I'm super excited to share with you the tutorial I created for this year's Making Soap Magazine Design Mania contest: Gradient One Pot Wonder. I love gradients and the OPW so combining the two seemed to make perfect sense to me!

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0:00 Gradient One Pot Wonder
0:05 The Math Behind the Technique
10:17 Tools and Color Choices
13:17 Determining How Much Soap Each Color Needs
14:15 Making the Soap - Splitting the Batch and Adding Color
17:32 Splitting Up the Colors to Create the Gradient
24:15 Adding the Colors to the Pot
27:18 Pouring into the Mold
29:00 Cutting the Soap
30:22 Examples of Different Pours

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Step 1: Layer Color Division
We are going to a three color gradient split into seven layers (or color divisions) to create our gradient.

BASE RECIPE
Avocado Oil 2.40 oz
Coconut Oil 4.85 oz
Olive Oil 12.20 oz
Palm Oil 4.85 oz
Shea Butter 2.70 oz

Lye (5% Superfat) 3.70 oz
Distilled Water 8.60 oz

Step 2: Determining Layer Weight
Now that we know how many layers we need, we can determine the amount of soap for each layer. To do this we simply need to know the total weight of our batch and the number of layers we wish to create.

Total Batch Weight / Number of Layers = x

Example: We’re making a batch that weights 40 oz. Let’s apply the above math:

40 oz. / 7 = 5.71 oz

Step 3: Splitting the Layers
Because we will be mixing Color B into both Color A and C, we are going to need to have more of Color B than we will of Color A and C, so we can’t just divide the batch into equal parts for the three colors. (Note : Color A and C will never mix with each other. Color B will bridge the gap between those colors.) The percentage of soap each layer will need are as follows:

Color A: 28.57%
Color B: 42.86%
Color C: 28.57%

Example: Let’s apply this to our 40 oz batch of soap. Simply multiply the weight of the total batch by the percentage for each color.

Color A: 40 x (28.57/100) = 11.428 oz
Color B: 40 x (42.86/100) = 17.144 oz
Color C: 40 x (28.57/100) = 11. 428 oz

Step 4: Mixing the Layers
Now we need to figure out how much of each color goes into each of our seven layers. Looking back at the diagrams above, and the layer weight of 5.71 oz that we calculated in step 2, we can multiply the weight of the layer by the % of each color required for that layer. So:

Layer 1 100% Color A
Layer 2 66.6% Color A / 33.3% Color B
Layer 3 33.3% Color A / 66.6% Color B
Layer 4 100% Color B
Layer 5 66.6% Color B / 33.3% Color C
Layer 6 33.3% Color B / 66.6% Color C
Layer 7 100% Color C

Which if we plug in our 5.71 oz it will translate to this:
Cup 1: 5.71 oz Color A
Cup 2: 3.8 oz Color A and 1.9 oz Color B
Cup 3: 1.9 oz Color A and 3.8 oz Color B
Cup 4: 5.71oz Color B
Cup 5: 3.8 oz Color B 1.9 oz Color C
Cup 6: 1.9 oz Color B and 3.8 oz Color C
Cup 7: 5.71 oz Color C

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