[soapcraft] Re: Colour
- From: Soapcraft <soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:54:21 +1200
Hi Jan when you say drop do you mean a pinch as its a powder or drops. That
would be helpful to know.
Hissing does not sound right. I have never had a hissing experience. Where
did your water come from? Where did your caustic come from? Theres so many
variants.
I have this awful feeling that you are trying to use Aromatics melt and pour
colours?? Please confirm. If so you will never colour cold process with
it.
But let me tell you now unless I have made the same soap over and over you
do not always get what you think you are going to get. That¹s half the
challenge.
Anyhow some more info would be good.
On 19/06/10 2:35 PM, "Jan Abernethy" <janabernethy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Louise, Gina and everyone
>
> I made some soap today with Gina¹s 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 didn¹t turn out mauve, it¹s 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 times¹d it by 4 to make a bigger batch as
> there wasn¹t enough last time. It also started hissing a little like it was
> reacting.
>
> 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 I¹m 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 ³to thick to pour² time.
>
> Thoughts other soapers for a newbie?
> Regards Jan
>
>
> 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
>
> Hi Jan
>
> 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.
>
> You¹ve used the wrong stuff for colouring cp-soap cake decorating gel is for
> cakes the colour won¹t take to cp-soap. I use Gina¹s colours which work
> well, use only about a pinch but mix well first in a little bit of oil they
> are bright colours. If you¹re more inclined to use natural - Liz (on the
> list) sells natural colour haven¹t used yet but I intend to try out alkanet
> root soon.
>
> Can¹t 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.
>
>
> Cheers
> Louise
>
> Nighty night!
>
>
>
>
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