Nicole Large Soap Molds Rectangle Silicone Liner for 18 Bar Mold with Wooden Box and Lid DIY Handmade Soap Making Tools

Finally tried this mold after about 2 1/2 years. It makes the cutest little loaves of soap. Perfect for my experiment batches. My recipe was about 25 oz, just enough to do a little bit of a textured top and still have enough room to slide the lid closed. It made 6- 1 inch bars of soap. I sanded it a bit because there were some small splinters. Not as sturdy as some of my more expensive molds but it works just fine. May buy a couple more!

Today, I finally unboxed my 4 Nicole soap molds I bought about 3 weeks ago. I received them about 5 days ago. Upon inspection they are fantastic. That is the reason for my 5 star rating. They seem to be well made with dove tailed ends and on the smaller 1 pound loaf mold it has 1 hole in the bottom to help extract the insert after the soap has hardened. The liner is really nice. It is thick but flimsy enough to be able to peel back from the soap. The top is a sliding top which is nice to help preserve heat but protect from anything that might be flying around in the house. But if you're a soap maker you know you should completely cover that box with lots of towels to allow it to slowly cool to prevent cracks from forming in the top of the soap.Aaaaand back to the molds...The wait is worth it...The packages have to go through customs but they're packaged well and they have some super strong tape.This afternoon I plan to make several batches of soap and will update on the quality, soap removal and how well the boxes held up against being moved around and the batch holding up to being poured in the molds.**UPDATE** 3 days later...The molds are fabulous. They did very well and the crisp edges to the soap are what I was looking for. Just know...if you have a super thick soap base you will need to tamp the molds down on a sturdy hard surface to help release air bubbles. I did it still with my thinner soap base and I didnt have issues.

I have only used this mold a few times but it works as promised. The lid is nice to have if you want your soap to gel. I can wrap it up in a towel and not worry about the top of the loaf getting damaged. The holes on the bottom of the mold are helpful for pushing the liner out.

Love this mold! It allows a full gel phase. It holds about 16-18 oz of oils - depends on if you want a higher top or not. I use about 16oz when I want to slide it shut for gel phase, I also cover with a towel to help it along a little.Overall this is a really great starter mold. I get about 7 2.5 - 3 oz soaps out of it. Def recommend! Oh, i guess the only down side is just treat it nice! I'm not sure how resilient the wood case is but its been doing fine for me and i have made 5 batches of soap in it so far for my aspiring small soap business.P.s. use a bit of sodium lactate to help it release from the mold even easier.

When I purchased, I read all the reviews and questions/answers. The owner stated in an answer that it holds about 6 lbs of soap. I used for first time, made 96 ounces (6 lbs) and ended up using another mold to hold the overflow. This mold (9.3in x 6.2in x 2.6 in or 23.7cmx15.9cmx6.6cm) will only hold 60 ounces, the other mold held the remaining 36 ounces. That being said, I will adjust my recipe in the future. The mold itself is OK - the box is a little thin and could use a lite sanding, the liner is thicker than I thought and worked nicely! I do use sodium lactate so the unmolding was easy. The holds in bottom of mold made it easy to get the liner out and the liner was easy to get soap out. I would recommend but hope the description gets changed to reflect actual amount of soap that this can hold.

I love everything about this mold and liner set. I wish I could purchase additional silicon liners because the quality is so much better than from other companies.

So I probably should've read the description for the small mold better, although i think the description isn't entirely accurate either. I assumed this was a standard sized 2 pound loaf mold, and the seller lists it as a 32oz mold, but plugging the provided dimensions into soapcalc, it holds 27.5 oz, which is a sizeable difference. Not the end of the world, but something to be aware of.I like the concept of the sliding lid. I figured it would make it easier to gel my soap. In practice, I wasn't as impressed and maybe should've gone with one of the mass produced loaves you simply place the lid on top of.My first time using it, I plugged 32oz in, and overpoured a bit on accident while designing at medium/thick trace. I have arthritis and my hands tend to shake, and for that reason alone, maybe I should've reconsidered the design choice with my personal limitations. Soap got stuck in the crack, and since I was doing a spoon plop and my soap was already in the mold, it was difficult to clean while finishing my design without ruining it. I managed to get enough soap out to slid the lid on, and while doing so, noticed splinters falling in my soap. For this reason alone, I'll never do another textured top with this mold and will probably try and underpour by an ounce or so, if I use it again.I will say, I'm relatively new to using a loaf mold, it's possible my issues are user error. Usually I use my 16oz bakers mold, individual cavities, or 32oz cream cartons. Maybe it's an issue that I'm just not familiar enough with, but yeah... this mold is very splintery, for lack of a better word. Half of the bottom on the inside looks unfinished, while the other side has glue. EIts even more splintery than my other mold. From the start, I had trouble getting the lid into the track, because the lid was "frayed," and it hasn't gotten much better over the 3 batches I've made. While the price was comparable to similar sized molds, the seller seems to specialize more in soapy stuff, so I expected a bit more.I will say, the holes on the bottom are an excellent design choice for unmolding. The liner is transparent and relatively thick, and definitely better quality than the flimsy purple or pink ones I've seen. Because of the unusual size, I made my own divider super easily with the Amazon box this arrived in, and barely had to cut it.It's not a bad mold perse, I'm just not sure it's the best choice for someone like me, who is unaccustomed to wooden molds, and has shaky hands that almost guarantee I'll spill soap between the liner and mold, or in the lid's track.