Pour Pull Screen Technique Soap

A few years ago I wanted to buy a pair of long shorts (sounds like an oxymoron, right?). After going to the mall and some stores, it appeared such item did not exist. There were short shorts though, but I wanted something that at least reached my knees or below. (I did not want to go all the way to capri pants though). So I decided to check Goodwill, and sure enough, I found some there. While looking for them, I came across these playful shorts, I loved the fabric, but they were too short for me, so I took a picture for a future soap project instead.

This soap is the result of that inspiration, though not all the colors match it exactly. I decided to go for the Pour/Pull Screen Method, and this is what I got:

Below is the supply list and a link to the video of the making.

Recipe Totals

Liquid Required	9.72 oz	275.58 g
NaOH Weight	4.57 oz	129.68 g
Oil Weight	33 oz	935.53 g
Fragrance Oil Weight	1.65 oz	46.78 g
Superfat		5%
Total Batch Weight	49.19 oz	1394.51 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil	%	Ounces	Grams
Olive Oil	42.27	13.95	395.48
Tallow Beef	24.09	7.95	225.38
Coconut Oil, 76 deg	20.45	6.75	191.36
Shea Butter	7.36	2.43	68.89
Castor Oil	5.82	1.92	54.43
Total	100	33	935.53

Colorants

• 1 tsp of Black Pearl Mica for 4 oz of soap batter
• 1/4 tsp of Proud Peacock for 12 oz of soap batter (1.5 cups)
• 1/2 tsp of Orange Vibrance Mica (Nurture soap aff link) + 1/8 tsp of Orange Neon pigment for 11 oz of soap batter
• 1/2 tsp of Heart’s Desire Enviroglitter * for 8 oz of soap batter (1 cup)
• uncolored (off white) 16 oz of soap batter

Fragrance

2 oz of Lemongrass mint from Wholesale Supplies Plus (Loved it, I found it similar to Eucalyptus Spearmint.)

Mold

10″ Silicone loaf mold from BrambleBerry

Equipment

This is the standard equipment I use

Additionally I made a honeycomb pull screen with polymer clay. Now that I have a 3d printer, I would probably do a screen with that instead. (If you are interested in either buying the one I made since I will not use it again, or in me printing you a new one, let me know).

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Video of the Making