Cutting Soap

[Cuckoo Bananas]

I've just been using a knife and you can tell mehehehe my lines are really bad. Whats everyone else do for the best results? And were would I buy a wire cutter if i wanted one?

 

[Bubbles Galore]

I was using a cutter that is like a pastry knife thing and I just bought a wire cutter and it is brilliant. Do a search on here and you will turn up a few threads with links to brilliant cutters.

 

[artisan soaps]

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[IrishLass]

I use a ruler to mark both sides of my soap, line my big steak knife up with the marks and press straight down.

IrishLass

 

[Deb]

I use either a mitre box and a wire cutter - made for less than a fiver using 30 pound fishing wire and 2 rings from the hardware store - or my soap cutter (a blade with a handle on top) depending on how many days the soap has cured and what soap it is. Castile definitely takes the wire! its too soft otherwise.

 

[TessC]

For log molds I use a cheap plastic miter box and a dough scraper like this one, picked mine up for a good price from a local restaurant supply store.

For the slab mold I bought a 14" stainless steel drywall taping knife from the local ACE hardware store, looks just like this and the thing works great.

 

[ChrissyB]

Ido the same as Irishlass with my logs, and with my slabs I don't have to cut cos they have dividers.

check out www.nizzymoulds.com.au

 

[Cuckoo Bananas]

Oh great - Thanks everyone, I was feeling kinda bummed with my soaps all looking so bodgy, the soap itself looks great but I hate stuff when it looks all crooked and skewif. The soap planer looks great on the nizzy moulds site - kinda scary though I can hear my fingers saying not to buy it lol

 

[ChrissyB]

I have the nizzy planer, it's so great. I don't know how I ever lived without one.
You're right though, super sharp!
It finishes off the bars so nicely though, makes them so smooth and beautiful to hold. And then you can have fun with the little curls that collect underneath.
I love my nizzy moulds also!

 

[jennikate]

So far meat cleaver is what I am using . It is working for time being.

 

[honor435]

go to lowes or home depot and get a drywall taping knife they work great, not real sharp blade with handle, thats all ive even used. dont mess with trying to hold wire.

 

[abigtroutt]

I just used a cheese slicer from Goodwill I paid $3 dollars for. It was the one that sits on the counter and has a replaceable wire. It worked awesome!!! I now have a better cutter but I wont part with my other cheese cutter for smaller loafs and cuts.

 

[Fairydittle]

I use my bread cutter. I make homemade bread sometimes and I bought a
bread cover and it has slots that you can cut the bread to certain thickness. works good for my soap. I use a bread knife to cut the soap.

Lynn

 

[whitehorsesoaps]

After experimenting with an assortment of knives, cheese cutters, string, and wire over the years, I bought a large 12" mason's grout/puddy knife. So far, so good.

 

[Bubbles Galore]

Oh great - Thanks everyone, I was feeling kinda bummed with my soaps all looking so bodgy, the soap itself looks great but I hate stuff when it looks all crooked and skewif. The soap planer looks great on the nizzy moulds site - kinda scary though I can hear my fingers saying not to buy it lol

You must get one. I bought one a few weeks ago and am in love. It bevels in a flash too. So far all fingers intact. :wink:

 

[jarvan]

I have the nizzy planer, it's so great. I don't know how I ever lived without one.
You're right though, super sharp!
It finishes off the bars so nicely though, makes them so smooth and beautiful to hold. And then you can have fun with the little curls that collect underneath.
I love my nizzy moulds also!

I have a Nizzy planer, too and the first, yes...the first cut with it was my finger, not the soap. Nice, huh?