- We've all paid more attention to soap this year.
It's like there's been a big event or something going on.
And as a maker, that's actually another cool material
that we can make some really cool stuff with.
Whether it's for a gift,
whether it's to sell, or just to wow your guests.
Soap's a really easy project to do.
I mean, easy easy.
Like we're talking,
you'll be in and out of this whole project in two hours
type of easy.
But the shapes you normally see out there are,
they're pretty limited.
It's a lot of bars of soap and
well it's just bars of soap.
So let's take it to the next level
and choose Amazing Mold Maker from Alumilite
to make some really cool shapes.
I've got a couple of mine so let's jump in.
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For our first soap
I wanted something that would be a clear reminder
that germs are everywhere.
So what better way to do that than to actually make soap
that looks like a little germ on your sink.
To get a basic spiky germ shape.
I use fusion 360 to scope two identical halves
that we can 3D print.
If you aren't familiar with CAD modeling,
honestly, don't worry about it.
Just grab some epoxy putty or sulfur free clay
and shape your piece from scratch.
I just enjoy 3D modeling so I went for it.
After a quick two hour print and post curing
It was time to get these parts ready for molding.
A quick note on 3D printers.
If you're using a filament based 3D printer,
that's the one with the school on the side,
that's shooting plastic down from a nozzle.
If you're using one of those,
you're completely in the clear.
We tested Amazing Mold Maker against all of those materials.
And it was no problem whatsoever,
but for resin based 3D printers,
like the one I have back there.
Those contains sulfur in that material
and sulfur inhibits platinum cured silicones.
Don't worry though.
We've got a really simple solution for it.
All we're gonna do is use Amazing Quick Coat
to do a top coat on top of our finished 3D print.
That'll seal it up
and we'll have no cure hit inhibition issues.
After our epoxy is cured,
I'm gonna put the two halves together
just with some hot glue
and then actually use a belt sander
to flatten the bottom of it.
That'll make sure it doesn't slip and slide around
on our kitchen sink or our bathroom sink.
Our germ is done and ready for molding,
but for our second piece,
I wanted something that feels fresh
and maybe something that's an even simpler process.
And when I think of fresh,
I think fruit.
So I'm gonna make a soap that actually looks
like an orange.
I mean, exactly like an orange.
With all the little details,
the little picadillos and bumps and ripples, all of it.
It's gonna be really cool trust me.
Your local craft store probably has fake fruit.
Mine did at least.
And they're normally just kind of a, a foamy ball
of some kind with a solid core to give it some weight.
So all you wanna do is take that home and cut it in half
with whatever tool you feel comfortable using,
get rid of that weighted core.
And I'm only using half of this so that it stays flat
on our counter.
With that honestly
the orange is ready to go too that's what I mean,
super simple.
Now it's time for the good part.
Making these actual molds and like I said before,
I'm using Alumilite's Amazing Mold Maker.
I cannot tell you how in love with this stuff I truly am.
I mean, this is my new number one.
This stuff cures literally in 30 minutes, 30 minutes,
seriously folks, 30 minutes.
Normally it's like 24 hours.
And you gotta come back and then you gotta go to dinner
and you gotta pick up the kids or you gotta do this.
And then you got to demold it.
No, I'm talking 30 minutes.
I'll put a link to Amazing Mold Maker
down in the description
so you can get your hands on this.
And trust me,
you're gonna wanna get your hands on this stuff.
Now to make our molds we'll need some mold boxes.
I'm gonna keep super easy and use a cup
that fits our germ perfectly.
And then actually create a foam core and hot glue mold
for our orange.
If you want to learn a few other ways
to make simple mold boxes
with stuff you have laying around the house.
Check out this video up here
and I'll show you a few more ways
that I've got up my sleeve.
With our mold boxes done.
It's time to mix up some silicone.
Amazing Mold Maker is measured one-to-one by volume,
not one-to-one by weight.
Most silicones are one-to-one or 10 to one by weight.
And it's kind of a pain.
We wanted to make it easy on you
with one-to-one by volume,
just like you're used to with resins and other materials.
Plus we actually colored both sides so you can see the white
and the red and when you mix them together,
you can tell if they're actually mixed or not.
This makes the process so much easier I cannot explain.
I feel like a massive evangelist Matt for this whole thing.
You know what I mean? This is a lot of silicone.
I love this silicone, it's a good silicone.
Keep in mind though with a demo time of 30 minutes,
it does mean that we have a shorter working time,
just six to eight minutes.
So we're gonna have to work a little bit quickly,
but trust me, you're gonna be fine.
Just make sure you're completely ready to go
before you start mixing.
You don't want to try to figure out the last minute details
of your mold box while you have a batch just waiting to go.
Once we're all mixed up,
we'll pour in one spot away from the part itself
and let the silicone find its way from there.
Once you've got the part covered, we'll grab a snack.
Watch a quick show.
And 30 minutes later we're ready to demold,
with our molds done it's time to melt some soap.
Let's be real.
This is the part that you're most excited about.
Now I must admit upfront.
I am not a master soap maker in the slightest.
I've done this a few times.
Learned some things from it.
And I'm trying to share that information with you.
If you are a master soap maker
and you're yelling at your screen later in this video,
let me know in the comments below what I'm doing wrong
or what tips and tricks you have
for other people who are just getting started.
I start by setting up a pot to double boil
our soap base in.
I'm using a Shea butter base for the orange
and a clear base for the germ.
Chop up some smaller cubes,
set them into your bowl and put that bowl on top
or in your pot with the hot water.
Turn the burner on high or medium high depends on,
your burner, you should hopefully know your burner,
know your burner,
put it at a temperature makes sense for you.
The hot water will actually melt down our soap.
So while it's just starting to melt down,
I'm gonna go ahead and add some coloring to our soap
so that they look the part.
I'm gonna go with green for the germs
so that it looks kind of slimy let's say,
and that'll look really cool with the clear.
And then for the orange,
I'm gonna do orange.
Once the soap gets up to 185 degrees,
I'll add our fragrances.
I normally add about 50 drops or so
in my tests I went all the way up to a hundred
and down all the way to five
and seems like 50 for me was the sweet spot
for these particular fragrances.
Now for the green germ,
I'm going with like a fresh, clean smell.
I like that.
It's kind of opposite of what you're seeing on the sink
next to you.
And for the orange
I can't believe I gotta walk you to the door on this one,
we're doing orange.
Once we've got our fragrances in there,
I'll turn off our burners,
let the soap cool down to about 135, 140 degrees.
And then I'll pour it into our molds.
If there's any air on the surface, I just grab a torch.
Torch the top and it gets rid of the bubbles really easily.
Now, we wait.
For me it's usually about two hours.
I wanna give the soap plenty of time to go from
135 to 40 degrees,
down to the 72 degrees of room temperature,
two hours plus or minus, maybe use the fridge or outside
if it's something that you feel comfortable doing
and it'll make things a lot colder a lot faster.
But let's be real.
You gotta see how these look.
So after two hours, it's time to demold.
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There you go amazing soap in unique shapes
that nobody's gonna be able to do.
Seriously, you're gonna show up like a magician
with these soaps.
If somebody gives you this as a gift,
you'd be shocked that they made it right, it's easy.
You can totally do this.
Just grab some Amazing Mold Maker.
My new favorite silicone by the way,
down in the description below and try this out yourself.
It's gonna be easy.
I promise you can totally do it.
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