Teach Soap

I am trying to put a soap embed in clear soap. I waited until the clear soap was 125° to put it in, but it keeps melting even if I freeze the embed first. As it is, the clear soap is already starting to form a skin at 125° so if I wait any longer, I wouldn't be able to place the embed. What am I doing wrong here?! I have done embeds before and they didn't melt... Oh and I am using Crafters Choice Extra Clear base for both embed and base. I will try to post pics

Here is the soap from the back side. You can see how as it melts it is feathering out


This is the one I froze first. Not as bad as the first, but still melting

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Amber D that'd be me!

Do you have any other bases like the low sweat base? That one is harder and the embeds might work better.

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

I do have some Baby buttermilk detergent free and some aloe detergent free....

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Amber D that'd be me!

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

I can't see your pictures at all Says "content missing".

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

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

Same thing, no content. Even tried to save them so I could open them to see them. "No file to save". Guessing my virus scanner is blocking them as virus containing files.

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

Let me see if this works for you.

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

Here is the second one.

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

Thanks! I can see yours Irena!

That's a lot of melting for 125* F base! I've had that happen with some of the cheaper bases (craft store varieties), but never with a decent base. I wouldn't freeze the embed before trying to put it in, could leave gaps or small amounts of moisture around the embed.

Are you melting your base in glass, plastic, or silicone? I've found bases seem to seize, or solidify more quickly in plastic melting vessels than in either silicone or glass.

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

I've used the crafters choice extra clear and I think it is just a very soft soap. Can you try using a harder soap for the embed? I have a feeling that is the problem. Either of the low sweat soaps you mentioned will probably work better as embeds into the extra clear.

From what I've read the 2 most common complaints about this base are 1) it is very soft, and 2) it isn't all that clear.

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~~Heather~~
Mad [soaping] Scientist

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Amber D that'd be me!