Father's Day Soap Project: Vintage Baseball soap

If your dad happens to be a baseball fan, hit a home run with this father's day present you can make from the Soapqueen.  I'm posting now so that you have enough time to order and make this in time for Father's Day, June 19.  You can buy all supplies for this project here from one of my favorite suppliers - brambleberry.com!

Hold up!  don't get intimidated by the complex designs on the soap.  You use water soluble paper so it is easy peasy.  This soap can be made in five simple steps...

Ingredients

15 ounces of White Soap Base 

1 ounce of Clear Soap Base

Liquid Blue Colorant

Heavy Duty Rectangle Mold

1/2 ounceYuzu Fragrance Oil

Water Soluble Paper

Rubbing alcohol

Baseball Clipart (check Flickr or iStock for great images)

(yields 4 soaps)

Get everything you need to make this project here.

If you have never used Water Soluble Paper, check out the Water Soluble Paper Episode on Soap Queen TV to learn the basic technique, tips and tricks. 

ONE: Print out 4 vintage baseball pictures on water soluble paper. Cut out the images and make sure that they will fit into the cavities of your mold.

TWO: Once your images are cut out, spray them lightly with aerosol hairspray. This trick will help the colors stay vibrant once they are embedded in the soap. 

THREE: Melt 1 ounce of clear soap base in a microwave safe container and mix in ½ drop of liquid blue colorant to give the soap a “clear” effect. For more information on the “bluing” technique, see the Embedding episode of Soap Queen TV.

FOUR: When the clear soap cools to about 130 degrees (really hot soap might dissolve the paper), pour 1/8 inch of soap into the mold. As soon as a thin skin forms on the soap, immediately add your picture to the soap, face down. Let the soap layer cool.

FIVE: Melt 14 ounces of white soap base and mix in 1/2 ounce of Yuzu Fragrance Oil. Once the melted soap cools down to 125-130 degrees, spritz the first layer of soap with rubbing alcohol and pour the second layer. Let the soap cool for 4-6 hours and pop it out of the mold.