[soapcraft] Re: Colour
- From: Rebecca Midkiff <ramidkiff@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:10:42 -0700
Yes, the water soluble liquid colors are for melt and pour soap. They'll
work in CP but you have to use way too much.
Cheers Rebecca
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Jan Abernethy <janabernethy@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi Louise, Gina and everyone
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> I made some soap today with Gina’s colour. I put a drop, another drop and
> ended up putting more and more because it was hardly making any difference
> at all. I was the mauve little container. It didn’t turn out mauve, it’s a
> kind of creamy colour. I also think something was not quite right, because
> I seemed to have froth when I put the water mixture in with the oils. It is
> the same recipe I used last time but I times’d it by 4 to make a bigger
> batch as there wasn’t enough last time. It also started hissing a little
> like it was reacting.
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> Any ideas to what I may have done wrong. I was very very careful and
> measured everything to the enth degree but something went wrong and I’m so
> disappointed about the colour. I was expected mauve. I put it into the
> moulds so will be interested to see whether it worked at all. I made it a
> lot thinner than my previous “to thick to pour” time.
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> Thoughts other soapers for a newbie?
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> Regards Jan
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> *From:* soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Louise Shing
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 15 June 2010 10:40 p.m.
> *To:* soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [soapcraft] Re: photo
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> Hi Jan
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> You have to act quickly when mixing soap as soon as you get trace you need
> to mix in colour and eos and pour. As a beginner I used to always have a
> thick trace as had to make sure had trace before pouring. Now after several
> months or so (and lots more confidence) I sometimes get a thin trace and
> when I pour with thin trace I get a nice smooth top/pattern.
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> You’ve used the wrong stuff for colouring cp-soap – cake decorating gel is
> for cakes – the colour won’t take to cp-soap. I use Gina’s colours which
> work well, use only about a pinch but mix well first in a little bit of oil
> – they are bright colours. If you’re more inclined to use natural - Liz (on
> the list) sells natural colour – haven’t used yet but I intend to try out
> alkanet root soon.
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> Can’t use soap straight away as it needs to cure for a minimum of 4 weeks –
> shed water, get right PH, etc otherwise might be too harsh on skin.
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> Cheers
> Louise
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> Nighty night!
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