Soap Scaffold

In order for my vinyl soap box to function as a soap dish, there needs to be an underlying scaffold so that the soap would get sufficient air for drying purposes. My first thought would be to corrugate some vinyl. However the corrugated vinyl tends to curl. No problem, I will cut it into daisies. The daisies sit on the bottom of the soap box and hold it in the air.

The soap can now rest on a bed of daisies and dry as it should.

Soap Box from Soft Vinyl Tarp

This tarp was very soft, yet it still worked for a box. The look is a bit puffy. I'm going to rework the front tab closure for better ease of use. I have a bar of soap in the box from Etsy Seller MrsSoandSos which doesn't quite fit. MrsSoandSos sells salicylate-free soaps suitable for the guaifenesin protocol for fibromyalgia. She sells sea shells by the sea shore. :)

Soap Box Design, continued

One way to get air on the soap is to have a corrugated vinyl liner in the soap box.

I experimented with putting feet on the box as well as a way to raise the bottom of the box. If it had a mesh cut on the bottom of the box then that would be another way to keep the soap dry, but the soap box would still have to be on the sink or have another dish underneath it to catch the water. So I'm favoring the corrugated liner.

I'm aiming for this box to be three things: a soap box, a soap dish, and then a nice decorative box after the soap is gone. More than just a box, as notes Packaging Diva JoAnn Hines writing about David Graas' Not A Lamp,

I've been asking soap makers how many soaps in a hand-made batch. The Etsy folks say between 5-25 on bars on average. So there's my target range for a custom Etsy listing.

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