best/cheapest place to buy wooden molds?

[*Dee*]

i want to buy a few wooden molds. where is the best place thats not very expensive ? i found a few places, but want some suggestions.

anyone tried any of from these places ?

http://www.candlesandwoodcrafts.com/woodensoapmolds.html

http://www.creeksidesoaps.com/supplies/soap-mold.htm

[Meridith]

I have one of the molds from Candles and Wood Crafts. Its one of my favorites molds. I have it for a number of years and its still holding up. You can also make your own very easily and for pretty cheap. I highly recommend a mold from there. Pine wood works great with molds - more expensive oak is not necessary to use.

[Carriegsxr6]

EBAY - only since you are looking for the cheapest

[8-GRAN-ONES]

if you are only making for your self..

you can't beat the IKEA molds..

you get 9 for 14.99

i line mine with waxed butcher paper..

and can use the liner serveral times..

Edited January 14, 2010 by 8-GRAN-ONES

[smittenheart]

I have the creekside molds..and I love them..lining is kind of a drag but oh well its part of the process..

good luck !!

[simplyorganic]

EBAY - only since you are looking for the cheapest

I agree..... I got a 5lb mold on Ebay for $15 and only $8 for shipping.

i've had it for 2 years and i love it. Nothing fancy just a wooden mold with a top to it.

[smart]

I also am wanting to find a cheap wood mold. Now I have also seen the metal ones do you perfer the wood over the metal?

Edited January 17, 2010 by smart

[*Dee*]

you cant use metal with cp or hp soaps, unless it is stainless steel. i would prefer wooden.

thanks for everyones replies. I actually got a couple pm's about some molds so i think i will be good now

[smart]

that is great and thanks for the info on the metal I have seen so many wooden and any video that I have watched is always wooden. I will continue to look for a great price for a wooden mold

thank you

[adillenal]

I bought my first ones several years ago off ebay. Cheap, in my opinion. Have worked great and they will last forever. Now I have bought some silcon lined wooden mols but those aren't cheap.

[smart]

really i should try there for maybe others the wooden ones are so much and shipping is crazy

[Absinthe]

Have you considered making your own? Please feel free to have a peek at my little project pages here. The first one shows making a mold with a $9 piece of wood and power tools, compared to making one with a $2 piece of wood a handsaw and a hammer. The second link shows my test project of making a PP till with a free piece of scrap from a sign shop.

http://ripguides.com/soap/molds/

http://ripguides.com/soap/molds/till.html