I was looking around the kitchen for some new moulds and realised that the triangular yogurt sections on a Muller Corner yogurt might work.
Asked OH if he could possibly eat one so I could try it out, and he managed to help out.
It seems to have worked okay. I'll turn it out tomorrow.
Has anyone got any other ideas for unusual shaped (and free) moulds?
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alison
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Posted: 22 Apr 2006 09:55 pm Post subject:
The grandchildren's Easter egg boxes the plastic moulding supports looked interesting.
Apart from the egg shaped bits (which DIL said that I could now use to make all the eggs next year!) There were some shapes that held packets of sweets, so I might try those.
I still have Jesse's soap moulds by the way.
I will post them off next week if noone asks for them before hand. (It was OK with Jesse when I checked before, this is just a reminder).
I would like to pass them on, as don't like hanging onto anything too long in case it disappears under the pile of craft stuff - but I will not let it.
Just got to do a birthday card this week, then will post you card book back Jesse with the moulds if no takers.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2006 01:06 pm Post subject:
I'm afraid I'm pretty boring when it comes to moulds. I've used the bought moulds that Lottie has and they're quite nice but I still prefer the chunky hand cut bars. I use a big red square biscuit tin (well it's plastic actually) I think it was from a Fox's biscuit selection. It holds just the right amount and makes about 12 bars of soap. The plastic is slightly flexible so it's easy to unmould the soap.
I made the green minty soap in Ikea plastic tubs, a 2 pound quantitiy made 7 bars so they are pretty chunky. I don't really want a delicate bar, more a lump of soap.
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Posted: 02 May 2006 09:30 am Post subject:
I used two ecover 1-litre washing liquid bottles. I chopped off the top (from the widest point) and poured the soap in. THe amount from the soap kitchen recipe filled two bottles very neatly. I reckon I can get 6 chunky bars from each bottle.
Only trouble is, I think turning it out may be tricky. I may have to (or get Mr Aqui to) cut through the whole bottle. But then I can turn it into plant labels.
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Wow lucky you. So I guess that is good for a soap mould then - never even thought of that.
Would make an pretty impressive candle mould too! Think of one that big with lots of wicks in
pilsbury - you have given me an idea for soap making, from your candle post.
I want to make soap of a rope and without buy expensive moulds I couldn't work out how to do it.
So I just need to get something to use as a mould and block the bottom up with blu tack and use a stick for the rope on the other end. Brilliant
- think the foxes box might be a tad bit to big _________________ Lottie the Allotment Lady
excellent for soap moulds Lottie, it's what I use and takes the quantities in MCoss book perfectly, you end up with a nice thickeness of soap bars and I get about 12 bars to the mould. no good for soap on a rope though.
Lottie, when I read your soap on a rope post, I was going to suggest just the bottom of an appropriate sized tub, with blocked up hole in the bottom and rope held up through the top, but thought I probably missed something obvious about soap making, and didn't say it due to a fit of potential embarrasment!
Does the rope want to come out of both sides of the soap, or just one end? _________________ *All* tiles now up in the bathroom! A bit of grouting to go and it'll be a finished room
If its only to come out one side it is even easier, just take the rope and tie the 2 ends together to make a loop then suspend the loop 1/2 way into the mould then pour the soap in, the soap will set with the tied ends in the middle and a loop of rope out the top so you can loop it over the shower head to dry. _________________ Never trust a skinny chef
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That is what I was thinking. Also, if you only have a bigger mould, that you would normally then chop into slices to get the right sized bar, you could suspend multiple loops of rope into the box, from a bar propped lengthways above the box.
I asked my OH what he thought of the idea of the coffee soap someone made (for the soap swap, I believe), and he thought it was great. This christmas I'll try making him one on a rope.
You could also thread one of those suckers onto the rope, so that you can just stick the soap up on any flat surface. _________________ *All* tiles now up in the bathroom! A bit of grouting to go and it'll be a finished room
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