Teach Soap

Hi Pomseed,
Very nice! Thank you for posting these pictures!
You have motivated me
to make one of these.
Your pictures are much better than the ones in the tutorial.
einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"

That must say something about the light box, because I only snapped off those three! They're unedited and unplanned, which will save a lot of time tweaking in Picasa.

Really though, I'm glad you motivated me to make one. And that I could do the same for you. Weird.

Hi Pomseed,

What size box did you use?

Did you use a tripod or just get up close to the box?

Your pictures on yout website look beautiful. Do you spend hours taking them?

einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"

Hi Pomseed,
Yes, I know what box from BB you mean! I cut all the sections out last night & the 16 strips to go over them, but I didn't have any appropriate material to glue on. I thought one or two layers of white tissue paper might do the trick - need to go buy the tissue paper today.

I did find my clamp work light and it even has a blue bulb in it, Soapbuddy, and it still works! Found my old tripod, too.

So because I had the light, which would be the most expensive part this will cost me under $2.00 for the tissue paper! I can't wait to finish it up today & give it a try!

einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"

Instead of tissue paper which can wrinkle, I would get a white, matte paper poster board.

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

Hi Soapbuddy,
I just finished my lightbox!
Tissue paper is NOT a good idea!
I get it all put together and then accidently put my finger through one side of the tissue paper!

I patched it, but I'm not sure if it will show or not.

I would NOT recommend tissue paper! I even doubled it. It doesn't work!

I used poster board to cover the box, but I thought it would be too thick for the window.

Aren't the windows suppose to let in some filtered light?

I'm going to give it a try!

einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"

I only use the poster board as a background for my soap. It lets in light from the top, front and sides.

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

Hi Soapbuddy,
Thank you.
I'm having a duh! moment!
Using the poster board as a background makes perfect sense!
einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"

I cut up a couple of old T-shirts for the windows. Seems to work great so far.

Hi Pomseed,
I think the T-shirts would work very well for the windows, especially if they were old & stretchy.
I just didn't have any. I need to find someone who has old T-shirts!

einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"

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

Hi ljim,
Good idea! Thank you. I did this when I first started soaping. I think I'm due for another trip back!
einnoc

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"