I use oxides - black, tan, yellow, red, brown and chromium green oxide The Library of Babel pics - sure. Not sure how the swirl is going to turn out From: soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Liz Brook Sent: Friday, 23 April 2010 8:32 a.m. To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [soapcraft] Re: Potassium lactate and Gibna's Sky Blue colour Pleased it worked for you. Do any of you use oxides for colouring? Or are the FD&C's, micas and ultramarines the generally used colours? Can we see pics of the The Library of Babel when you unmould and cut? I want to see if my vision has been realised! Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: Ross Spencer <mailto:galahad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:50 PM Subject: [soapcraft] Potassium lactate and Gibna's Sky Blue colour Hi all Liz kindly sent me a little bit of potassium lactate to play with. I tried some in a batch last night and have just cut it. I love the texture and the hardness of the soap. Gina, would you consider stocking this as I can't find it anywhere at the moment? The fragrance I soaped was Island Market I used an FD&C orange with a blue swirl using the sky blue colour from Gina. Unfortunately the orange clumped and spotted really badly but the sky blue came out a glorious baby blue (i used a low concentration of colour). I am so happy to have a good blue that doesn't turn purple. I was a little worried to start with as it initially turned a puce green. I will try and get a pic up in Facebook in the weekend. I am not so sure about the scent after soaping it. But will have to wait to see what it is like when finally cured. The raspberry red colour has quite a purple red tone to it so I will still need to stock up on the FD&C 40 for vibrant true red. I used the Amberwood colour swirled through natural in my soaping of The Library of Babel. The soap is still a little soft so I will leave in the mould a bit longer before cutting. Ross <http://www.wild-hybrid.co.nz/> page_titlestrip No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2829 - Release Date: 04/23/10 06:31:00