I recently saw this post from The Soap Queen. I got so excited because it meant that my soaps would ALWAYS look pretty and perfect. As I have a clothes steamer I decided I had to try it.
See for yourself.
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You can also see the Youtube video here. I would imagine you could also use a steam iron if you have one that shoots out a jet of steam with a specific button.
Thanks Anne Marie. This is so great to know.
I have been really sick so I have missed three blog posts. Sorry guys. It it the soap challenge once again from Great cakes soapworks. This week we made Dandelion soap using a technique from this site. What a great technique. This results in a very delicate set of lines in your soap. Really beautiful.
You You can see the YouTube video here
Christmas will be here before we know it. I am furiously getting pretty gifts together. Stay posted.
I have been trying to get a multi bar cutter or make one for quite some time.
You may have seen some of my posts about this. Years ago I started with this basic cutter then I progressed to this which was great but still only cut one slice at a time. I then tried to make this multi bar cutter myself but there were a few problems like - it just didn't work that well. So I was back to cutting one at a time with this cutter. It is a really great cutter BUT I do not have the strength to cut hundreds of bars one at a time. Ever since my back and neck operations I just cannot do it. It also doesn't make good business sense to spend so much time on this. After much deliberation I decided to try again only this time it is not a multi cutter. It still only cuts one at a time but is like a hot knife in butter and is so easy my staff can also use it.
It is not very pretty and consists of many different types of wood but it works REALLY well. And the most satisfying part is that I made it myself! Now that I have this great cutter I have turned to a new obsession - Mantra Swirl. I LOVE this technique. You may have seen this post recently on a Mantra soap I made. So I have now gone bananas and made about 6 batches.
