CareBear Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I've read I can use a pringles can for a soap mold. -But what size batch would fit?-Do I stand it on end to cool?-Do I line the ends? How?So many questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guppygirl Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 OK, I just did this not too long ago and I'll have to check my notes for batch size... I wanna say it was like 1.25 - 1.5 lbs of oil. I cleaned it out with a damp paper towel to get the crumbs out, then put a couple tea towels around it secured w/rubber bands for insulation. Poured almost to the top, but left a few inches because I read somewhere that it wants to expand in the mold and will rise up out of it looking quite phallic (yes, it did!)I didn't bother lining it and it seemed fine... just peeled the tube away once I was ready to demold. Whatever plastic liner/film that was already in the tube puckered somewhat, but didn't seem to affect the soap. After I poured I stuck the whole thing, towels and all, in a plastic pitcher just to make sure it stayed upright. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 A large Pringles can hold about 2lbs of oils and butters. You can cut the bottoms off and reuse it a few times too so that you can just push the soap thru once its ready. The Pringles cans work really good. I have never lined mine and let it just stand upright. I have never needed to insulate mine either. I did once and it made the biggest mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guppygirl Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I have never needed to insulate mine either. I did once and it made the biggest mess.Hmmm, maybe that's what my problem was LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Yeah, I wrapped a towel around it and it kind of expanded all over the sides and about busted out of the can. Since then, I just let the can stand up right on a counter where it won't get knocked over and I've had no problems. Now, also, mind you, when I say about 2 lbs, that is an approximation. I can do a 2lb recipe and fill a Pringles can and have a little bit left over to pour in a mold or one of those smaller type Pingles can that they sell beef sticks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guppygirl Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Thanks for the tip - I'll make sure not to insulate next time.Now that you mention it, I believe I calculated my batch at 1.75lbs and since I didn't quite pour to the top I had enough left over pour about an inch up into my silicone bread mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaW Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Here is a link to some pictures of what soap can do in a pringles can.Edited to remove link. Dish is having problems again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeriM Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I used on once.. and did line it. Let me tell you it took hubby & I both to get it out of the can... but then i didn't cut the bottom offI didn't have any problems other than that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Well, I also have a silicone bread pan (4 mini loaves in one). Can I use that? Would I use the freezer paper? Spray it with Pam or something?I don't want my first attempt to look like alien brains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecandlespastore Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Here is a link to some pictures of what soap can do in a pringles can.http://www.soapdishforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=38763I was thinking of those exact photos:rolleyes2 Sure scared me out of ever using a pringles can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Carol, Are you talking about the flexible bread pans like they sell at walmart? They are made of kind of a rubber type material? If so, you can use these - I think you just spray it with Pam and it should be O.K. I've heard they work great. Also there used to be an HP tutorial on CT, that if I am remembering correctly showed them using one of those teflon metal bread pans. I don't think they would work that well for CP but for HP, I think the teflon ones would be OK too. I've used a Pringles can many times and have only had trouble that once. Ever since I don't insulate it, they come out perfect. You can make one too with a PVC pipe that is supposed to be very easy to make. Perhaps you can make one or get someone crafty to help you out. I just bought one from Uplands and just love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibiscus Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 I tried the pringle can twice and I didn't insulate it. The last time I used one I got dips in the sides of a small portion and I don't really know if it was the can or not. I don't see any reason to use them now that I use plastic bottles and I don't insulate them either. Oil them and they slide out. I have used only the 32 oz bottles. They are reusable and there is no warping or explosions or anything. I've got some pics in the gallery of the round soaps made in those bottles. ...give it a try:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 For the pringles-shaped, do you CP or HP? BTW I'll probably stick with a mini-loaf for this one, but I am fascinated by the round shape.Hibiscus, you take bottles and just cut the top off?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Just to confuse you, Sara likes to use the 1lb. lye cans for round soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Just to confuse you, Sara likes to use the 1lb. lye cans for round soap.Oh good, another option. Fortunately:1. My lye can is 2#2. It's still full of lye (since I haven't made my first batch yet).E - should I start with CP or HP? As in, simpler is better - but I have no patience.... Decisions decisions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecandlespastore Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Or you could just go to Home Depot, ask them for the 2.5" or 3" PVC tubes used for pipes, and you get 12 feet of it for less than $10. Have then slice it into 1 foot sections for you, and you have 12 two pound round molds that will last for eternity. Then you can make all the round soap you want without having to worry about alien brain:DALl for less that the costs of 5 cans of Pringles that you have to actually eat to empty, not good for the hips,lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Um, how do you keep the soap from running out the back end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecandlespastore Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 You plug it just like plugging the pringles. A piece of plastic wrap with a tight rubber band should do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibiscus Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Hibiscus, you take bottles and just cut the top off??Yep. and they work very well for me. I am now thinking of using my 32oz lye bottle because the plastic is even harder than the others. I also have shampoo bottles. I love making round soaps and I don't really care for potato chips all that much..LOL I am a mad recycler too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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