{"id":8345,"date":"2012-06-12T10:49:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T16:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=8345"},"modified":"2018-04-28T09:47:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T15:47:35","slug":"making-round-soap-in-poly-tubing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/making-round-soap-in-poly-tubing\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Round Soap in Poly Tubing"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever been frustrated at trying to get your round soap out of a PVC pipe, you might want to check this out. The idea has been floating around the soap blogs and forums for awhile now. Of course I heard about it right after I had just invested about $50 in a custom sized 2.5″ PVC pipe (the plumbing store would only sell me a full-sized stick), so I wasn’t overly anxious to go out and purchase more supplies.<\/p>\n

Ok, so I got a little bit frustrated with the pipe. Even freezing the soap in the pipe, then pulling it out and letting it sweat wasn’t working every time. So two months ago I invested another $32.61 in some 2.5″ poly tubing. Hello. A 2.5″ flat<\/em> tube is totally different from a 2.5″ round<\/em> tube. Unable to send it back without incurring shipping fees plus a 25% re-stocking fee, I still have it. I let it sit there staring at me for about a month before I decided to go ahead and order the correct size – which was 4″ tubing<\/a>. (Yes, 4″ flat tubing will give you about 2.5″ diameter soap.) And then life got busy.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I finally got around to making my Beer & Seaweed Shampoo Bars<\/a> in the poly tubing. Hubby helped me with the set-up. I needed a way to prop the bag up and open while I poured the soap in.<\/p>\n

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Pipe fittings to hold the poly tubing, with a hole in the end of a board<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The board goes all the way to the back of my supply rack, with a box half full of business cards sitting on top.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had to stand on a chair to get to the top of the tube and pour the soap in! Also folded over a bath towel and placed it on the floor under the tube to catch any drips. <\/p>\n

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I taped the funnel to the top of the pipe fittings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I left the soap hanging there overnight. It was actually ready to cut about 18 hours after I poured. The tubing slid right off – success!!<\/p>\n

Here are the cut bars:<\/p>\n

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Deep Patchouli Beer & Seaweed Shampoo Bars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are some of the differences that I’ve noticed between this batch and previous batches:<\/p>\n

1. They definitely did NOT gel.
\n2. They have more air bubbles from pouring such a long way down.
\n3. They are exactly 2.5″ in diameter which is slightly larger than the ones I made in the pipe – pre-cure weight is at least half an ounce more.
\n4. I’m also short a full bar – partly due to the knot at the bottom of the tube, and partly due to the slightly larger diameter, but I can deal with that!
\n5. This was SO much easier! I have a batch of the Lemongrass Herbal Mint already poured this morning. This is definitely going to be the way to go for these soaps!<\/p>\n

Here is what they normally look like:
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Beer & Seaweed Shampoo Bars<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nSoapmakers!!<\/strong> Check out the updated tutorial for using poly tubing HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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