Not so Ugly ReBatched Soap

Not so Ugly ReBatched Soap

I had watched many YouTube videos of people 

rebatching their soap.

I heard the term Ugly ReBatch Soap but it

is still good Soap.

Some people suggested giving it to the Homeless.

Some people would sell it at a discounted price.

My mind said, I really don't want to throw my soap ends into a bucket and have to make ugly rebatch soap.

My first year of rebatching I tried a couple of different ways to revitalize my soap ends.

It was through not wanting ugly rebatch soap I started creating 

Hand Sculpted Soap Figures.

I started to realize that a certain recipe worked really well for sculpting.

I call it Play Dough CP Soap.

First round of rebatching

I rebatched some soap and rolled it out while it while it was 

still warm.

The I used large & small cookie cutters.   

I put a hole in the tip and place a plastic piece like a straw to reinforce the hole.

My plan was to use a string to create, 

Christmas Tree Ordainments 

I decided to pipe white on top.

When the Christmas tree comes down their 

ordainment goes to the tub.  :-)

Kids thought these were Great :-)

Each time I made a new soap I had soap ends, 

 I would try to make

 Balls and Roses in future projects.

I made Guest Bathroom Soaps with the Roses.

If I made a soap that I was not happy with 

I would cut it into cubes.

Cube Embeds

In my Second round of rebatching I was grateful for the little effort I put into keeping the different colours separated.

I ended up with a drawer full of all kinds of different items/embeds of soap that I had created.  Another drawer with different coloured shreded soaps, rebatch buckets and Ziplock bags of soap.

It may sound like a lot but remember this was all collected over 6 months or so....

I had learned to manage my future rebatch soap by colour.

Which is the number One way to keep from making 

Ugly ReBatch Soap!!!

Recycle, Reuse oil Buckets

Stacking the buckets to keep them dust free.

Once in a while I make a Play Dough recipe that is too sticky to I put it into the rebatch ziplock according to colour.

Embeds I had made along the way.

For example I had made these Stars.

When I had most of the Pink Softened with just a few Chunks, 

I used the Hand Mixer to break them up more.

It whipped air into the to Pink Soap which made it 

Float.

Hey it Floats

Dress Up the Top

I had extra pieces leftover from an extruder project.

I Created a Flower 

with a Yellow Ball for the centre.

I had some Bees left from a project called Honey Log,

so I placed them on top of a loaf of ReBatch.

The mold with the blue is made of Corrugated Plastic.

Soap Balls & Snow Drops I Pipped

almost looks like a pencil line between colours

I put some of my Soap into my Food Processor, 

which created little Soap Rocks;

the container of the left. 

Added some to the rebatched base. 

For top of the Soap I sifted out the fine bits into a rebatch bucket.  

Sprayed the top of the base with alcohol and place the bits on top.  

Then I sprayed the alcohol again to further secure the pieces.

I use a mitre box for cutting my soap, 1 inch thick.

Not too bad for ReBatch Soap.

I Don't have to shred to ReBatch Soap Yahoo!!!

Another lesson I learned was that once soap is cured it can no longer can be cut it.  Cured soap crumbles.  I guess that is why people tend the shred the soap.

I had half loaf Zebra pour of soap that I wanted to rebatch, 

I put the soap in a thick bag and beat it with a 

hammer on the front steps.

The bits were now small enough to put into the crock pot.

The embeds were made from Red, Green & White balls I had made but never got around to using.  I put them into the food processor and made little bits/rocks out of them. 

I add the coloured bits just before I place the soap, in my homemade corrugated plastic, mold.

The second one

is the Heart embed I made that I forgot to use.

I did not want to shred it.

I turned my pot on low and decided that I was not in a hurry.

I add water as required.

Mickey & Minnie Novelty Soap, Play Dough CP Soap, Hand Sculpted

Mickey & Minnie 

Play Dough CP Soap 

Novelty Soaps

by

Soap by Kick it Up a Notch

         

               

Here is my experience of learning how to make Minnie & Mickey.

Step 1

 Black bases were created using a silicone mold I made using bath bomb molds.

Step 2

Make skin tone Play Dough CP Soap.

The recipe is in the file section of the Facebook Group.

Step 3

Roll out the Skin Tone PDCPS on to a Wilton Fondant mat.

 Use cornstarch and the small rolling pin to roll out the Play Dough.  Then use a Heart Shaped cookie cutter.

Step 4

Brushed the black base with water and attached the 

Hearts to the base. 

Place the heart so that the bottom point of the heart is touching the bottom of the base and centre.

Step 5

Roll out a 4g of skin tone to create the mouth just under 2 inches long. 

Step 6

Give it a curve.

Step 7

Shape/press the curve centre to allow for the mouth.

Step 8

Attach the mouth with water placing the ends over the sides of the heart

Step 9

Cut in a smile line.

Step 10

Continue to shape the mouth and open up the mouth.

Step 11

Create the indent for the Nose

Step 12

I made the eyes in advance.  There is a video on YouTube for making the eyes.  The eye making part starts 52 seconds into the video.

Step 13

Using water to attach the eyes placing them close to 

the outside of the nose.

Step 14

I found that using a softer texture black PDCP Soap

to create the mouth. 

It can be done in a different order as you will see in the pictures.

Step 15

Make a small bean shape out of black for the nose. 

Attach the Nose with water.

Step 16

Black around the eyes.

I like to use a firm black PDCP Soap for the black around the eyes and the lashes.  I found that my older/aged black PD firms up.

Roll out black thin.

Brush the surface close to the eyes with water.

Attach the black close to the eye.

Step 17

6g of black PDCPS

I used both the soft and the aged PD, it works with both kinds.

Cut in half and make into 2 Balls.

Step 18

Place a ball in the centre of the palm.

With a cornstarch dusted small rolling pin, 

press down on the ball.

Step 19

With my thumb in the centre of the ball form the dusted pressed ball into a curved disc just over an inch wide.

Step 20

Attach the disc with water to the base 

to create the ears.

We have a Mickey

At this point minus the tongue 

Carry on to learn how to make Minnie

Step 21

To creating the Bow with Pink PDCP Soap.

4 tear drop of pink applied with water.

Roll out a thin pink for the centre of the bow.

Pre-made dots of white made with #4 Wilton tip.

 Step 22

Create the Tongue with Red PDCP Soap

Very small piece of red.

create a bean shape.

Attach the tongue with water.

Create a indent in the centre of the tongue.

Step 23

Eye Lashes

Place a very tiny bit of water above the eye area.

Roll out a super thin black.

Cut the very tiny bit of the black.

Place 3 bits to create the lashes.

We have a Minnie

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& 

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