Lining your Cylinder Molds a picture tutorial

[2lilboots]

1. Draw around the opening of container on wrong side of freezer paper.

2. Draw a larger circle around your first circle. 1/2" wider for small molds,
1" for PVC or oatmeal container molds.

3. Cut out circle. Cut notches to the inner circle. Remember to snip just
slightly inside middle circle to make up for the thickness of your
container.

4. Fold notches towards center all the way around.

5. Cut lining paper for mold so it overlaps about 2"s and is 3"s taller
then your mold. Put paper into mold with wrong side out into
your mold and adjust for a tight fit.

6. Tape liner together right above container top. Take out and do same
for other end.

7. Put notched circle on top of liner making sure all the notches are on
the outside of the line.

8. Tape notched edges all the way around making sure to overlap them
in order to keep the cylindrical shape.

9. When finished take the liner out of mold and put in the mold
so the bottom of the liner is in the bottom of the mold.




I just used an empty instant coffee container as my cylinder molds have
soap in them right now. But the concept is the same, and it is how I line
all my cylinder molds. I use a lot of tape on the bottoms so that they hold up and don't leak. I leave several inches of paper at the top so I have something to pull on to get them out of the molds. I put saran wrap on top my soap before I pack it in a container and wrap it with towels and such.

 

[2lilboots]

And here are the rest of the pics to go with my little tutorial. I hope this helps anyone who wants to line their cylinder molds.

 

[lizflowers42]

Very nice! Thank you!

 

[LovelyMalia]

what a great tutorial! Thank you so much!

I was doing mine by cutting a larger flap over the top and shoving it all in the bottom...the first few bars were pretty warped from it, but with this one, I can get smooth bars

 

[dudeitsashley]

Thank you so much for this!! I just used this technique to line my pringles can!

 

[DWinMadison]

Wow. Smart. Thanks for taking the time to show us.

 

[melstan775]

Sweet! Thanks so much for that!

 

[Pepsi Girl]

Nicely done!

 

[2lilboots]

1. Unwrappping my molds from their little gel nest.

2. Pulled on paper liner to get soap out of cylinder container.

3. Cut bars...Another Round Beer Bar made with Shocktop Pumpkin Wheat beer, allspice, bay rum, orange 5 x, and geranium rose EO, colorant madder root, spiralina, and
activated charcoal.

and there you have it.

 

[songwind]

Thanks for the tutorial.

What's the charcoal for?

 

[Moonshea Botanicals]

the plastic wrap is to keep the heat in, correct?

 

[ruby61]

Nice soaps, good pictures.

 

[2lilboots]

Thanks for the tutorial.

What's the charcoal for?

I used the activated charcoal as a colorant to get the black color in my soap.