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NEW!!!!
If you are challenged by carpentry tools or power saws and would like to buy one of these molds check out the bottom of this page!!
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I had so many people ask me about the molds on our instruction page I thought I would do a quick page to show how it was made.
Des made our molds using plywood because of its stability and also because it is relatively straight. He varnished the wood, but after we have used them now for a while, he suggests that varnishing the wood was a mistake. You can see stains on the wood and that is because the soap turns the varnish a different color. This may not be that important, just being aesthetics, but any varnished wood coming into contact with the soap will discolor the soap. These molds need to be lined with plastic anyways, but if there is any hole in the plastic it will change the soap it touches brown.
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This is the base, the two outside pieces are so you can pick up the mold and transport it.
The base pieces are all screwed together with number 8 screws 1 1/4 long .
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Des made this box to help line the mold. You will see a bit further along why this is important. The handle on top is also a good idea. He make this box out of pieces of wood and covered it with plastic paper and duct tape (you gotta love duct tape) . He used duct tape because the scotch tape will not stick to it.
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As you can see the box fits inside the mold and the handle makes it easy to remove
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When you remove the box the plastic wants to puff up, but you can press it down into the mold easily. The plastic leaves wrinkles in the soap, but I guess you can't have everything.
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And last but not least, Des pouring the soap into the mold. We have a customer who orders a lot of soap from us, so we have eight of these production molds. Each loaf of soap measures 16 1/4" X 2 5/8" X 3 7/8". Each mold yields about 56 - 4 oz bars. You may opt for a smaller mold. When we started we had some molds that measured 12" X 2 5/8" X 3 7/8 and only had two chambers. This made half of the batch that fit our current molds. One of these days, Des will be testing using the molds without the two center dividers and will put a piece of wood or cardboard in bottom of the mold. We have just received a cutter from a friend of ours and it looks like it will cut blocks of soap, so we will be doing a bit of experimentation with that. Des wanted me to mention it to give you ideas for other ways to use this design.
If you need any other info, feel free to e-mail me at
Pat Prenty
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Because of the large amount of requests for our molds we have decided to have them made for us. The pictures show the mold liner insert made of plastic and duct tape the ones we are selling are made of the same wood them molds are.
The mold holds 11.5 lb. oils and 4 lb. water per batch. That fills the molds about 2 3/4" high. The molds (logs) are 16" long and 3 3/8" wide. Cut at 7/8" thick that will give you about 54 bars approx. 4.8 oz. when cut. (about 4.2 oz when fully cured).
The price of the molds is $55.00 each and the insert to help wrap the mold is $18.00 If you would like more info go to
www.essencesupply.com
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