Economical Soap Mold (Tutorial)

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Okay, so this isn't a vlog. I need to create an opening for my tutorials, I guess.

These are fairly cheap to make and can be used over and over again. I forgot to mention that I won't be pouring the soap to the top. I cut the mold 2 inches high to prevent spillage and soap waste. Each bar will only be about an inch thick.

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But this is larger than the finished soap mold you showed us on the other vid...do you have a vid for sizes on that one?

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@Soaptivated Last week I found a local supplier of acrylic sheeting, so they may be cheaper than HD. But if you have the time, the same people who made this mold with the "fun foam" have a vid using a PVC pipe, & it made a very pretty soap. It's a husband and wife team....Wayne & Billie. Look for his channel when searching for these videos as I think he has more vids than she does. His username is cwaynenc. Acrylic, though more expensive than corrugated plastic, will last a lifetime I think.

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@AFST I found the title of the vid. Added all their vids to my playlists since I think they share a lot of good info. She calls the foam "fun foam" but I think it's the stuff you can get at Michael's I call craft foam - 1/16" thick. Also, I went to the Home Depot & what she calls Lexan is not what they showed me. I think the guy at HD made a mistake. It looks to me like the Lexan she uses is a harder acrylic than what I was shown. Here's her vid...

CP Soap Swirls with two colors

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@Soaptivated WOW ! I would have thought the soap would eat the craft foam. Two sheets of the corrugated plastic would be about 20 bucks and the same size as the lexan plastic.

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@AFST LOL...ok. I was watching another vid late last night. Square wood mold, lined on the sides with Lexan plastic sheeting. Odd thing was, she used a thin yellow sheet of craft foam for the bottom lining! Don't know why, but it peeled right out after removing the soap. I like the Lexan idea though. 20 bucks will get me a 4' x 8' sheet & I can line many wood molds with that, including the bottom. I should go back & ask her why she used the craft form instead of the Lexan for the bottom.

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@Soaptivated NOOOO ! Your soap would eat that foam board up !

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@JuDaCaProductions Oh, wow. I am blowing my own mind...lol. Here we are talking about corrugated plastic, which someone else asked you about earlier, & I responded that she could find it at a local crafts store! Ha! You know what I was thinking about at the time? The white foam board stuff. I thought the stuff you were using was foam board - it has more like a spongy interior, but it's about 1/4" thick, just like the corrugated plastic I saw used for the postal boxes. Ok...I'm lost. :o]

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@AFateSoTwisted Corrugated plastic? What I am picturing is the green corrugated plastic that is used for shade covering - like corrugated aluminum...with a very large wave. Not sure I'm following you on this one...lol. But then I remember seeing a postal box made of what appeared to be a corrugated plastic, similar to corrugated cardboard boxes. Is that what you mean? If so, where do you buy that?

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@AFateSoTwisted I've used my other account here and responded in error, too...lol. So I'll use a AFSTwisted comment to respond to so as to get you back on track. Then you don't have to keep using your son's account.

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@Soaptivated OOOPS ! Sorry, this is my son's account, but it's still me. :-)