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PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:02 pm 
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I have a few soap molds I like to make by filling in colors in the designs before pouring. When I was using BB's clear glycerin or hemp (which is SFIC maybe?) I had no problems with unmolding, probably because those are a pretty hard soap base. I bought a large block of Crafters Choice clear because I needed a base that is very clear for other embeds, and wanted to save money on a bulk purchase. It's a lot softer and stickier and I now have problems unmolding, the parts I fill in first stick to the mold and the bar pops out without the design on it. I have tried putting them in the freezer, and that works about 50% of the time.

So, I have some stearic acid, and I mixed about 1/8th tsp into a colored soap (about 1 C.) that I design with to see if it will pop out easier. This was just old bars that were ugly that I remelted to experiment. I remember reading on here somewhere that you can use stearic acid in M&P, does anyone know the ratio to use? On BB it says it's used in soaps at a .5% rate, but I am guessing that is for CP?


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It's normally used in CP. I have never tried it in MP because it could inhibit bubbles.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:15 pm 
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My experimental bars popped right out. It probably won't matter about the sudsing, I'm only using it in the design portion, not the main bar. Just want to make sure I'm using it safely.


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I'm glad it worked out for you.

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Did you find that it clouded anything? I sometimes see the wax forming irritating little 'clouds' of not clear parts so that is why I typically don't use stearic in my MP. I've got my fingers crossed that it worked for you =)

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The soap I used was an opaque color, so I didn't notice any cloudiness. I haven't used it again since my experiment, but I'll keep the cloudiness issue in mind if I am decorating with a clear.


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