idacandlelady

I'm always telling them to bug away when I'm making a batch cuz of the lye so when I had em a bar of soap to try they're like "ohh u want us to use soap that's poisonous?!".:rolleyes2 Sounds just like my 9 yr old.LOL

Very creative! Love them.

Love the Curve!

I'm pretty sure you have to have 10 posts to be able to participate in the co-op section!

WOW!!! I Love them all.

My dad me me one from wood. I line it with freezerpaper -- the sides dont open but check it out...

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If you dont mind my asking, did your DH make yours a solid box or are the sides hinged? I want to make one and want to do it as simply as possible(for my first one). Just curious if the soap will come out if the sides don't open.

Hubby made me one. I looked at a few molds online, took the inner dimensions and set him free with it. To find out how much it held.. is height x width x depth x .4 will tell you how much in ounces.

Good Luck!

Great looking layers carol, bet it smells awesome. I just wish I could get a plain batch to turn out right! LOL

I am far from ready to sell. I haven't even gotten a decent batch(out of 3). I just want to make them for myself and family for now. Thanks for advising me!

Do any of you use crayons for coloring your soap? I know I've read about it somewhere, just wanted to be sure it was ok. I'm just starting soaping and don't want to (can't afford to) buy colorants yet. All I have is crayons or candle coloring.:undecided

Rebecca

I am interested in knowing this also

It seams that quite a few people use these, I'm kinda wondering how now. I just realized something, I think they are aluminum! I discovered this the hard way. After I got all of the wasted batch out I had nasty black blotches all over the inside of the mold and it smelled really bad. Those of you that use these how do you do it? Do you line it with something, or maybe it was my bad batch that caused this? Anyone know?

Anyone know where I can find instructions on how to make my own loaf mold. And how to figure out for size/volume? TIA

Rebecca

All of my calculations seem right( I used soapmaker) but on a later batch I noticed a thin piece of hardened lye in my lye container(if that makes sense) and I don't know if that happened on this batch and I just didn't notice or if all the lye was mixed better. I guess I could go ahead and rebatch and find out. If there isn't enough lye it won't turn out, right? thanks for the help!

Rebecca

never tried m&p,though I'm wondering with all my problems with cp maybe I should. LOL

I've read up a little on how to rebatch but I'm wondering. My batch that I want to do separated horribly, what would cause this? I set my tube/loaf mold in a loaf pan for leakage and it all oozed out into the loaf pan, but the problem is on one side of the pan is clear oil the other side looks vaguely(sp) like soap. It didn't ooze out looking like soap! Hope this makes sense. I'm just wondering How would I know if I need to add anything. Or should I just toss it and try again.

Thanks

Rebecca

This batch that I did last night separated also so no there isn't enough to tell a seam. The last batch I didn't notice a mark from the seam but my mold is the heart shaped one so I think the seam is on the top where the crevice is for the heart. Does that make sense?

Just wondering if anyone has used and had any luck with a pampered chef tube/loaf mold? How are you supposed to seal this? I have made 2 batches in this and both of them ran right out the bottom during the oven cure. The second batch I used press n seal on the end but it still all came out. What am I doing wrong? Since these were my first 2 batches I've done I am very frustrated. Please Help! TIA

I figured out the problem. Thanks for the attempt to help. It was my computer after all. I really do love this program!!!

I've tried that and I get an error message.

I downloaded the trial version and I love it. For some reason I cant print from it. Is this because it is the trial version or maybe is it a glitch in my computer? Thanks for any help.

I really wish I could be as organized as all of you. My husband just built a workroom for me in the garage, horribly messy:embarasse . And I still have a bunch of stuff in my kitchen. LOL. Maybe someday!

I have the canned!

So is it best to use it as a replacement for the water(mixed with the lye) or add it in later (at trace) with a water discount? Hope this makes sense, and thanks for the help.

Just wondering if anyone could tell me what benefit comes form using goats milk in soap? I've looked everywhere but can't find an answer. I though some of you talented soapers might be able to answer this! TIA