Teach Soap

Hello, I've been lurking this board for quite some time. Was able to get some helpful info from these forums that provided me 3 simple, yet successful, cp batches. Im stumped now and decided to join and get some help.

I'm definitely looking to up the ante and get a little bit more sassy with my soap making. And by sassy I mean adding some color haha. I also want to try some embeds and I believe that you can make cold process embeds but after searching these boards and the Internet, I'm not sure if I can make my cp embeds a few days before and add in to a cp loaf or if I should wait 4-6 weeks for the embeds to cure before embedding? This may be silly, but I just don't want my embeds to melt like m&p would (as I've read) or not cure properly.

Cold process soap shrinks as it cures due to the water that's in it. If you are going to make CP embeds and add them to CP soap, I would wait for the embeds to cure/shrink a bit so they don't fall out when you put them in.

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

Thanks so much, soapbuddy. Makes complete sense, I shiuld have known!! Off to go wait...

You can use freshly made embeds in a new batch of CP. They will cure at the same rate that way.
I've heard of soapers briefly soaking older embeds in a little water to get them to stick in a new batch of CP. I don't know how well that works, though.

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

I tried fresh embeds in CP soap. As the embeds cured, they created little holes and became loose. Some of them fell out.

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