Teach Soap

A few drops here and there. I wiped with a damp towel, rinsed foot, ringed towel and continued to wipe. My right toe felt it the most. Owie.

And thanks to all you fabulous soap genius'! I'll get it eventually. I hope.

Here is something to try with your PVC tube molds... I've had very good success with it.

On the bottom of the tube is a "test cap" which costs only a few cents each. Here it is shown as I'm unmolding but it fits directly on the bottom of the pvc... though it won't usually stay on by itself.


Over the test cap I place a plastic sandwich bag or a thick piece of plastic cut from a garbage bag.
Over the plastic I place a PVC coupler. This holds everything in place and mostly stops any soap from leaking out. Sometimes a tiny bit leaks out into the plastic bag but not usually.


Here's a better picture of the coupler along with a batch that was just pulled out of the PVC but still wrapped in one of the plastic liners I use.


I know they make actual end caps that have flat bottoms but I have not been able to find them.
The ones at Home Depot and Lowes are rounded so they won't sit flat... but I'm keeping my eyes open. For now this works well and doesn't require a lot of fuss.

Oh and they stand up well in the fridge for the SBW batches!!

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- Mickey!

All the end caps that I bought leaked. Duct tape to the rescue.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

What do you line your PVC mold with? Is that some sort of silicone or something? Looks like that makes it a lot easier to get out of the mold.

Thanks!

It looks like I'm in favor of the SBW method, despite my cataclysmic spill.

Here's why: The Lavender didn't morph!

The gelled batch (which I ended up adding a layer of M&P because it was looking so depressed), ended up smelling way to much like Tea Tree. I love the smell, but the strength of Lavender in the SBW batch definitely outweighs the one in the gelled batch. And that's a good thing!

Soapy Success: 3 - for not only "saving" a spill but also making neat swirls and trying out my first non gelled batch!

Soapy Bomb Failure: 1 - for not having a safe bottom to one of my pipe molds. Duck Tape and pipe caps have been added to by shopping list.

Thanks ya'll, for the suggestions and support during this stressful batch. Whew

PICS--

very nice cubbles, congrats!

Congrats on the non gelled batch!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.