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Awesome soap...:smiley2: :smiley2: :smiley2:

Looks wonderful....:smiley2:

The swirls look great...

Looks great...

They look great...:smiley2:

Welcome from another newbie...

Welcome from another :)

That is a great looking mold you made Flightoffancy. Excellent job.

I made two hot process trial 1 pound batches yesterday. I recorded all the pertinent information. I made a peach fragrance batch and a green musk fragrance batch. The peach batched needed more fragrance but the musk came out just right. See picture below. I used a crockpot on the first batch and yes it was dry around the edges and some was burned. So I used the oven method on the second batch at 195 degrees and had no heat issues. I am going to try two more 1 pound trials today. A coconut fragrance and a Blue Bell Ice cream fragrance.

Thanks again for the advice everyone,

Keith

I have started my first batch. I opted for a 1-pound trial. I have a very accurate scale. However I used the ounce scale instead of the gram. I will use the gram scale on the next batch. I plan on making 2 or 3 trial batches today. I am doing a HP batch first. So far so good. I reached trace and now have the crock pot on low. I added 1 tsp of titanium dioxide after I reached trace and blended it in with my stick mixture. The color looks bright white.

I just received my order of pigments and fragrances and I want to experiment with trying different recipes to determine which ones I like best. What is the smallest batch size you can recommend for trials? I have two adjustable log molds so I can set the length based on batch weight. I will be experimenting with both cold process and hot process.

Thanks in advance...

I made my second wood soap mold last week. I made a three part series of videos of the process. I placed them on YouTube and the links are below. I also have included a picture.

How to make a soap mold Part 1

How to make a soap mold Part 2

How to make a soap mold Part 3