Teach Soap

I am about to purchase a custom mold from www.soaphutch.com and wanted to come here first to see if someone would give me a review on the HDPE molds (Irena??)?? I currently have a couple of cheap HDPE molds and while they were advertised as "no line" molds, they are not...I definitely need to line them or my soap would be in there forever. Wondering if Rich's molds are different and if so, how?

I have 5 of his molds. I don't line them, but I do use sodium lactate to make unmolding easier.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Thanks Irena - SO do you think the sodium lactate makes the difference?
Anyone esle use these molds w/o sodium lactate in their recipes?

For me, SL does make a difference.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Have you ever used these molds with a recipe that does not include SL? Wondering if cpop would also help with unmolding in these....

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Irena, do you use mineral oil on them? My husband made me a mold and lined it with HDPE but Yikes! I had to cut the batch out of the mold. The soap was hard but I didn't try mineral oil on the liner. Since it worked with my PVC mold, I wanted to try it again. Poor hubby was more upset than I was!

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Linda

I learn so much when I can't leave well enough alone!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

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Linda

I learn so much when I can't leave well enough alone!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

So I got my soaphutch mold - love it! But i did have a hard time getting the center divider out (the rest of the pieces slid away pretty easily). Guess I should try the mineral oil next time but was wondering if it has to be mineral oil? Would any oil do? I don't like using mineral oil on anything that would touch skin since it really isn't a very good skin care oil.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

oh ok - that makes sense. Thanks. I am hoping it does become "seasoned" as you mentioned (and Rich mentioned that too).