Making & Lining Soap Moulds by Sharon of Platypus Dreams |
Our sincere thanks to Sharon of Platypus Dreams Australia for this incredibly explanatory and economic method making and lining soap moulds. We are very grateful Sharon, thank you. I noticed some are asking about moulds. Here is what I do. Make a wood box with some ply about 12mm thick, thinner and I don't get the right amount of insulation heat wise. Yours may be different over there due to the cold weather so make it out of thicker ply. I don't have drop down sides or nothing on it, basically it's a box. Get the pieces precision cut at a lumbar or timber place, take the pieces home and nail or screw them together. If you are accurate with cutting the film then it won't leak much, if not it will (ycan also grease the wood with some vaseline). To get the soap out of the box I bang the side of the box upside down on a bench and out comes the soap. The box has to be made perfectly square and has to be higher than the soap. I don't worry about lids and the likes, just cover the soap with an old towel or towels. Also if it attaches is a pic of some teflon bakers sheets that they use in commercial baking, these are not cheap but don't need washing if you gently remove any excess soap. The first couple of times they leave a slight brown discoloration to the soap which can be scraped off, with use they don't leave any color on the soap but with lots of regular use they do become quite brittle and can be repaired with clear packaging tape on the non soap side. Cheers Sharon |