Melted & Milled some soaps tonight

[withoutink]

Tonight, I received some containers from Sunburst Bottle. I decided to get cracking an melt & mill some soaps down.

Melted:
1. Col Conk - Limes
2. Col Conk - Bay Rum
3. VDH - Deluxe

Milled:
1. Williams (2pucks)
2. Classic Shaving Soap (1puck)

I labeled them with my p-touch, and I think they came out really nice. I am contemplating melting my QED Rose shave stick. All in all it went great. I highly recommend, as it looks a lot nicer and stacks way better...

The bottle of Vodka in the back is actually home made Vanilla Extract

 

[mretzloff]

Nice labels and nice containers. Good job!

 

[withoutink]

Thanks =)

Oh, in the pics you may find the Col Conk containers warped - they are - apparently - NOT microwave safe.

 

[mdunn]

Thanks =)

Oh, in the pics you may find the Col Conk containers warped - they are - apparently - NOT microwave safe.

hehe - they all look good though

 

[SJBFIRE]

Where did you pick up those containers. I was looking for some nice glass ones with lids, but these would work just fine. Thanks in advance!

 

[withoutink]

Where did you pick up those containers. I was looking for some nice glass ones with lids, but these would work just fine. Thanks in advance!

Hope this helps. =)

Small: http://www.sunburstbottle.com/plastic-jars/cobalt-blue-and-clear/HWJ4B

Large: http://www.sunburstbottle.com/plastic-jars/cobalt-blue-and-clear/HWJ8B

 

[gollum83]

Thanks =)

Oh, in the pics you may find the Col Conk containers warped - they are - apparently - NOT microwave safe.

Just say you customized them. No one needs to know it was unintentional. Besides they don't look bad.

 

[Fairchild86]

Hope this helps. =)

Small: http://www.sunburstbottle.com/plastic-jars/cobalt-blue-and-clear/HWJ4B

Large: http://www.sunburstbottle.com/plastic-jars/cobalt-blue-and-clear/HWJ8B

What size would you suggest getting? The 4 or 8 oz?

 

[DSB]

Does this mean you keep your soaps in the kitchen, or you keep your vanilla extract in the bathroom.

Wait. . . I decided I don't want to know the answer.

 

[withoutink]

What size would you suggest getting? The 4 or 8 oz?

I bought 8 of the 4oz (perfect for VDH, Conk, Williams, smaller pucks)

I bought 4 of the 8oz (each could fit three williams pucks. Or any of the larger pucks out there...)

 

[withoutink]

Does this mean you keep your soaps in the kitchen, or you keep your vanilla extract in the bathroom.

Wait. . . I decided I don't want to know the answer.

I was in the kitchen when i milled / melted

 

[SJBFIRE]

Hope this helps. =)

Small: http://www.sunburstbottle.com/plastic-jars/cobalt-blue-and-clear/HWJ4B

Large: http://www.sunburstbottle.com/plastic-jars/cobalt-blue-and-clear/HWJ8B

Great, I think I will order some tomorrow. Thank you very much for the information. I still would like to find some glass ones also.

 

[SJBFIRE]

Disregard my last, the same website has glass jars also.

 

[Pirate-M.Lifnen]

Did you melt in the microwave?
Or in a double-boiler or something.

I just ask because if you've ever microwaved a bar of soap you'd be a bit reluctant to microwave your precious shaving soaps.

Edit: Stupid question, you said the containers were not microwave safe...

But, may I ask about how long you microwaved? And if you used it on a lower power level or kept a glass of water or something in the microwave with the soap?

 

[LittleJon]

Nice looking containers, thanks for the link.

 

[withoutink]

Did you melt in the microwave?
Or in a double-boiler or something.

I just ask because if you've ever microwaved a bar of soap you'd be a bit reluctant to microwave your precious shaving soaps.

Edit: Stupid question, you said the containers were not microwave safe...

But, may I ask about how long you microwaved? And if you used it on a lower power level or kept a glass of water or something in the microwave with the soap?

Well i did the two conks at the same time, i used the microwave on normal power 15 sec then another 12sec or so. I think the extra twelve seconds warped the containers.

After that, for the next one I melted in pyrex - in the micro then let it cool for a bit, then poured into the containers. I then popped all of them in the freezer for a few minutes.

I knew it was a gamble to microwave the containers. But I figured what the heck, in the end they dont look bad just a little deformed. Needless to say Ill melt then pour them the next time.

All in all its easy and looks great. The labels make life easier as well.