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I order some supplies ( especially the surfactant ) and scents to make bubble bars and I really like this marble effect with the three colors. I 'm not sure how to do it without over blending and making one color. Can someone discribe how to do this and what is your guess as to what part of the dough is pink , black and white? I wouldn't want that much of the dark color.

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Honestly it looks like they just divided the batch in thirds & colored one black, one pink and left the 3rd. Then just scooped up equal amounts or almost equal amounts and squished them together.

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Genny

That's the shape of a common 'rolled' bubble bar. Like you were wanting to cut cookies from it, you roll the dough out flat, then start from one end and roll to the other.

I would say they have just made like a camo look as they've rolled it out flat by putting pits of each colour down, then when they've rolled it up, it's had that marbled look.

It would actually take quite a bit of kneeding to blend the colours completely as you're working with more a cookie dough consistency than a fluid one.

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Coolah; I may have some old play dough left from my granddaughter and experiment with.
Okay I'm back with a picture
I didn't have play dough but I had this other clay that is a lot harder. I layed out one color and topped it with dabs of color on top. The I rolled it up into a log then took and twisted this log, might have to be a little more careful with bubble mixture though, Then I took this and rolled it more then folded in half and twisted again and rolled that out. The only problem is the outer part it still solid color , but might not be this way with bubble bar mixture.

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I would take your 3 colours, and grab a dab from each as you make a main ball of sorts. Then roll that ball flat and roll up. Cut.

That will give you the marbled look on the outside as well. Make up some playdough and have a play with that until you feel you have the technique down right.

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Your probably right I'm making too much out of this and the dough is not the same. I need to go to the craft store tomorrow to get a plastic rolling pin instead of using my silicone one for pies. I'll see what is cheap there to play around with.

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It's just a matter of practice and playing until you find the result you like. I've done something similar with my bubble balls (I do my bubble bars slightly differently to most), and it was just a case of playing and practice...

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