Tutorial: Drop Swirl Technique for Cold Process Soap (Traditional, Layered, and Thin Line)

Cold Process Soap Making Drop Swirl Tutorial--a 3 in 1 video! I love the drop swirl design technique. You can get some really cool looking soaps relatively easily! There are a couple different variations on the drop swirl technique. I've given them names (it's just how I refer to the techniques when I'm teaching--it doesn't mean that aren't or can't be called something else). #dropswirlsoap #dropswirltechnique #dropswirltutorial #coldprocesssoap #soaptutorial 0:00 A Drop Swirl Soap Technique Tutorial 0:05 Introduction to Drop Swirl 2:35 Traditional Drop Swirl 10:00 Traditional Drop Swirl w/ Hanger Swirl 11:45 Cutting Traditional Drop Swirl 13:12 Layered Drop Swirl 15:26 Layered Drop Swirl w/ Hanger Swirl 16:02 Cutting Drop Swirl 17:26 Thin Line Drop Swirl 21:23 Cutting Thin Line Drop Swirl This video will show you have to make a Traditional Drop Swirl (as well as how to do a Hanger Drop Swirl variation, a Layered Drop Swirl (as well as a Hanger variation), and a Thin Line Drop Swirl. Each technique gives you a different look! TRADITIONAL DROP SWIRL (Math) STEP 1: Determining Soap Percentage Step 1: Take the TOTAL weight of your batch of soap. We’re going to split it into two sections. One will contain 85% soap (our base) and the other portion will be the remaining 15% (our drop color). Total Weight x 0.85 = Base Color Total Weight x 0.15 = Drop Color Example: My batch is 40 oz. 40 oz. x 0.85 = 34 oz. (White Base) 40 oz. x 0.15 = 6 oz. (Drop Color) STEP 2: Determining Color Percentage Take the amount of soap you need for your “drop color” and divide it by the number of colors you are using. Drop Color Weight / Number of Colors = Each Color Example: Our Drop Color will be 6 oz. and we are using 3 different colors. 6 oz. / 3 = 2 oz. We will need to divide our 6 oz. into three cups of 2 oz. each and color them with our three colors. STEP 3: Other Color Percentage You can do different color percentage splits. I like 85/15 best and I don’t recommend going any higher (with the drop color) than a 70/30 split. Much higher than that and you start to lose the base color and things can get a little muddied. 90/10 Ratio Total Weight x 0.90 = Base Color Total Weight x 0.10 = Drop Color 80/20 Ratio Total Weight x 0.80 = Base Color Total Weight x 0.20 = Drop Color 70/30 Ratio Total Weight x 0.70 = Base Color Total Weight x 0.30 = Drop Color Jennifer's Handmade Soap - Because soap should be more than just functional! Webpage: www.jennifersoap.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/JeniferSoap Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_soap/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jennifersoap Music Credit: Summer by Liron Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6907-summer License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license