this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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Just for fun!

Made a shape out of gray self-drying hobby clay, took a (very clumsy) silicon mold of it, and now I have a fun shape to pour excess soap into if I make too much for the main mold.

On the left: clay thing. On the right: lavender soap.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[–] miau@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago

Thats amazing! Ive seen some stone soaps but I had no idea thats how it was done, thanks for sharing and beautiful work!

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A new hand touches the beacon!

[–] ShamanSpiff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

"Listen. Hear me and obey. A foul darkness has seeped into my temple. A darkness that you will scrub. Return my bar of soap to Mount Kilkreath. And I will make you the instrument of my cleansing suds."

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Genius! I'm getting some olive oil right now. About out of soap.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I have a question — is there any way to smoothe out the grooves made by the 3d printing prpcess? Is there any good site I can look at that catalogs these techniques?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

?

nothing in that photo is 3d printed

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

OP meant, "if I made a 3d printed mold for soap". Didn't seem completely stated.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago
[–] AnotherMadHatter@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

You could spray paint the printed model with sandable primer. Then you can sand and spray it repeatedly until you get the finish you are looking for.

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The lines are from sandpaper when I flattened and sharpened the edges :)

Only had very coarse sandpaper lying around. Finer paper would make it smoother.