Ok, any soapmaker out there dreams for mold that you don't have to do anything to. Make the soap, pour leave for awhile then unmold. That is the dream...the reality....hmm, it a bit different. I am a little upset over a couple purchase I have made in the last few months. Lets go back to the beginning...
I have always used wood mold my hubby or father has made, lined them with freezer paper, and poured my soap. Always perfect, all the time. Now why in the world would I change? Well I am a lazy gal sometimes. I don't know what it is about taking the time to line a mold but it is the equivalent of peeling off wallpaper to me. I hate it. So I thought, hey, I'm going to buy a couple of those linerless molds I've seen on Ebay.
So I buy 3 linerless molds total from 2 different individuals. One was a tray type mold the other 2 were regualr log type molds. For the 3 molds I spent roughly $150. I was so excited I could hardly stand it! I mean literally waiting by the door for my second favorite man (sorry hubby), the UPS guy. Finally they arrive. These molds are gorgeous! I whip up my trusted recipes and go to work.
The first one was made in the tray mold. I have dreamed of making these gorgeous swirls. Well the swirls were ok, but I recked half of them because they stuck to the bottom of the mold. The log molds didn't fair any better. When I was finally able to pry the sides off it took chunks of soap with them. A fluke? MAybe so I did it again with a different recipe, same thing. So now if I want to use these "linerless" molds, I need to line them........... So $150 later, I am back to using my wood molds ( I have like 10 of them!).
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