Soap Makers Help!

[Morgaine]

I forgot to post a link about swirling. I'm going to try it this way next time instead of in the pot. The soaps are beautiful.

http://www.beauxeaux.com/swirltutorial/howtoswirl.htm

 

[chiknwhisperer]

I want to rebatch a cucumber soap this weekend. I know you can use a microwave but haow much water am I supposed to add? Is there anything else besides liuid to add? This will be my first rebatch.

 

[Morgaine]

How old is the soap? If it's fresh, you shouldn't have to add much liquid, a tsp per pound or so. It it's already cured I believe you can add a tbl to 1/4 cup per pound, but I would check on millersoaps.com first. You can add a bit of oil too if you want.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Its about 5 weeks old now. I'll go check and see what I find.
Thanks

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Here are the felted soaps I did today. The reason there are so few is because I ran out of the wool I was using. What do you think?

Oh and I just remembered. When I took these pics the soap was still wet.

 

[Morgaine]

I love the two colors together! Very nice, I think your getting better.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Thanks. You sound better then DH did. His first reaction wasn't all that positive. He didn't say anything bad it was just his pause before answering. Maybe they will look better when they are dry.

 

[Morgaine]

I like them, they remind me of that painting "starry night" by van Gogh.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

 

[Morgaine]

I'm working on some more samplers for the market tomorrow. I'll try to remeber to get pictures. These will be a little more scrappy looking because I'm using my 'reject' bars, the ones that are underweigh, cut wrong or got dented. I'll make sure to weight htme too.