[soapcraft] Re: Colour
- From: Soapcraft <soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:23:30 +1200
It will probably set. It is very rare that we loose a batch of soap. It
will likely make great laundry soap also.
Assuming that the base is water (Rebecca might know) they should not effect
your soap. So it should be ok. You will know tomorrow so pls let us know.
If it looks like soap, smells like soap then it probably is soap :-)
gina
On 19/06/10 4:13 PM, "Jan Abernethy" <janabernethy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Gina
> About ½ of the little plastic bottle. The colour is the liquid, I think I
> bought the wrong stuff.
> My first batch of soap made last week was exactly the same ingredients apart
> from the colour. The water is lavender hydrosol from our lavender oil
> distillation and was the same as used last week. Caustic soda same, everything
> same except the colour.
> Do you think it will set?
> Regards Jan
>
>
> From: soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Soapcraft
> Sent: Saturday, 19 June 2010 3:57 p.m.
> To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [soapcraft] Re: Colour
>
> Now on reading your second post my guess is right.
>
> Yes pigments for soap.
>
> That may have casued the hissing?? Did you wind up adding the whole bottle?
>
> Gina
>
>
> On 19/06/10 3:08 PM, "Jan Abernethy" <janabernethy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I¹ve just looked and touched a bit and it¹s really soft, runnyish, not at all
> like my previous ³first² batch. I don¹t know if it will set, panic, panic.
>
> The colour I got from Aromatics and More. Water Soluble Liquid Colors - Is
> this not suitable for CP soap? I think I bought the wrong stuff - was I
> supposed to get Pigments for Soap?
> Maybe that¹s why is all turned to custard, so to speak.
>
> J
>
>
>
> From: soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Louise Shing
> Sent: Saturday, 19 June 2010 2:55 p.m.
> To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [soapcraft] Re: Colour
>
> Hi Jan
>
>
> The colours I use come from Soapcraft and are in powder form I used to just
> add about 1/4 teaspoon or less to the batch straight, now, after advice from
> Ross and Liz, I put the same amount in a little bit of olive oil and give it a
> quick whizz with a coffee frother, then mix with the batch of soap after
> trace. Yeah colour is a really hard thing to get right, when I first started
> I used a rather heavy hand and had soaps that were full of colour (in spite of
> Gina¹s advice to go easy with the powder) then next batch put in too little
> and no change in colour kept adding and adding and adding and was (like you)
> disappointed with the colour, but after unmoulding discovered quite a pretty
> colour. Just to let you know that the violet colour is, in my opinion, very
> difficult to work with. I¹m very fond of the Raspberry Red colour and Sky
> Blue (you only need a small amount).
>
> I¹m not sure about the rest as I¹ve never had froth or hissing when mixing
> oils and lye water (but I¹m super cautious-type and do everything slowly)..
> Hopefully others might have an idea. Good luck and let us know how the colour
> turns out. By the way one of the best colours I have had came out of a batch
> that was creamy-light pink in colour but after unmoulding was a nice pale
> pink!!
>
>
> Cheers
> Louise
>
>
> on 19/6/10 2:35 PM, Jan Abernethy at 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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