Cleaning wooden molds?

[dixiedragon]

Mine have a silicone liner, but how do you clean the dribbles etc off of your wooden mold? I'm concerned that scrubbing with soap and water will warp the wood over time?

 

[Megan]

I scrape the excess off with a straight edge and then I wipe clean with water...as the soap is already there on the mold.

I should say, I never immerse my mold in water, just wipe down with a damp cloth.

 

[KimW]

I let the soap dry on the wooden mold, scrape it off with a plastic putty knife and then scrub off any remaining reside with a dry scrubbie. I do spray down wooden molds now and then with water, but only in the summer when I can air dry them outside in the wind and sun. So far, no warping.

 

[IrishLass]

I never clean my wooden molds with water. I just let the soap dribbles harden and then scrape them off. That's all the cleaning that I've found to be necessary.


IrishLass

 

[AliOop]

I also scrape off the soap dribbles (of which there were QUITE a few due to all the wall pours for this month's challenge).

Every now and then, I rub down the wood with a coat of food-grade mineral oil, like one would use for a wooden cutting board. That helps prevent future dribbles from soaking into the wood and causing problems later.

 

[CatahoulaBubble]

Scrape off the soap rinse off and then place in a heated oven turned off and let them dry. Every so often I sand them down a bit and rub them with mineral oil

 

[KimW]

@AliOop Rubbing down with food-grade mineral oil is a fantastic idea!!

 

[dixiedragon]

I also scrape off the soap dribbles (of which there were QUITE a few due to all the wall pours for this month's challenge).

Every now and then, I rub down the wood with a coat of food-grade mineral oil, like one would use for a wooden cutting board. That helps prevent future dribbles from soaking into the wood and causing problems later.

This is a great idea! Question - why food grade?

 

[AliOop]

This is a great idea! Question - why food grade?

Because I don't know if non-food grade might have contaminants that might affect the soap in any way. Probably over-cautious, but that's me.

 

[shunt2011]

I just scrape mime clean. As careful as I try to be I spill a bit every time.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I'm a scraper too.

 

[Dawni]

Scraper here, too!

 

[earlene]

I wipe the spilled wet soap off the edges of the wooden mold before it dries. I would scrape when dry if necessary, but it has not been.

 

[TheGecko]

Scrape, wipe down with with a damp cloth and air dry. I would NEVER immerse a wood mold in water.