VII Car Care
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Hi guys, been building up my list of ingrediants over the last few weeks & doing lots of reading! I've aquired quite a few items now, and an a4 size book to write everything down :approve:
My ingrediants are here, more on the way too :lol:
Now, my first three attempts were poo! Tbh, I didn't really think of what I was trying to achieve. I just added abit of this & abit of that. Think I was too excited & just bashed them out
Had a play with colouring on my last attempt which was fun.
All 3 were rock solid, lesson learnt, back to my notebook.
So, onto my next attempt. I wanted to start basic, then work on from there. My first batch consisted of - Can we just bare in mind I am a woman & there really is no logic here
Batch #1
20g t3 Carnauba flakes
25g paraffin pellets
10g beeswax
20ml limonene
This was very dry, to the point it stuck to my fingers like it was static :lol: It was rock hard & very crumbly once broken.
Batch #2 -
15g Carnauba
23g beeswax
10g paraffin
20g coconut oil
30ml limonene
20ml almond oil
Much much nicer! Had good texture, nice touch of oil to it, melted in my fingers & smelt really nice! I was so relieved, finally I'm getting better results! Still harder than I'd like but this will be tweaked & tweaked till I'm happy.
No process pics of #2, only a just pored pic I'm afraid.
The two cooling
The next morning batch #2
The two compared
Then tested out! It could do with being more oily/lubed as it was quite grabby to apply. Left it to cure for 5 minutes & it came off really nicely, this was it with one swipe of my mf after the 5 mins
Not bad beading
I will worry about colouring & fragrance later.
So many idea's running threw my head right now. I will have another bash later today, its very fun & addictive. I could have bought a pot of Glasur and then some by now, but thats boring!
[smilie=thanks.gif]
My ingrediants are here, more on the way too :lol:
Now, my first three attempts were poo! Tbh, I didn't really think of what I was trying to achieve. I just added abit of this & abit of that. Think I was too excited & just bashed them out
Had a play with colouring on my last attempt which was fun.
All 3 were rock solid, lesson learnt, back to my notebook.
So, onto my next attempt. I wanted to start basic, then work on from there. My first batch consisted of - Can we just bare in mind I am a woman & there really is no logic here
Batch #1
20g t3 Carnauba flakes
25g paraffin pellets
10g beeswax
20ml limonene
This was very dry, to the point it stuck to my fingers like it was static :lol: It was rock hard & very crumbly once broken.
Batch #2 -
15g Carnauba
23g beeswax
10g paraffin
20g coconut oil
30ml limonene
20ml almond oil
Much much nicer! Had good texture, nice touch of oil to it, melted in my fingers & smelt really nice! I was so relieved, finally I'm getting better results! Still harder than I'd like but this will be tweaked & tweaked till I'm happy.
No process pics of #2, only a just pored pic I'm afraid.
The two cooling
The next morning batch #2
The two compared
Then tested out! It could do with being more oily/lubed as it was quite grabby to apply. Left it to cure for 5 minutes & it came off really nicely, this was it with one swipe of my mf after the 5 mins
Not bad beading
I will worry about colouring & fragrance later.
So many idea's running threw my head right now. I will have another bash later today, its very fun & addictive. I could have bought a pot of Glasur and then some by now, but thats boring!
[smilie=thanks.gif]
