Set up your mould, fully lined. You will need to rig up
a device to hold your funnel in place. Mine is 4 chopsticks tied together
with bag ties! So long as it doesnt fall over whilst pouring, anything will
do. For this technique I find that soaping cool to cold gives you the time
to separate, color & fragrance your batch. You can always put it on the
radiator once youre done to kick start the gel.
Make up your soap base as normal. Stickblend enough to combine your oils
& lye. You want thin trace not thick! (If its too thick it wont flow
through the funnel).
Split your soap batter into 2 halves, color & fragrance each one. Again,
only stir enough to combine the additives well. You do not want a thick
batter. If you are adventurous you could try 3 or 4 colors. In the pic
below Im adding Titanium Dioxide powder to this half.
In the next Im adding a green color to the other half
Ok, so now youve got 2 pots of colored batter. Pour those into 2 jugs
ready for pouring. Dont hang around whilst doing this. Have everything
ready before you start.
Start pouring first one color, into the funnel, then the other.
The amount you pour of each color will affect the final look, its trial
and error in this part.
The pic below shows the mould about half full, you can see how the swirls
are building up.
Pour till all your batter is used up. And youre finished!
The one I made above is called Yo! Limey and turned out like this...
Its fun, no 2 bars look the same. For those like me who are swirly
challenged, give it a try!
Tutorial provided by Corrie, Owner and Operator of
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