Looking for 1lb and 3lb tall and skinny molds

[Midnight_Sun]

Hello! I’ve read many of the past threads on tall and skinny mold recommendations but I’m not quite ready to be making 5lb loaves just yet.

Does anyone know of a tall and skinny soap mold (ideally wood with a silicone liner but I’ll take whatever I can get) that’s sized for smaller batches? Ideally I’d like both a 1lb and 3lb mold. Thank you.

 

[AliOop]

I love my Nurture Soap T&S mold, but when I just checked, it isn't listed with their current offerings.

Custom Craft Tools has one that is 12x4x2.5, which should be about 3lbs of oils. It's very well-rated, and looks fabulous, but it is pricey!

 

[Midnight_Sun]

I love my Nurture Soap T&S mold, but when I just checked, it isn't listed with their current offerings.

Custom Craft Tools has one that is 12x4x2.5, which should be about 3lbs of oils. It's very well-rated, and looks fabulous, but it is pricey!

Wow! At $105+shipping that’s definitely a bit more than I was hoping to spend. I have a woodshop and a 3d printer, it might be worth trying to build my own at least to start with.

 

[Mobjack Bay]

I’ve been watching the Nurture website forever hoping to snag a second low end 12” TS mold, but so far no luck. I ended up buying this 10” long TS mold by Workshop Heritage:

https://www.workshopheritage.com/co...-with-a-silicone-liner?variant=29367803707490

I like the size/length of the WH mold because it holds the same amount of soap as my inexpensive workhorse purple liner Amazon molds. I actually have several WH molds, the TS and two slab molds. They’re well made, but the silicone used to make the liners is very flexible and the sides of the liners can be a bit floppy. I end up having to use Vaseline between the liners and the molds to keep the sides of the liners in place. The liner for the Nurture mold that I have is a much firmer silicone that I find easier to use and clean.

P.S. if you have a 3D printer you can print some clips to hold the WH liners in place. I’ve seen that solution in some YT videos.

 

[akseattle]

@Midnight_Sun , have you looked on Amazon.com ? They have some small, tall, skinny molds. I got one about 6 months ago that was a little over 1 pound. It was really inexpensive.

 

[Midnight_Sun]

@Midnight_Sun , have you looked on Amazon.com ? They have some small, tall, skinny molds. I got one about 6 months ago that was a little over 1 pound. It was really inexpensive.

I did look on amazon but I could only find 5lb molds or bigger. I can certainly look again.

 

[akseattle]

I did look on amazon but I could only find 5lb molds or bigger. I can certainly look again.

@Midnight_Sun , I just double-checked. It looks like I bought it on TEMU. Unfortunately, it is sold out. But, I'm pretty sure this could be found on AMAZON.COM. It is remarkably sturdy. I don't put in a box of any sort and it doesn't bow out. It's really firm. Maybe if you use the size of the mold in a google search it would pop up somewhere. I've only used it a couple times but I actually like the taller narrower shape quite a bit.

 

[artemis]

I did look on amazon but I could only find 5lb molds or bigger. I can certainly look again.

How's this? The Amazon AI quotes reviews saying that it holds about 14 oz.

Silica Gel Tall Silicone Loaf Soap Mold Tall https://a.co/d/aWKqLzf

 

[ScentimentallyYours]

How's this? The Amazon AI quotes reviews saying that it holds about 14 oz.

Silica Gel Tall Silicone Loaf Soap Mold Tall https://a.co/d/aWKqLzf

Well darn, @artemis. Now there’s one more thing in my shopping cart that I really don’t need, but would like to have for fragrance testing. The dimensions are just right to get 5 full bars of soap, same as my other soaps. The other 1lb. mold I have forces me to get some fiddly extra shapes. Uh, Thanks?

 

[artemis]

I feel like there was a T&S trend some years ago and the molds we're everywhere in different sizes. Maybe they are "out of style" these days and harder to find.

 

[akseattle]

How's this? The Amazon AI quotes reviews saying that it holds about 14 oz.

Silica Gel Tall Silicone Loaf Soap Mold Tall https://a.co/d/aWKqLzf

@artemis and @Midnight_Sun , that looks exactly like my mold. I'd have to convert the cm. to inches to know for sure but it LOOKS like it's one and the same. Except I paid alot less on TEMU.

 

[basti]

I bought this 1 lb T&S mold, but it looks like it's not available anymore I don't use it anymore because lining it was a headache, if you'd like to take it off my hands

 

[H2TBody]

I bought mine from here. I love them https://www.workshopheritage.com/

 

[akseattle]

@Midnight_Sun - here's that mold on TEMU again, but in clear.

https://www.temu.com/mini-16-91oz-s...&refer_page_id=10009_1736911655834_m916ma6lu1

 

[Tammyfarms]

I have molds very similar to these https://a.co/d/ejzDdLM

These aren’t the exact mold I have as mine is no longer available but it is the same dimensions. This will hold 1000g of oil weight nicely. I found my molds silicone to be a bit stiffer which means it holds its shape pretty well but also makes unmolding harder. To fix that, I put a piece of this https://a.co/d/c4wll8x that is cut to fit the bottom of the mold. The bottom of the soap releases easily.

 

[Cuddle Bunny]

Hello! I’ve read many of the past threads on tall and skinny mold recommendations but I’m not quite ready to be making 5lb loaves just yet.

Does anyone know of a tall and skinny soap mold (ideally wood with a silicone liner but I’ll take whatever I can get) that’s sized for smaller batches? Ideally I’d like both a 1lb and 3lb mold. Thank you.

 

[Cuddle Bunny]

I personally do not like silicone molds because I like to CPOP a lot of my soaps. So I make my own molds out of three-quarter inch wood and line them with freezer paper. This way I can make any size mold I want.

 

[AliOop]

I personally do not like silicone molds because I like to CPOP a lot of my soaps. So I make my own molds out of three-quarter inch wood and line them with freezer paper. This way I can make any size mold I want.

I am always jealous of people who can use freezer paper to line their molds. No matter what I do, mine has wrinkles, which drives me nuts because the sides and bottom of the soap never turn out smooth. That's why I use silicone molds almost exclusively. I gel my soaps on a heating pad instead of using an oven, and have only had one set of cheap molds develop silicone rash from the heat. All the others have been just fine after years of use.