elitenaildesign Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I tried to mix colors in a rebatch and it it looks like CRAP:mad: . I want o make pretty soaps, but if they keep up like this I am just going to stick with MP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Some folks do "in the pot" swirls. You remove a portion of batter, color it, dump it back into the main soap batter pot in about three places (dump from up high so it goes all the way to the bottom of the pot). Then some folks give it a quick stir or two, then pour. I skip the stir and just twirl the batter around in the mold while I'm pouring.Other folks do "in the slab" swirls. They pour the swirl color into the main batter after the main batter is in the mold, then run a chopstick or some other such tool through the soap to move the color around into swirls. You can also pour the color/main batters in layers before swirling with your tool to help make sure the swirls go all the way through the soap.HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Key word girl.. REBATCH!I use a base color and use different colored shreds to make my rebatch. (Man I really need to make some new soap instead of showing the same boring pics!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Oooh, I like confetti soap with the crinkle cutter! Nice work!Yes, you can shred colored soaps, Elite, then mix them into your new soap batter when it's fairly thickly traced so they will be suspended instead of all sinking to the bottom. Edited to add: Sorry I didn't understand your original question, E! Fortunately, Bat Woman here was on her toes. I should be in bed. Long day. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 My rebatch soaps are never that pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 I use the microwave and not the stovetop or oven. I got brown soap every time I did it that way! Melted the base color first, using a water bottle to add water and not pouring it it. When it was almost completely melted, I add my colored shreds and fo, then cram it in the mold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Oh gag me, Sara, you should see my failed attempt at a vanilla rebatch. Used way too much water and they look like shrunken heads. ROFL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapInTheCity Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 NUH UH, You're just getting lucky!I made rebatched soap and it looked like POOP!I have a tooooooonnnnnnn of CP soap to make rebatched soap with but it's just shreds of all kinds of soap I've made. How much water, per how much soap..........does it melt? Obviously if so, not completely...! Wahhhh....I'm so confused......Do you live near Toronto by any chance? Can you make a little "Have Tea" visit and help me! LOL :highfive: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Umm.. I'm in the other place where we watch the news in French...lol! I'm in Louisiana! Using this method I've NEVER had a batch look bad unless I just used the wrong colors! How big is your mold? My rebatch molds are 3 lbs. I use 2 lbs base shreds to 1 lb (or a little less) of colored shreds. I start out with about 1 ounce of water sprayed over the top of the soap. Put it in the microwave for about 5 minutes. Stir stir stir. Spritz about 4 squirts on the top again, and put in for about 2 minutes. (my shop microwave is old and not the best, you may be able to cut these times down some) It may foam up a bit on you, just stir it back down. When there's almost no chunks in it and is pretty near fluid add your colored shreds and fo. Stir (I use a gloved hand) and cram into the mold! Girl, it's so freakin easy! Is the detailed explanation any better?? Ok, if I ever make it up there, you can bet your bootie I'll come have tea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Here's a few more..A lime patchouli bar:Black berry sage:Dandelion Pear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Wait stop hold the phone, Bunny THOSE are rebatches. Excuse me I going to go curl up in a corner & cry for a little while. Karen B (who's very few attemts at rebatches ended up looking um, can you say **very** rustic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Follow the method I described above, and you can do it too! I promise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 2 words for ya, Bun:Show off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Absolutely! LOL!! (but you should have seen some of the turd colored soaps I came up with before I found this method!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty1_AJ Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I'll have to see if I can dredge up a blob from my botched first rebatch attempt. Shrunken heads, I tell ya. bwa-hahaha!eta: I was just teasin' ya on the show off. What I meant was WHY CAN'T MY REBATCHES LOOK THAT GOOD? lol In other words, I'm jealous!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I didn't take it negatively darlin.. I don't even think if I took a pic of my first rebatches it would even show up! My poor camera would break! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Girl Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Humm... my rebatch looks like OMH soap.Maybe I'll try the microwave next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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