@@mrchow3177 I wasnt sure if he was saying I was being anal retentive and hundreds of others didnt care. Good to know though. Cody was my inspiration growing up.
Meriam Webster's "1a" definition of flavor is, "ODOR, FRAGRANCE"... though that definition is labelled as archaic. Seems to pass the smell test considering that we're talking about a person who made himself a chainmail vest in the last ~5 years :)
@@ToTheGAMES no, generally speaking soaps used for skin are not harmful to ingest. Imagine if you have kids and they'll eat anything so it has to be non-toxic.
Cody' s life could be ordered like that of famous artists in the 19th and 20th century... , the explosive period, the wax period, the charcaol period, the quicksilver period, the soap period etc.
That turned out really well! Also that's a super cool rock! I also wonder if it would be feasible to attempt to make a geode bar of soap using a combination of the grey soap and a commercially made brightly coloured transparent soap bar? Edit: turns out geode soap bars are popular among DIY and commercial and of course there's plenty of patents on all sorts of soap bars including 'composite soap bar consisting of embedded shapes of differing hardness'.
You wouldn’t need to patent the idea to be able to use it. You’d be able to trade mark the specific design and do business that way. *source: Mark Cuban on an episode of shark tank*
@@juliettaylorswift I've had that happen. Someone made a nice bar of soap for me and I never wanted to use it. In fact, I never used it and now it's in a garbage heap somewhere I'm sure.
I check my Patreon feed once per week on Sunday morning, and I get irrationally excited when there's a new Cody video. There's something about the topics Cody covers and the way they're presented that I find very unique and enjoyable to watch.
I work cutting limestone for homes and buildings, and it’s not uncommon to find fossils in the blocks we get, but it’s not nearly as dense as your example. That’s quite amazing
This was such a cool thing to watch. From the first idea to try to make soap from beeswax to realizing that it makes the soap harder and dissolve slower. Then, the fossil idea and the completion of the final product.
As a soap maker, the beginning was so chaotic and the end filled me with so much joy. It was what soap making is all about. Creativity! It was an awesome video and a super cool end result!
I tend to sometimes forget that Cody studied geology, only to then be reminded of that again in videos like those. Glad to have our geologist explain rocks to us :D
This is honestly one of the best how to videos of natural made soap from a chemistry perspective. I really enjoy this Cody and the perspective it provides in CZcams is essential
4:32 is that Forbidden Buttercream Frosting 👀 Love these soap videos, I've tried my hand making some now with varying levels of success, However it is still fun nonetheless! Have a good one Cody👍
Woah. Beautiful effort! The similarity you managed to reproduce in both color and resolute texture are spot on. It would be so cool to put the reference rock you found (which absolutely blew me away) in that CT/X-ray scanning machine Curiousmarc recently got the chance to use on his Apolo mission components. Nevertheless, hats off to you sir.
Oh please, great CZcams algorithm, let this get the exposure it deserves. All the algo puts on my recommended page lately is trash. I want more Cody'sLab videos! I have notifications turned on but I swear I never got any notification about the last 10 or so videos nor did they ever appear in my recommended. EDIT: Finished watching to the end, and wow. This is the coolest thing I've seen on CZcams in a LONG time. I never knew soap could be formed like that. Thank you, Cody, for putting the time and effort into producing this video and sharing with us. I really appreciate it and look forward to trying something like this myself!
i reckon a little bit of finely ground pumice would add an interesting (and possibly more authentic) "feel" to the soap. perhaps use that in the portion of the soap that is mimicking the calcite inclusions. just a thought.
Cody saying that the surface of the rock is just a 2d slice gives me an idea, what if you cut a rock like this, took an image of the cut surface, ground a little bit more of the surface off, took another picture, and kept going all the way through, you could end up with a 3d volume of the rock, and reconstruct the fossils in 3d. Has anyone done something like this?
we already do that with animal specimen. They impregnate organs/bits of tissue with plastic resin (it's called plastination), then cut it into super fine slices, generally with diamond blades. They don't normally reconstruct a 3d model with it though. They're encased in microscope slides for observation. Obviously its very useful to teach med students etc, but it's also used in diagnostics, since it allows doctors to see exactly the shape and arrangement of cells, which can help identify different types of cancer for example.
@@The_Keeper I don't think that's right, how does the MRI get the 2d slices? I know a CT scan constructs a 3d volume from 2d x-ray scans, but x-rays don't take a slice like that
Just what I needed this morning some new Cody's lab ! I've been going through it lately and this is just the positive person I needed to have a better day thank you Cody!
Mate, I found your channel because you implanted a magnet in your finger so you could feel the magnetic field. All the crazy stuff since hasn't disappointed. Such a boss, unique channel.
im in a super bad time of my life and seeing your video made me cheer up. thank you a bunch for this and i loved the idea of the soap. Kinda want to make my own soap now lol
I actually got into the hobby of soapmaking from your first video I discovered on it where you made soap completely out of beeswax. Been really fun creating something for fun that also has a function. Thanks for the awesome video's.
That was awesome, makes me interested in making soap, plus those fossils were very cute and it's really nice to see them poke through when you use the bar ! Love your ideas Cody as always !
I always like watching you, especially your habit of using metric units, makes it just that little bit more digestible for us non-US folk. Not that should eat soap, or lye. I found out in chem class that bases are really good for cleaning and quite "soapy" ie slippery. I bet I drop my teacher batty I always tried to find "unapproved" uses for all the cool chemicals. But my teacher and I stayed after school once to make "moderate" amounts of nitrogen triiodide, with expected results. No one was harmed, and property damage was minimal, only the stains remained for years. But after that no more practical investigation into unstable nitrogen bonds. 🤣 I said bonds...
Yoooo what a cool project! The soap bars look absolutely awesome, especially when the dark soap dissolved a bit Almost makes me wanna get into soap making
Wow, can I buy one? Looks so amazing and you mentioned gritty feeling, as a mechanic I need grit to get grease and old oil off. Love how the fossils last longer than the limestone, I’d save the fossils on my shelf.
Really taking your creative impulses to a whole new level!! I was already impressed before you wetted it and rinsed away some of the gray but once you did the effect of the relief making the fossil bits pop was astonishing and made it look so much more like the real thing. Would love to see you take this further and really perfect it, maybe increase the fossil density, add some more mineral inclusions, etc. No joke I'd pay good money for some of this
Awesome work Cody! Always love to hear about cool rocks and minerals, I would love to learn more about how to identify various different rocks, minerals and fossils.
I love codys channel cause every time i hear his voice it's nostalgic, been subbed since 2013 so i was like 12 and had just moved to a big city with zero friends; hes been with me since i was a young buck😂 thanks for the uploads cody, you're freakin awesome man!❤️
Hey Cody, truly thank you for all of your hard work! I know sometimes you may feel like your hard work is all for nothing but you truly are doing more than what most people will ever dream of! I am proud of you and I look forward to witness the beautiful works you will embark on! Regards :)
This was worth the wait! I wonder, if you had enough time and energy for it you could probably sell some of these at a local market and make a bit more cash for your off-the-grid projects. Great work!
Can’t tell you how important this channel is man, out of highschool (in college) and this is still one of my favorite forms of education and entertainment!
It turned out so well! I'm now desperate to give this a go - i didnt realise how easy making soap was! Are there any specific dyes that will dye the soap without dying the skin at all?
Awesome video! We make our own soaps too and this was cool to see. The rock you have is truly beautiful and it's cool as hell to see you make soap inspired by it. 👍😁 Came back to say how awesome your final soap turned out. 👍👍
Absolutely love the concept and the process looks satisfying and fun! If you did geodes or other rocks too, you could make some pretty nice gifts for people as well.
Cold process soap could be fun to do, there is less chance of the boiling. I believe your going far past trace, which is just mixed not when it is solidifying on you into a paste. Royalty soaps probably could be a really good help for making more liquid batches that you can pour into molds and shapes.
Hey Cody, look up the word "wackestone" Also, the Carboniferous goes from about 360-300 million years ago, so if it's 250 mya, that would actually make it from the latest stage of the Permian. However, I suspect that _is_ a Carboniferous wackestone, since you're in the south-western US and it reminds me somewhat strongly of certain formation I know. Also also, those are probably brachiopods, not clams - remember, you can always tell if the two valves (or shells) are symmetrical with one another, it's a bivalve, if the valves are not mirror images of each other, it's a brachiopod.
I would really appreciate your videos so much my favorite thing to watch on CZcams no doubt it is literally criminal that you do not get paid to make this good content I really appreciate what you do
250 million is the Permian Triassic not carboniferous
I meant 350 million. A mistake that was not caught by the hundreds of people that watched the video before I made it public.
@@theCodyReeder lol is that a roast or a compliment? Also nice work. Im gonna have to try it out myself
@@MountainJohn Well, a compliment to you and a roast to everyone else
@@mrchow3177 I wasnt sure if he was saying I was being anal retentive and hundreds of others didnt care. Good to know though. Cody was my inspiration growing up.
@@theCodyReeder it doesn’t matter you’re both wrong lol
"lemongrass oil for flavor"...it wouldn't be cody's lab without tasting it so guess soap would be no different
well the taste test was missing
Meriam Webster's "1a" definition of flavor is, "ODOR, FRAGRANCE"... though that definition is labelled as archaic. Seems to pass the smell test considering that we're talking about a person who made himself a chainmail vest in the last ~5 years :)
Would it be harmful to take a bite out of it?
@@ToTheGAMES no, generally speaking soaps used for skin are not harmful to ingest. Imagine if you have kids and they'll eat anything so it has to be non-toxic.
@@ToTheGAMES Not really, but it would taste real soapy. 🙂
Cody' s life could be ordered like that of famous artists in the 19th and 20th century... , the explosive period, the wax period, the charcaol period, the quicksilver period, the soap period etc.
You forgot the radioactive period
@@pauln07 if only the FBI hadn't cut that one short 😔
@@RamoArt who says it was actually cut short, it was only cut short on CZcams we don't know what wasn't posted.
He also had a mushroom period.
don't forget about the mercury period and the plant period
Love the idea of having fossils in the soap that are harder so they poke out. I've really been enjoying the soap videos.
Cody showing off his candy making skills over here, but with soap.
Ah, that's why it felt familiar.
That turned out really well! Also that's a super cool rock!
I also wonder if it would be feasible to attempt to make a geode bar of soap using a combination of the grey soap and a commercially made brightly coloured transparent soap bar?
Edit: turns out geode soap bars are popular among DIY and commercial and of course there's plenty of patents on all sorts of soap bars including 'composite soap bar consisting of embedded shapes of differing hardness'.
A little bit of research before commenting is often a good idea, but this is the first time I've seen someone do a patent search... respect!
I was about to write the exact same words... That turned out really well!
Good edit :) It sounded like a good idea to me too!
You wouldn’t need to patent the idea to be able to use it. You’d be able to trade mark the specific design and do business that way.
*source: Mark Cuban on an episode of shark tank*
@@wyattblaine7066 Correct!
Incredible idea, and it turned out really well.
well enough it would be one of those "kinda dont want to use to preserve" things (like if bought somewhere)
@@juliettaylorswift I've had that happen. Someone made a nice bar of soap for me and I never wanted to use it. In fact, I never used it and now it's in a garbage heap somewhere I'm sure.
I wouldn't mind having a few bars of this, it looks great.
I check my Patreon feed once per week on Sunday morning, and I get irrationally excited when there's a new Cody video. There's something about the topics Cody covers and the way they're presented that I find very unique and enjoyable to watch.
couple years back and that really was the case. exploding nitroglicerin with a knife? yes. making heavy water? yes. Miss old channel dearly.
I work cutting limestone for homes and buildings, and it’s not uncommon to find fossils in the blocks we get, but it’s not nearly as dense as your example. That’s quite amazing
Love how it erodes like a real rock with fossils just much faster. everyday new fossiles appear, definitely the most interesting soap lmao.
Those turned out great! Cool idea
I can’t stress how much I love this channel. PLEASE never leave us.
The best thing about Cody, Is he always keeps me guessing. Never know whats coming next. Well done.
Squatch would sell that for about 50 bucks a bar.
This was such a cool thing to watch. From the first idea to try to make soap from beeswax to realizing that it makes the soap harder and dissolve slower. Then, the fossil idea and the completion of the final product.
to break up foam, keep a spray bottle with ethanol or isopropyl alcohol ready, relatively small amounts will break up that foam immediately.
great tip. thanks.
Just avoid using a gas stove 🔥
You will never run out of soap after this soap making phase xD
It's also a fun project to do with kids as a parent or a teacher
You don't realize we are his students, do you? He is the teacher.
@@boydmcree9085 ...
As a soap maker, the beginning was so chaotic and the end filled me with so much joy. It was what soap making is all about. Creativity! It was an awesome video and a super cool end result!
so much effort making art that will just wash away. truly a fleeting art project. 10/10
I would totally buy that soap! Super cool looking, and as a fellow geologist, I’m a big fan!
Cody, drop the Etsy store!
Cody: "So I found this amazing looking stone a few days ago and I wanted to talk about it."
That's why we love this channel :D
I tend to sometimes forget that Cody studied geology, only to then be reminded of that again in videos like those.
Glad to have our geologist explain rocks to us :D
Soap for Paleontologists. Just right after a long day in the field.
Cody goes over so many topics on this channel that I had no idea what he studied
You can grow alfalfa in the poor Mars dirt (regolith). Use it for fertilizer for your veggies. (south Florida)
This is honestly one of the best how to videos of natural made soap from a chemistry perspective. I really enjoy this Cody and the perspective it provides in CZcams is essential
That's such a cool idea! It turned out really well. I love how the fossils dissolve more slowly too.
4:32 is that Forbidden Buttercream Frosting 👀 Love these soap videos, I've tried my hand making some now with varying levels of success, However it is still fun nonetheless! Have a good one Cody👍
Woah. Beautiful effort! The similarity you managed to reproduce in both color and resolute texture are spot on. It would be so cool to put the reference rock you found (which absolutely blew me away) in that CT/X-ray scanning machine Curiousmarc recently got the chance to use on his Apolo mission components. Nevertheless, hats off to you sir.
Oh please, great CZcams algorithm, let this get the exposure it deserves. All the algo puts on my recommended page lately is trash. I want more Cody'sLab videos! I have notifications turned on but I swear I never got any notification about the last 10 or so videos nor did they ever appear in my recommended.
EDIT:
Finished watching to the end, and wow. This is the coolest thing I've seen on CZcams in a LONG time. I never knew soap could be formed like that. Thank you, Cody, for putting the time and effort into producing this video and sharing with us. I really appreciate it and look forward to trying something like this myself!
i reckon a little bit of finely ground pumice would add an interesting (and possibly more authentic) "feel" to the soap. perhaps use that in the portion of the soap that is mimicking the calcite inclusions. just a thought.
Cody saying that the surface of the rock is just a 2d slice gives me an idea, what if you cut a rock like this, took an image of the cut surface, ground a little bit more of the surface off, took another picture, and kept going all the way through, you could end up with a 3d volume of the rock, and reconstruct the fossils in 3d. Has anyone done something like this?
this is a great idea,i really don't know why somebody didn't do something like that...
we already do that with animal specimen. They impregnate organs/bits of tissue with plastic resin (it's called plastination), then cut it into super fine slices, generally with diamond blades. They don't normally reconstruct a 3d model with it though. They're encased in microscope slides for observation. Obviously its very useful to teach med students etc, but it's also used in diagnostics, since it allows doctors to see exactly the shape and arrangement of cells, which can help identify different types of cancer for example.
@@rfldss89 yep,i remember we had those slides in biology class,they had slides of all the organs of a rat,and one of a pig brain too,i think.
Technically, thats what an MRI does, and then makes a 3d model from it... just without the whole cutting the patient to ribbons.
@@The_Keeper I don't think that's right, how does the MRI get the 2d slices? I know a CT scan constructs a 3d volume from 2d x-ray scans, but x-rays don't take a slice like that
Great job! Must have taken a while to make all those fossils. The color matching turned out excellent.
Very cool work Cody! You have waaaay more patience than I would when it comes to sculpting all the little fossils. It turned out great 👍
Ooh my entire town sits on that type of Devonian limestone, it's really beautiful and "fosilliferous".
330-350 million years old, blows my mind 😄
What area do you live in? I would love to see some of this limestone in person. It's so full of life, or what was life. ✌️😎🍀
Just what I needed this morning some new Cody's lab ! I've been going through it lately and this is just the positive person I needed to have a better day thank you Cody!
This is so cool! It looked really incredible as well as working as actual soap - not to mention the different soaps wearing off at different speeds
Mate, I found your channel because you implanted a magnet in your finger so you could feel the magnetic field.
All the crazy stuff since hasn't disappointed. Such a boss, unique channel.
Loving the good, clean fun in this channel.
I was expecting 3D printed or machined molds for the fossils, but was pleasantly surprised with the handmade process. It looks like a fun project
I would call this project a complete success 🙌 great job Cody! 👍
im in a super bad time of my life and seeing your video made me cheer up. thank you a bunch for this and i loved the idea of the soap. Kinda want to make my own soap now lol
Go for it! Just please be careful, hot oil and sodium hydroxide soution is no joke.
I actually got into the hobby of soapmaking from your first video I discovered on it where you made soap completely out of beeswax. Been really fun creating something for fun that also has a function. Thanks for the awesome video's.
That was awesome, makes me interested in making soap, plus those fossils were very cute and it's really nice to see them poke through when you use the bar ! Love your ideas Cody as always !
I always like watching you, especially your habit of using metric units, makes it just that little bit more digestible for us non-US folk. Not that should eat soap, or lye.
I found out in chem class that bases are really good for cleaning and quite "soapy" ie slippery. I bet I drop my teacher batty I always tried to find "unapproved" uses for all the cool chemicals. But my teacher and I stayed after school once to make "moderate" amounts of nitrogen triiodide, with expected results. No one was harmed, and property damage was minimal, only the stains remained for years. But after that no more practical investigation into unstable nitrogen bonds. 🤣 I said bonds...
Yoooo what a cool project!
The soap bars look absolutely awesome, especially when the dark soap dissolved a bit
Almost makes me wanna get into soap making
Wow, can I buy one? Looks so amazing and you mentioned gritty feeling, as a mechanic I need grit to get grease and old oil off. Love how the fossils last longer than the limestone, I’d save the fossils on my shelf.
Very nice outcome, the calcite veins really pull it all together. Great chemistry and creativity!
Really taking your creative impulses to a whole new level!! I was already impressed before you wetted it and rinsed away some of the gray but once you did the effect of the relief making the fossil bits pop was astonishing and made it look so much more like the real thing. Would love to see you take this further and really perfect it, maybe increase the fossil density, add some more mineral inclusions, etc. No joke I'd pay good money for some of this
Thats an awesome idea Cody, great video.
Always enjoy seeing you play with cool rocks
I always appreciate your gentle demeanor.
I'm just happy you're still around and posting videos. ❣️
Im glad to see you posting videos again cody, you are by far my favorite youtuber. Keep up the great work and stay safe buddy.
I would buy fossil soap in a heartbeat, this is so cool!! Love how you made the fossils harder so they start to stick out after use!
You are more artistic than I knew! Excellent soap video!
Awesome work Cody! Always love to hear about cool rocks and minerals, I would love to learn more about how to identify various different rocks, minerals and fossils.
I love codys channel cause every time i hear his voice it's nostalgic, been subbed since 2013 so i was like 12 and had just moved to a big city with zero friends; hes been with me since i was a young buck😂 thanks for the uploads cody, you're freakin awesome man!❤️
Wow, your skill with making the soap shapes makes me think that you'd be really good at making image candy, what we call in Britain "Rock"
Rock candy is very different in America. It’s basically crystallized colored sugar on a stick, that looks like the inside of a geode.
Thus turned out so well. Great work!
Hey Cody, truly thank you for all of your hard work! I know sometimes you may feel like your hard work is all for nothing but you truly are doing more than what most people will ever dream of! I am proud of you and I look forward to witness the beautiful works you will embark on!
Regards :)
This was worth the wait! I wonder, if you had enough time and energy for it you could probably sell some of these at a local market and make a bit more cash for your off-the-grid projects. Great work!
This was such a cool idea! Love how the “fossils” dissolve slower so they poke out!
Well done! I couldn't think of a soap pun, but your work deserves the best soap pun!
What an awesome idea, and fantastic execution. Very impressive work, Cody.
I sincerely thought the first slice of soap was going to say 'cody' and the 2nd slice was going to "lab" (but it was still way cool!)
That is definitly in competition for coolest soap ever. I would be afraid of scratches from charcoal though.
Stay well clear of Swarfega then !
Way more abrasive material like walnut shells or sand is used in soaps. Charcoal powder should be perfectly fine
Can’t tell you how important this channel is man, out of highschool (in college) and this is still one of my favorite forms of education and entertainment!
They look fantastic! Worth all the effort!
It turned out so well! I'm now desperate to give this a go - i didnt realise how easy making soap was! Are there any specific dyes that will dye the soap without dying the skin at all?
As a once person of purple colour that faded to neon pink, good idea considering dye types.
Of course. They make dyes just for soap
@@karlharvymarx2650 As a once bright green person who then faded to a jaundiced yellow, I agree, find the right dye, don’t use food coloring.
Awesome video! We make our own soaps too and this was cool to see. The rock you have is truly beautiful and it's cool as hell to see you make soap inspired by it. 👍😁
Came back to say how awesome your final soap turned out. 👍👍
Absolutely love the concept and the process looks satisfying and fun! If you did geodes or other rocks too, you could make some pretty nice gifts for people as well.
Dude i would be willing to purchase some from you! Would be sweet to have around the house!
That intro was great. It must have taken way too long for me to imagine |-o-|.
Enjoyed! Thank you Cody!
You did amazing. I can't believe how awesome they look.
Cold process soap could be fun to do, there is less chance of the boiling. I believe your going far past trace, which is just mixed not when it is solidifying on you into a paste. Royalty soaps probably could be a really good help for making more liquid batches that you can pour into molds and shapes.
Seconding this entirely
Hey Cody, look up the word "wackestone"
Also, the Carboniferous goes from about 360-300 million years ago, so if it's 250 mya, that would actually make it from the latest stage of the Permian. However, I suspect that _is_ a Carboniferous wackestone, since you're in the south-western US and it reminds me somewhat strongly of certain formation I know.
Also also, those are probably brachiopods, not clams - remember, you can always tell if the two valves (or shells) are symmetrical with one another, it's a bivalve, if the valves are not mirror images of each other, it's a brachiopod.
Great video. I always look forward for your videos. Really enjoyed the chemistry 👍.
These turned out amazing! Awesome work!
Amazing project, thank you so much for sharing this!!!
Way cool! Great art project. Keep up these great videos.
I love when you post stuff cody. Glad to see you doing well.
looks awesome! came out so well, well done.
Turned out really well! Congrats Cody!
Cool idea and great execution!
that "oops" in each and every video is constant as well as is the proof of originality
Truly beautifully executed Cody. Bravo
I would really appreciate your videos so much my favorite thing to watch on CZcams no doubt it is literally criminal that you do not get paid to make this good content I really appreciate what you do
Dude you nailed it. Super cool/fun project video!
That was very creative and the result very beautiful!!!
Really fun project! Thanks for sharing!
That came out great! Really cool!
That turned out really well!
These would make such great gifts! Such a unique idea and kind of shocked how real they feel. Love this
amazing results ! nice job
That's really looking great! Really nice one!
This is really cool idea! Thanks for the video.
Wow this is amazing! Great work!
Love your vids Cody, have for a long time.
But I'm glad I watched this video, otherwise I would've thought theses complex shapes occur by chance :)
I really love your content. This was great.
Wow that's awesome! Definitely something I would want to buy!!
Very awesome video. Enjoyed every step of the way. And also very educational. Keep up the great work
Super nice work! Fancy result!