What candle/soap molds do you like best, and why?

October 23, 2007 | Filed Under molds | 1 Comment

For chandlers, the most popular molds are seamless aluminum and tins with tops, although a fair number also use silicone. Not many specific companies were mentioned, but those that were are as follows.

Other types of molds mentioned include glass containers, such as jelly jars, ball jars, and apothecary jars. Non-glass molds included votive molds, clamshells, and mini-muffin trays.

Chandlers have quite a selection when it comes to molds!

Soapers have a wide variety of molds for their work, too; nevertheless, the most popular mold are those they make themselves, whether it’s handy husbands and fathers fashioning wooden molds or molds resourced from items found around the house. Of those with handy husbands, Suzanne of The Washtub explains, “My husband makes me wooden soap molds, so I love them best.” Most of us use log molds, but a fair number of us do use slab molds. Hinged molds makes us even happier.

Of commercial molds, the most votes were for Milky Way Molds, and I must confess that I, personally, own a lot of them. “Soap always comes out so evenly. Molds last a long time,” says Linda Boyd of Springdale Spa, which echoes what most other MWM lovers stated.

Many respondents loved the silicone-lined molds from Upland Soap Factory because they didn’t have to line them, and the soap unmolded beautifully.

If you’re looking for a commercial batch mold, you might check out Soap Equipment.