[soapcraft] Re: soap batch - different containers = different colours
- From: Mary Louise Parker <maryp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 16:51:38 +1200
Do you think different moulds may affect the smell as well? eg silicon v/s
plastic or wood and I have also wondered about he the vessels we use to mix the
oils and lye in? getting pedantic now? any thoughts or experiences?
On 27/05/2010, at 10:20 AM, maggie bath wrote:
> thanks Gina... all input gratefully received. :-)
>
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> Sent: Thursday, 27 May 2010 7:18 a.m.
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>
> Yes I have seen this happen. It was still possibly the different
> temperatures created in the different molds.
>
> gina
>
>
> On 27/05/10 12:05 AM, "Maggie Bath" <mcbath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Gals/Guys
>
> I made a batch of soap 10 days ago and it's been sitting in the spare
> bedroom "curing" since then.
> Soap "pudding" was put into a KMart silicone bar mould and because there was
> mixture left over, I put the rest into a de Winkels clear plastic yoghurt
> container. (Thought I'd be clever and have a lovely pyramid shape of 5-6
> round soaps).
> What is intriguing/interesting is that the soaps have turned out different
> colours. The silicone one is a lovely creamy colour, while the yoghurt
> container soap has a nice opaque look to it. They were both well insulated
> prior to demoulding. I will try and upload photos to Facebook so that you
> can see what I'm ranting about.
> Maggie <image.gif>
>
>
> ">
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