SoapLady Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I know I've missed something. For a couple of weeks, I've seen posts that refer back to some kind of squeeze bottle technique, which I've gathered is used for swirling soap. I tried a search and came up with lots of B&B stuff but no soap threads. Can anyone enlighten me? I've very intrigued! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 It's basically to put your colored portion into one of those squeeze catsup bottles with the spout and then pushing the spout down into the soap in the slab as you squeeze it out in squiggles. That way you can get it down into the soap. Then probably you would want to do another squiggle on top. I read one post where someone attaches a straw to the end (I guess to get it deeper?). Be careful, I also read that someone had the top pop off when she squeezed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 And I read where you use it at the lightest of traces. There's a Ms Lily or close to that who does beautiful work on The Dish. Someone told me she uses the squeeze bottle technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I've used a squeeze bottle. Scented is right, take your soap out at a super thin trace, color and use a funnel to fill the bottle, then squirt into your mold. The tip of my bottle never touches the other soap, it's a few inches above when I squeeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Got any pixs of what you did E? I'd like to see. Only read about the technique, bought the bottles and well ... haven't tried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Got any pixs of what you did E? I'd like to see. Only read about the technique, bought the bottles and well ... haven't tried it.Sorry, no. Next time I do this I'll post a pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asheebeans Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Wow! I bought foils at a local candy store and needed to spend $10 to use my CC so I grabbed a few squeeze bottles for candymaking. Can you use these type of bottles to do this method? If so, to hell with the chocolate....I'm swirling soap!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I know I've missed something. For a couple of weeks, I've seen posts that refer back to some kind of squeeze bottle technique, which I've gathered is used for swirling soap. I tried a search and came up with lots of B&B stuff but no soap threads. Can anyone enlighten me? I've very intrigued!http://www.beauxeaux.com/swirltutorial/howtoswirl.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 It seems to me, and maybe its just me, but the squeeze bottle technique seems li an awful lot to go through just to get swirls. Kudos to anyone that does it but its never sounded like it would be my cup of tea. I guess I am the lazy soaper. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecandlespastore Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 The keys to swirling is making sure your base is at a light trace and pouring high enough so the colors get to the bottom (at least 18" up over the mold.) The squirt bottle thing in my house would mean me having a lot more to scrape out and clean up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecandlespastore Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Another trick is to pour half of your base color into the mold, take your swirling color and pour it in zigzags at least 14" over mold.Then pour the rest of the base color and repeat step number 2 from above, grab your bamboo skewer and swirl as usual. For logs cut the entire log in half horizontally first then cut into bars instead of cutting vertically only. You will expose a totally new level of swirl beauty doing it this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapLady Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Thanks for your replies! I'm more satisfied with my swirls than I was a year ago but am still not 100% satisfied. Now I have a couple of new techniques to try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDammit Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I've tried this but when I layer the soap it always pushes the colored part to the side so I pathetic swirls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainmadness Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I use the squeeze bottle method when I want pictures in my soap... I do not use it for swirls.I posted a picture on the thread titled Cherries, Cherries, Everywhere...I made the cherries and leaves by placing different colors of soap at light trace in squeeze bottles and then making designs in the soap. It is quite tricky but when you get the hang of it the sky is the limit!I am going to make a lemon batch tonight.Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapLady Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Jennifer, I was wondering how you managed to make those cherries! They are gorgeous!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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