt at goat milk soap. No one warned me that soaping is a straight up obsession! I go to sleep thinking about my next batch and wake up with so many ideas. So much soap, so little time

 

[Mobjack Bay]

Beautiful white soap!

 

[Marie_with_an_e]

They turned out gorgeous! Just so you know, the obsession usually never ends

 

[Barefoot Farm Girl]

Beautiful white soap!

Thanks!!!

They turned out gorgeous! Just so you know, the obsession usually never ends

Now you tell me

 

[Ladka]

I made a batch of Lollypop swirl soap and a ball soap that I call "my Saturn soap".
All the five boys, my grandchildren, like it very much but I can not yet part with it.

 

[AliensrReal]

First success Goat Milk Soap! This is my 5th batch of soap and my 2nd attempt at goat milk soap. No one warned me that soaping is a straight up obsession! I go to sleep thinking about my next batch and wake up with so many ideas. So much soap, so little time

Where did you get that mold? What’s the name of it?! It’s gorgeous!

I made a batch of Lollypop swirl soap and a ball soap that I call "my Saturn soap".
All the five boys, my grandchildren, like it very much but I can not yet part with it.

It is a pretty cool planet.

 

[Barefoot Farm Girl]

Where did you get that mold? What’s the name of it?! It’s gorgeous!

It is a pretty cool planet.

I got the mold off Amazon

Ellipse Silicone Soap Molds

 

[HippieDippie]

I'm not making full blown soap dough, just using little bits of soap for patching. What lye conc do you use? I use 40%, but even at that low water amount I usually can scrape bits of soap from just below the surface layer that will soften up enough for patching. That approach works best within a day or two of cutting the soap. For harder/drier soap, I very lightly spritz a small chunk of soap with water, wrap it in plastic wrap, let it soften up overnight and then work it to a dough consistency. The bits of soap I use are small - the size of a hazelnut, or possibly a walnut. I forgot that you used soup dough to make the soap. If you have any of that left, you should be able to use it to patch without having to sacrifice a bar.

ETA: you can watch Teri of Tree Marie Soapworks use bits of trimmed soap to patch a bar, starting at around 17:30.

I patched them!!

You are a genius. Thank you.

 

[Tammyfarms]

I beveled my very first kaleidoscope soap today. Huge thanks to @not_ally for sharing her notes. This batch would not have been nearly as pretty without you.
One unexpected thing that I should have thought of but didn’t, make an extra 200 grams or so of batter. I had planned to get 5 - 1 1/4” bars from each cylinder with about 1/2” trimmed off each end. I ended up with 4 bars and very little shaved off each end, which resulted in uneven cuts on the end. The batter in the bags from the squeeze bottles went into 10 guest soap molds so it wasn’t wasted.
Here are pictures of the finished product, the pull through tools and bevel key used for each.

 

[VikingChick]

I beveled my very first kaleidoscope soap today.

Fantastic first try!!

 

[not_ally]

Beautiful! Love the colors as well. It's a subaddiction within the (soaping) addiction, though be warned ETA: thanks for sharing which discs and beveling key you used as well. It is really hard to figure out what those are going to look like, so it is very useful.

 

[AliensrReal]

Gorgeous soup @Tammyfarms! I’ve learned so much from making kaleidoscope soap. I just love it.

 

[Barefoot Farm Girl]

Beautiful white soap!

Thanks!

 

[Georgeandstella]

Thanks! I just received the paper today so will be getting a few printed, protected and sliding them on ...

Oh, you're right! I even have some of the embed paper. I bought it originally to make tiny soap strips for travel, camping etc., just never got around to doing it yet. The to-do list just seems to grow without every shrinking. lol I might have to give that a try if the waterslides are a bomb. Thanks for the suggestion!

How do you make tiny soaps for camping from embed paper? Sounds intriguing…

That’s amazing! Your stuff looks beautiful!

Where are you seeing her soaps? I can’t see them-I wanna see too!

 

[Kcryss]

How do you make tiny soaps for camping from embed paper? Sounds intriguing…

My plan at the time was to dip the paper in soap batter and hang it to dry from a corner. Once dry enough to cut I was going to use a wheel cutter to cut into square or rectangular pieces. I've seen that others are simply using tiny gummy/candy molds for travel/camping soaps. That seems a bit easier and wouldn't require the paper. So not sure now what I'll do with the paper. lol
Funny how I have a cabinet full of that kind of thing.

 

[Georgeandstella]

My plan at the time was to dip the paper in soap batter and hang it to dry from a corner. Once dry enough to cut I was going to use a wheel cutter to cut into square or rectangular pieces. I've seen that others are simply using tiny gummy/candy molds for travel/camping soaps. That seems a bit easier and wouldn't require the paper. So not sure now what I'll do with the paper. lol
Funny how I have a cabinet full of that kind of thing.

Your solution sounds nice, as you can get a decent sized thin bar, that will disappear upon use.
My sister does a lot of camping/hiking where she carries all her stuff on her back on her hikes and counts every ounce she has to carry. This sounds like a good solution. Thank you

 

[AliOop]

Funny how I have a cabinet full of that kind of thing.

Funny? I thought it was normal. PERFECTLY. NORMAL.

 

[Kcryss]

Your solution sounds nice, as you can get a decent sized thin bar, that will disappear upon use.
My sister does a lot of camping/hiking where she carries all her stuff on her back on her hikes and counts every ounce she has to carry. This sounds like a good solution. Thank you

Oh, yes this might be a better solution for backpack type camping. Would love to hear if you try it out.

Funny? I thought it was normal. PERFECTLY. NORMAL.

Hahaha! Normal does seem to be fitting!

 

[Tammyfarms]

Funny? I thought it was normal. PERFECTLY. NORMAL.

Absolutely normal.

 

[justsomeguy]

Master batched 36 pounds of lye water. 50/50 concentration. 24 pounds in a 2.5 gallon HDPE carboy, and 12 pound in 6 essential depot two pound lye bottles.

Now fighting the urge to make a new hanger swirl challenge entry...