Hi Mrs. Soap & Clay , I have just returned to soap making after about 13 yrs. So glad I found you because I call myself the "Not Martha Stewart Style", of anything I do. I do myself as you do yourself. People always want to tell ya how it's done, blah, blah, blah. Look forward to checking out more of your vids. Thanks so much, and yes I'm a new sub. Cheers 💕
THATS WHY ALL THOSE SOAPS WERE ON THE COUNTER. I was so confused that day. “Should I put these away? Where do they even go? What if she needs them for something?” 😂
Being soaping for 11yrs now and I'm a hoarder for all types of soap molds. To mix my ingredients, I use stainless steel as well as glass or plastic containers to make my soaps, I think is a matter of preference and choice. When soap was first made it didn't have an exact container, measures, molds or such to be made it anyways was made in the nature by the nature... Soaping community has change a lot with the years and a lot of "haters" has emerge from it who think that they know it all just by watching yt videos and not doing a proper research in history and without respecting other soapers choice, preference or opinions. I stop uploading videos do to that. But I'm planning to come back soon to the yt community. Love your channel and your sincerity. This channel is one of my favorite to watch, Keep up the good work!!!
That little mold from Amazon is the first mold I got... definitely a good one for someone who is trying out soaping for the first time. Once you get into it though you're gonna want a bigger mold for sure lol.
My daughter loves the amazon mold. Its her favorite for first time recipes. The wood part breaks after a while but she enjoyed discovering ways to still use the silicone. I personally have been enjoying the molds from affordable molds on etsy. They cost little and can easily store.
After searching around, and I know it's a bit expensive..., I decided I loved the form factor of the Nurture Soap 4.5lb tall and skinny mold. 11" long x 2.5" wide x 4.5" tall. The bars fit in my palm so nicely! But overall I liked this video. It was really interesting! Seeing a long term professional's recommendations are interesting. I don't need most of the basics any longer. But as my basics break down... =D Good luck with the wallpaper! Gotta admit when you said you let your kidlet pick the paper I cringed a bit. When you mentioned mural I audibly oofed. Lol. At the mention of 18' wall I was a tad jealous! One day... but yes! To the RUclipss!
@@MrsSoapAndClay I think I don't blame you. Wallpapering seems like an arduous task. If I ever own I'll probably stick to paint because I don't have that kind of patience or skill... I can't even fold a letter over in a straight line... line up wallpaper? I'd sooner successfully make soap from scratch without an alkali!! ;P lol
I second custom made wood mold. I shamefully have boxes of silicone molds I’m not using. If i can offer my 2 cents, please think about your packaging before having your molds made. I love my 2.75 x 2.75 x 1, but finding printable boxes was a nightmare. So I have twin Cricuts to keep up with boxes. Tip: loaf boxes can be made out of fence boards 6” x 1”x 60, fun part is finding straight pieces at the lumber store 😉
Weirdly, we are shopping cedar fence boards right now to finish up the deck around the pontoon because fence boards are still cheap while the lumber prices for everything else have skyrocketed. 😂
Perfect, used nurture soaps rosemary and Mint fo, and a ecopreservative (its a certified for orgánica stuff), draw back... The preservative smells of lemongrass, so it overpowered the fo.... The feel is cooling and super soft. Hubby will try it tomorrow on freshly shaved face. 😍
Thanks for sharing!🤩 I'm glad to know, I'm on the right track. I made myself a mini slab mold, out of poster board, yesterday! (I haven't used it yet). BTW...good luck with the remodeling
Great info. I have several molds myself mostly singles and I hate them. Haha. I just went through the scrap wood in the garage and found some that would be perfect. So that will be my project later today. Still extremely new to this (and loving it. Total obsession) made some amazing magnesium lotion the other day. You always provide awesome info. Thank you for that.
Your rock Mrs.S&C! Thank you for doing the mold video. The one made by Mr S&C...... how much soap does that hold? Did you say anything about that.... been a long day I need to rewatch this. As always, you rock. Thank you!
So the mold he made holds between 50-65oz, depending on how tall you want your bars to be. Makes 12 bars…kinda. I highly recommend if you make your own molds to add an extra 1/4 to 1/2” to account for the cutoffs.
My mom was good at wallpapering. I suck at it. She gone and left me to figure it out so I just paint. They have amazing paint techniques now and textures.
Wallpapers are soooo pretty now! I’m a bit obsessed, and Mr Soap & Clay quietly allows it, knowing how much I love changing up designs and how hard it’s gonna be to do so when I’ve glued papers to the walls. 😂
You Tube to the wallpaper rescue! The tube is helpful (or hurtful) in so many ways. My hubby was trying to find out how to do some kinda Caterpillar mechanicing and said he first found the advice that was ridiculous but finally found some that were great lol. It's like a box of chocolate, you never know what your gonna get 😁
Had I known then what I know now I'd have a lot more shelf space! I finally found a few molds I really like. I think everyone must go through the crappy pink mold phase. I passed mine on to a friend who just makes soap for herself. Also, love your t-shirt! I have one myself :D
Let us know how the wallpaper project goes.. Lol.. Wallpaper is NOT my friend. I had it in my hair and wrapped up in it. NO FUN trying to get wallpaper glue out of waist length hair😵😵 I pray it works out great for you🙏
Lol that stupid pink one is a stupid purple one lol! My second soap mold as my first one was a stupid clear mold that had so much trouble getting the soap out of lol
Uh oh; what did I miss about the pyrex hate? (I'm so behind on your videos, but slowly catching up!) I love glassware for everything and even have some really old Pyrex from grandma. But Pyrex isn't lab quality any more; when the company was sold in 1998 they stopped using borosilicate glass. I've had 2 Pyrex pitchers bust when making soap (of the new formula, not the original), so I begrudgingly switched to plastic. But them....I've had the new Pyrex baking dishes also break - like last Thanksgiving's apple pie! Cooling on the rack; heard a pop and the whole rim cracked deeply all the way around! I'm so glad you're doing year 2; that's why I got behind....I didn't want year 1 to end so stopped watching them!
When I was a teenager, I made some brownies in an old glass Pyrex pan my mom had had forever. I took them out of the oven and set them on the glass cooktop like I always had and the pan literally exploded and there were little chunks of glass everywhere 😳 it was the only time I’ve ever seen that happen and I’m thirty now.
@@katelillo1932 Wow! That's weird, and very concerning. I have a "no name" glass baking dish my 12 year loves to make brownies in....I'm going to find her something else to use! I mentioned this at work this morning and found out exploding pyrex/glass is a thing....soaping not required! Three other bakers have had cracking or exploding pyrex too...one had a pyrex casserole dish shatter in the oven.
Everything breaks down and comes with its own set of risks. For glass bakeware, Pyrex, etc - the key is to make sure to inspect your pieces before use. The strength of tempered glass is legit and hard to break, but if there’s a chip or if you hit it on the edge, it can shatter. Personally I’ve never had a glass container of any type shatter, but I did manage to break a tempered glass shelf just by sliding it in to the back of my suv just the wrong way. I never did get all that glass out. 😂
@@MrsSoapAndClay Ooohh! Good thing that was tempered so you didn't have the sharp edges in your car! You gotten my curiosity up, so I did a little reading, although couldn't find anything about etching except the artistic kind. No idea where this info about lye etching glass came from unless it was in laboratories where they use stronger lye solutions for long periods of time? But did learn that inspecting them will catch the visible flaws, but not the microscopic ones. Every little bump, ding, or near-break weakens the structure of the glass to some degree - until is meets the straw that breaks the camel's back and the glass just completely breaks. It's the same physics that deems replacing your bike helmet when it's suffered a drop or crash. So, this makes me think that even a brand new glass/pyrex item could already be compromised....imagine the things that happen at Target. I think this could explain our mishaps! But it's so odd because a typical drinking glass (not tempered glass) can get bumped and dinged for years before it breaks. Weird. Who knows? But, I'll still choose the plastic containers for soaping. For anyone interested, go read the care and use instructions on Pyrex's website about your baking dishes. Seems like sudden temperature changes; including putting a hot dish on a cold surface, filling cold container with hot water are what they're concerned about.
Im surrounded by Pine n Cedar trees and my mate has a wood shop..im totally inspiring him to create my custom molds..meanwhile using the stupid pink mold..muwhahaaa!!😂
Always look for the pattern repeat on wallpaper. some look so nice and they repeat something like 15" which means if you want to have you paper up, your next piece on the wall you waste 15" to make it match. you probably knew that though.
I have three of those Amazon/Ebay molds. I like them but quality is not consistent. In two of them the box is not tall enough for the silicone insert. The silicone would bow over the box at the very top. In the third, the box was a tad too long. There would be a bulge at one end of the soap loaf. Also, I have the Amazon/Ebay version of the Brambleberry mold but it's 8 inches. It bows in the middle when filled to the top. Great video. When I figure out what shape works best for me, I will get the hubby to build me some better ones.
Audio is weird like 13 minutes in, because I had to re-record that bit because people are stupid. There’s a whole ass video coming up on that bit.
I wish you luck! You did give me some ideas! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hi Mrs. Soap & Clay , I have just returned to soap making after about 13 yrs. So glad I found you because I call myself the "Not Martha Stewart Style", of anything I do. I do myself as you do yourself. People always want to tell ya how it's done, blah, blah, blah. Look forward to checking out more of your vids. Thanks so much, and yes I'm a new sub. Cheers 💕
YES, please do a video on alternatives for silk fiber!! I been wondering what that would be. Thank you!
Two thumbs up on the silk topic video! I currently use mulberry silk and kaolin clay.
THATS WHY ALL THOSE SOAPS WERE ON THE COUNTER. I was so confused that day. “Should I put these away? Where do they even go? What if she needs them for something?” 😂
I had to film a RUclips thing!!! 😂
Being soaping for 11yrs now and I'm a hoarder for all types of soap molds. To mix my ingredients, I use stainless steel as well as glass or plastic containers to make my soaps, I think is a matter of preference and choice. When soap was first made it didn't have an exact container, measures, molds or such to be made it anyways was made in the nature by the nature... Soaping community has change a lot with the years and a lot of "haters" has emerge from it who think that they know it all just by watching yt videos and not doing a proper research in history and without respecting other soapers choice, preference or opinions. I stop uploading videos do to that. But I'm planning to come back soon to the yt community. Love your channel and your sincerity. This channel is one of my favorite to watch, Keep up the good work!!!
Yeah I don’t understand why people are so divisive in the soaping world. There aren’t many things in soap that could be considered actually wrong.
You have no idea how much you help me and everyone with these. Thank you so much 💓
Yes! A silk video please
This was so informative! Thanks!
Love how real you keep everything!
ps, wallpapering is fun to do.
It’s been a fun day with it so far!
That little mold from Amazon is the first mold I got... definitely a good one for someone who is trying out soaping for the first time. Once you get into it though you're gonna want a bigger mold for sure lol.
My daughter loves the amazon mold. Its her favorite for first time recipes. The wood part breaks after a while but she enjoyed discovering ways to still use the silicone. I personally have been enjoying the molds from affordable molds on etsy. They cost little and can easily store.
After searching around, and I know it's a bit expensive..., I decided I loved the form factor of the Nurture Soap 4.5lb tall and skinny mold. 11" long x 2.5" wide x 4.5" tall. The bars fit in my palm so nicely!
But overall I liked this video. It was really interesting! Seeing a long term professional's recommendations are interesting. I don't need most of the basics any longer. But as my basics break down... =D
Good luck with the wallpaper! Gotta admit when you said you let your kidlet pick the paper I cringed a bit. When you mentioned mural I audibly oofed. Lol. At the mention of 18' wall I was a tad jealous! One day... but yes! To the RUclipss!
It’s such a long wall! I’m 3 feet in and calling it a night. 😂
@@MrsSoapAndClay I think I don't blame you. Wallpapering seems like an arduous task. If I ever own I'll probably stick to paint because I don't have that kind of patience or skill... I can't even fold a letter over in a straight line... line up wallpaper? I'd sooner successfully make soap from scratch without an alkali!! ;P lol
I second custom made wood mold. I shamefully have boxes of silicone molds I’m not using. If i can offer my 2 cents, please think about your packaging before having your molds made. I love my 2.75 x 2.75 x 1, but finding printable boxes was a nightmare. So I have twin Cricuts to keep up with boxes.
Tip: loaf boxes can be made out of fence boards 6” x 1”x 60, fun part is finding straight pieces at the lumber store 😉
Weirdly, we are shopping cedar fence boards right now to finish up the deck around the pontoon because fence boards are still cheap while the lumber prices for everything else have skyrocketed. 😂
Glad for this video I did purchase a bread mold one and boyyyyy did it bow but thank you for the suggestions.....
I wanted to tell you I took a leap.... Did my first aftershave lotion, with aloe juice and Mint infution
How did it go?!?!
Perfect, used nurture soaps rosemary and Mint fo, and a ecopreservative (its a certified for orgánica stuff), draw back... The preservative smells of lemongrass, so it overpowered the fo.... The feel is cooling and super soft. Hubby will try it tomorrow on freshly shaved face. 😍
Let us know what his reaction was! ❤️
For sure!
Thank you. Love your videos! Cheers
Thanks for sharing!🤩
I'm glad to know, I'm on the right track.
I made myself a mini slab mold, out of poster board, yesterday! (I haven't used it yet).
BTW...good luck with the remodeling
Remodels are normally fun, but the cost of lumber right now is KILLING US! 😂😭
Great info. I have several molds myself mostly singles and I hate them. Haha. I just went through the scrap wood in the garage and found some that would be perfect. So that will be my project later today. Still extremely new to this (and loving it. Total obsession) made some amazing magnesium lotion the other day. You always provide awesome info. Thank you for that.
Oh how did I miss that?
Bahahahaha NO GLASS here come the glass police 😂😂😂😂
🧼 I agree on the size of molds that create crazy large bars 🤦🏽♀️
Your rock Mrs.S&C! Thank you for doing the mold video. The one made by Mr S&C...... how much soap does that hold? Did you say anything about that.... been a long day I need to rewatch this. As always, you rock. Thank you!
So the mold he made holds between 50-65oz, depending on how tall you want your bars to be. Makes 12 bars…kinda. I highly recommend if you make your own molds to add an extra 1/4 to 1/2” to account for the cutoffs.
My mom was good at wallpapering. I suck at it. She gone and left me to figure it out so I just paint. They have amazing paint techniques now and textures.
Wallpapers are soooo pretty now! I’m a bit obsessed, and Mr Soap & Clay quietly allows it, knowing how much I love changing up designs and how hard it’s gonna be to do so when I’ve glued papers to the walls. 😂
I liked the video based on the title alone LOL 😂
Ooh the bamboo, that's cool, I didn't know that, cool
You Tube to the wallpaper rescue! The tube is helpful (or hurtful) in so many ways. My hubby was trying to find out how to do some kinda Caterpillar mechanicing and said he first found the advice that was ridiculous but finally found some that were great lol. It's like a box of chocolate, you never know what your gonna get 😁
I love RUclips how-tos. They have saved my projects many times.
@@MrsSoapAndClay We learned how to recover our pool table once lol. That was the coolest thing I learned from YT
Just curious if there is a brand of mold that matches a box to package with? Looking to simplify the process from start to finish.
Had I known then what I know now I'd have a lot more shelf space! I finally found a few molds I really like. I think everyone must go through the crappy pink mold phase. I passed mine on to a friend who just makes soap for herself. Also, love your t-shirt! I have one myself :D
See, and this is why you’re awesome. #friendofthepod
@@MrsSoapAndClay 🤗
Let us know how the wallpaper project goes.. Lol.. Wallpaper is NOT my friend. I had it in my hair and wrapped up in it.
NO FUN trying to get wallpaper glue out of waist length hair😵😵
I pray it works out great for you🙏
Lol that stupid pink one is a stupid purple one lol! My second soap mold as my first one was a stupid clear mold that had so much trouble getting the soap out of lol
We all make bad mold decisions, it seems. 😂
@@MrsSoapAndClay 😂
Uh oh; what did I miss about the pyrex hate? (I'm so behind on your videos, but slowly catching up!) I love glassware for everything and even have some really old Pyrex from grandma. But Pyrex isn't lab quality any more; when the company was sold in 1998 they stopped using borosilicate glass. I've had 2 Pyrex pitchers bust when making soap (of the new formula, not the original), so I begrudgingly switched to plastic. But them....I've had the new Pyrex baking dishes also break - like last Thanksgiving's apple pie! Cooling on the rack; heard a pop and the whole rim cracked deeply all the way around! I'm so glad you're doing year 2; that's why I got behind....I didn't want year 1 to end so stopped watching them!
When I was a teenager, I made some brownies in an old glass Pyrex pan my mom had had forever. I took them out of the oven and set them on the glass cooktop like I always had and the pan literally exploded and there were little chunks of glass everywhere 😳 it was the only time I’ve ever seen that happen and I’m thirty now.
@@katelillo1932 Wow! That's weird, and very concerning. I have a "no name" glass baking dish my 12 year loves to make brownies in....I'm going to find her something else to use! I mentioned this at work this morning and found out exploding pyrex/glass is a thing....soaping not required! Three other bakers have had cracking or exploding pyrex too...one had a pyrex casserole dish shatter in the oven.
@@karijaneify metal brownie pans for the win 😄😂 no one needs glass and brownie crumbs in their skin or eyeballs 😳
Everything breaks down and comes with its own set of risks. For glass bakeware, Pyrex, etc - the key is to make sure to inspect your pieces before use. The strength of tempered glass is legit and hard to break, but if there’s a chip or if you hit it on the edge, it can shatter. Personally I’ve never had a glass container of any type shatter, but I did manage to break a tempered glass shelf just by sliding it in to the back of my suv just the wrong way. I never did get all that glass out. 😂
@@MrsSoapAndClay Ooohh! Good thing that was tempered so you didn't have the sharp edges in your car! You gotten my curiosity up, so I did a little reading, although couldn't find anything about etching except the artistic kind. No idea where this info about lye etching glass came from unless it was in laboratories where they use stronger lye solutions for long periods of time?
But did learn that inspecting them will catch the visible flaws, but not the microscopic ones. Every little bump, ding, or near-break weakens the structure of the glass to some degree - until is meets the straw that breaks the camel's back and the glass just completely breaks. It's the same physics that deems replacing your bike helmet when it's suffered a drop or crash. So, this makes me think that even a brand new glass/pyrex item could already be compromised....imagine the things that happen at Target. I think this could explain our mishaps! But it's so odd because a typical drinking glass (not tempered glass) can get bumped and dinged for years before it breaks. Weird. Who knows? But, I'll still choose the plastic containers for soaping.
For anyone interested, go read the care and use instructions on Pyrex's website about your baking dishes. Seems like sudden temperature changes; including putting a hot dish on a cold surface, filling cold container with hot water are what they're concerned about.
Im surrounded by Pine n Cedar trees and my mate has a wood shop..im totally inspiring him to create my custom molds..meanwhile using the stupid pink mold..muwhahaaa!!😂
Good info, thanks
I like the tall and skinny as well instead of the wide loaf molds.. It's just to bulky.
I love my Pyrex,and I have a ton of the white bowls too..
Always look for the pattern repeat on wallpaper. some look so nice and they repeat something like 15" which means if you want to have you paper up, your next piece on the wall you waste 15" to make it match. you probably knew that though.
Thanks! I know a whole lot of nothing about wallpaper, but this particular one is mural style, so no repeat at all!
I have all of the 1 doll hair containers
The numbers are all gone but I weigh everything so there's that
The Amazon mold is a good mold when starting out and/or you are a hobby soap maker.
Also, I love your videos!!
Can't believe I never saw this
What is safe grade for plastic bowls when making soap?
Anything polypropylene is safe for soapmaking, which is #5 on the plastics thing, I believe. Have fun!
Thank you
Lol
I have three of those Amazon/Ebay molds. I like them but quality is not consistent. In two of them the box is not tall enough for the silicone insert. The silicone would bow over the box at the very top. In the third, the box was a tad too long. There would be a bulge at one end of the soap loaf. Also, I have the Amazon/Ebay version of the Brambleberry mold but it's 8 inches. It bows in the middle when filled to the top.
Great video. When I figure out what shape works best for me, I will get the hubby to build me some better ones.