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 TLC Soap/Cutter Molds™ Description |
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To line the molds, I use freezer paper.
Using card board that has been folded to fit
inside the mold, this can be used as a form for
folding the freezer paper around. Make sure to
leave about a 2" amount of extra paper so that
it can be folded to the outside of the mold to help
in getting the soap out of the mold.
We do not cover and insulate these molds
because they are made of wood, the wood acts as
an insulator and we have found that there is no
need for insulation in the warmer months of the
year. The only time that you might need any
insulating is in the winter and just a light
towel will do then, if your area of the country
is very cold you might need a bit more, but here
in Georgia it is not, so a light towel will do.
There is a bit of info below on how to line them
with a plastic liner and then use acrylics for
the sides. The acrylics you can purchase and
have them cut at your local home improvement
store.
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Here is a short description of how the molds work, using the medium slab and the large slab mold as an example.
Here is a pic of the medium slab mold lined with
plastic (this is a white kitchen bag shown here)
and using acrylics alone the sides only. You can purchase
acrylics at you local home improvement store and have them cut them
the length and width of the inside of the mold, minus 3/8" so that you
can line the plastic lining in the mold. I hope
you can see the acrylic-liners along the sides
of the mold and how they smooth out the sides of
the plastic liner.
After the soap has set up firm, removing it from the mold and then cut
it into 3/4" or 1" thick bars, well not bars yet, but
a long piece of soap that you cut into 2 bars
after cutting up the block of soap. The Log
Molds will cut into 1 large bar and if you wish
to have smaller bars, you can also cut them into
smaller bars. The extension end comes off the
mold so that you can slide the soap out to 3/4"
or 1" and cut. We use a 10" taping knife that
sheet rock hangers use. You can get them at your
local hardware store, Home Depot or Lowes. If
you would like to have one sent to you with your
molds, they are listed at the bottom of the mold
page. Or you could use a large kitchen
knife/cleaver, but the taping knife works best.
The open end straight side walls of the mold with
the 1" extension is what is used as your guide
to help make a straight cut. After cutting the
block of soap, you then can lay the bar blocks
back into the mold, I stack 2 + 2 side by side,
measure 3 1/2" and cut. Voila, you have 8 bars
cut. This is for the slab molds, will be 1 bar
for the log molds.
Here are the pics of how the soap is cut in the
molds. These are pics that I took at the end of
cutting a large batch of soap. I just didn't
think to take them before that time, but they
will give you a visual view of how the molds are
used for cutting the soap. And the Little Man
you see in one of the pics is our Bryan :-),
he is now older, just couldn't resist putting that one on there
since he is one of our little camera hams and is
thrilled to know that his pics will be on the
site. :-)
This is the short instructions on the use of the
molds. I have a much more detailed instruction
sheet that comes with the mold. This wonderfully
designed mold that my darling hubby designed,
has been my best helper and I wanted to be able
to share it with all that needed something to
help them in their soapmaking. Thank you for
taking the time to read all of this and I hope
if you decide to purchase one of the molds, that
you get the enjoyment out of it as much as I
have and many other soapers have too. Check out
What our customers are saying about our molds.
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