The next step is to highly polish the soap bar to eliminate all scratches on the surface of the bar. This is done using 'wet sandpaper'. Any scratches left on the bar, will translate in the final product even to the silicone rubber mold. |
As we are building a precision soap bar -- the perfect soap bar -- the use of hand tools and templates are critical to check and re-check our measurements. Using power equipment may be easier and faster. There is a concern of creating hair-line cracks in the soap model caused by vibrations from the power tools.
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