SoapDiva Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I came across a vendor at a craft sale (it was a vendor selling wood items and various crafty things) and she was selling painted bars of soap.I've never EVER seen colors like this. In fact, I personally beleive that these were commercial paints and NOT soap paints. They even had a crackling effect on them. There was a note on them saying to use them from the bottom up (they were commercially made bars with a deco painting on the other side) and not to get the top wet! WTF?They LOOKED fantastic, but didn't seem safe to me at all! Is anyone aware of a legit technique like this? It was NOT printed paper embedded into the soap either. You could see the brush strokes like it was an oil painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbren Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Never seen them, but HOW THE HECK do you use a bar of soap from the bottom up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Paint that is made for soaps is a PITA to use. It is time consuming to get it on your soap, and takes layer after layer after layer to get any kind of the color to really show. This, from your descritption, does not sound like soap paint. I'd be leery of purchasing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNSandSCENTS Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 'use the bar from the bottom up' ? Just when I thought I heard it all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scented Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 No soap paint crackling technique I know of, so no wonder, use bottom up ... LMAO ... ok that means rub fingers on bottom side of bar and use? Even if it were safe, I wouldn't bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndulgentCreations Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Never heard of them crackling either but there are a lot of color choices out there for this technique. http://www.saratogascents.com/soap_paint.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissMary Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Painting soap sucks. I hated it and won't do it again.Another example of idiots trying to make a buck at the expense of consumer health.I do believe it would be totally different if the soap in question was labeled "for decorative use ONLY", not for human consumption or something like that, but suggesting bottom up? Huh? I dunno about ya'll, but I can't hang onto soap by one side alone and I certainly don't want to drop the soap trying to hold onto just the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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