Teach Soap

Does anyone know if you can successfully double pour opaque soap with clear? Cos I've just tried it and the opaque half kinda met the the clear, then slipped underneath it and covered the bottom of the mould, and pushed the clear half to the top.
As it did that I suddenly remembered that opaque is heavier than clear, so maybe that was why it did that?
I know my temp was fine as it was between 115 and 120.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!

Mishee, I've had the same problems. From my experience, there are two ways of doing it

1 - Pour really cool. If possible, make sure the clear is a little cooler than the opaque. .... Still not a guarantee though.
2 - Colour clear soap with opaque colour. Then it should have the same consistancy as the other clear portion.

Otherwise, use a plastic divider to keep them apart in the mould until they're set enough to remove it.

Otherwise .... make a feature of it. Does that help any?

Thanks soapbytheslice, yes that does help. It's also nice to know it's not just me! I was trying to make a soap the resembled a rhubarb and custard sweet (half red half yellow) and I thought the yellow part would look best opaque. I think next time i'll do the entire thing with clear, to be on the safe side, as I did use an opaque colouring in the clear part and I think it was slightly cooler than the opaque.

I've just unmoulded them though and they still look pretty good - I did a bit of swirling and they just smell gorgeous, so I'm happy!