molds

January 12, 2000

Exactly! That's what I had in mind. I saw these flower soaps with a different

colored center, and was thinking how I could make one in a tube like that.

Thanks for the site.

Annie

like these?

fancy bread molds

Pampered Chef also has them.

HTH,

Jodi

Annie Daghelian wrote:

From: Annie Daghelian <milalina@...>

I was wondering if anybody could help me with this. I saw flower shaped MP

soaps in a magazine and was wondering if I could make a tube mold out of

copper in the shape of a flower or a heart, since copper sheets are easy to

bend and mold. I know I wouldn't be able to use it for CP, but would it

work for MP? Or maybe someone knows of a site that already sell such

premade tube molds?

Any input is appreciated

May 16, 2000

I would like this Info. to please

Thanks

Lana

> A while ago someone mentioned some US suppliers that carried Molds.

I

> want to try some of these molds out but would like to order them from a US

> company. Could you please repost this information. Thanks. Andi

>

September 4, 2000

I would like this info also. Please email privately.

Thanks

Gena

A while ago there was an ad for soap molds in trays that had plastic dividers. I

have not been able to find it again, if anyone has that info could you please

e-mail me with it. thanks a bunch!

Janice

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December 30, 2000

Jean...

The Pampered Chef (an in-home party-type kitchen gadget company) has three

small bread tubes in different shapes that you might be able to use. They

are made out of some type of metal so you can bake the bread in the oven. I

know something plastic would work better---but thought I would share.

Deb

molds

>

> Good Day Ladies:

>

> I would also be interested in knowing where a person could get the small

> design molds that are inserted into the m & p...you know how they have a

> small design that runs through the log?? I would like to do this in a CP

> soap...this would be pretty neat if I could find the inside part...like a

> shamrock or heart...it would itself have to be long...does this make

> sense...I think I'm not explaining well..could be all the snow that is

doing

> this..but if anyone has an idea as to where this type of mold could be

> purchased, please let us know...I think a few of us would be able to use

> this...

>

> blessings

>

> jean

> " What lies behind us and what lies before us

> are tiny matters compared with what lies within us! "

> Ralph Waldo Emerson

>

December 11, 2001

Boy, isn't that the trick ? Finding just the right spot!!!

Colleen

Country Meadow Creations

Re: molds

Boy, you're so right, Colleen. You have to find just the right spot ......

January 23, 2002

Hi, I believe I saw them on Brambleberry. It was a wooden mold with plastic

dividers. I would love to have the dividers with out the box, since I have my

box, if anyone knows about those. Thanks Esther

January 23, 2002

Molds

Can someone tell me who has the large tray type mold with divider inserts. I

know I've seen these somewhere, but now I can't find them.

Thanks, Rhonda

srunge@...

January 23, 2002

http://www.brambleberry.com/premium.html

I have been looking and looking and at last found it...

try here...

frances

Molds

> Can someone tell me who has the large tray type mold with divider inserts.

I know I've seen these somewhere, but now I can't find them.

>

> Thanks, Rhonda

> srunge@...

>

March 12, 2002

In a message dated 3/12/02 5:50:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,

sherry@... writes:

<< Does anyone have any advice on this or know where I can purchase a kit to

make my own molds. >>

i think from nature with love has a kit like that ket us know how it works

sounds like a good idea !-tamika

March 12, 2002

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I want to make my own molds with writing on them. I thought

about getting the stamps made to emboss onto the soap but

they are a bit expensive so I decided to try making my own

molds. I've seen kits to make your own molds but I cant find

them now. Does anyone have any advice on this or know where

I can purchase a kit to make my own molds.

>

> Thanks so much,

> Sherry

>

I wonder if this latex " make your own mold " would do what you

are trying to do:

http://www.hollyhobby.com/store.asp?catid=28

also, I bought leather stamps in alphabets for under $25 that you

can stamp into soaps pretty easily. it doesn't turn out as nice as

a stamp or a mold, though!

Melinda

March 12, 2002

Hi!

I'm not sure this is exactly what you want but perhaps you could ask them.

http://www.eti-usa.com/indust/moldbind.htm

Environmental Technology, Inc

South Bay Depot Rd., Fields Landing, California. 95537-0365

Ph: (707) 443-9323 Fax: (707) 443-7962

Web Site: www.eti-usa.com

Email: mail@...

Hope this helps!

Blessing be,

Kat

RainMeadow Scentuals

rainmeadows@...

http://www.geocities.com/rainmeadows/index.html

May your paths always find you rainbows!

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I want to make my own molds with writing on them. I thought about getting

the stamps made to emboss onto the soap but they are a bit expensive so I

decided to try making my own molds. I've seen kits to make your own molds

but I cant find them now. Does anyone have any advice on this or know where

I can purchase a kit to make my own molds.

>

> Thanks so much,

> Sherry

May 7, 2002

do you have a web site that i could go to to see what your molds look like...

i'm looking for a good large sized mold...

Thanks

June 9, 2003

Joyce,

I think it would be a good idea to find out what kind or kinds of

mold you have, since some of them are toxic. The way to do this is

to get a mold plate and set it in the room for a day, and then send

it in for analysis. Sherry has been sort of a guru on molds,

and her publishing company (Prestige Publishing of Syracuse, NY)

supplies mold plates. According to the website, their phone number

is 1-800-846-6687.

Getting rid of molds is not easy. If you can get the carpet truly

dry (not too easy in a basement, unless it is sealed well and the

air is circulated), the molds will go into their spore form, and be

sort of inert. If they aren't toxic, and if you don't have

allergies to them, just drying the carpet out well might work. If

the carpet gets wet again, though, the mold will start growing

again. We have a large Persian rug that my wife washed last winter,

and the weather was so cold and moist that it wouldn't dry out. The

mold got going, and we ended up bringing it into the family room,

shaping one edge of it like a funnel over the furnace outlet, and

running the furnace 24 hours a day with the windows open in order to

dry it out without frying ourselves. I don't recommend that as a

planned procedure, but we didn't have many good choices at that

point. The whole house smelled like mold for a while, but

fortunately it wasn't a toxic mold or one that we were allergic to.

When we got the rug dry, the smell disappeared, and we haven't had a

problem with the rug since. However, we keep it quite dry. I have

no doubt that the mold spores are sitting in the rug in large

numbers. But without water, they are in a latent state, and you

wouldn't know they are there. There's no smell.

If you can't get the carpet really dry, then the mold will keep

growing. In this case, your only alternative will probably be to

remove the carpets and scrub the floors with a bleach solution. You

might be able to salvage your boxes of stuff, depending on how much

damage the mold has done, and whether you can move the boxes to a

dry place. Again, it's important whether or not you are dealing

with a toxic mold. In that case, I think the stuff will have to go.

Rich

> I have 2 rooms of carpeting downstairs in the basement. I also had

about 2 inches of water come which covered the carpeting and other

parts of the basement. I have been running an ozone air purifier

down there. When I turn it off the mold smell comes right back. How

do I get rid of the mold/ I have boxes with stuff in them that got

wet too. Do I need to dispose of all of these things that got wet?

jamkaye@m... joyce

>

June 9, 2003

Joyce -

Having gone through mold remediation last year, my advice to you is to get a

reputable mold remediator/expert out to your house. Our mold expert, who is

statewide (Texas) recognized as a leader in mold, collaborates with mold

researchers at Texas Tech and does a lot of work for school districts, says that

those mold plates don't do the trick for accurately testing for mold. He

recommends air tests.

Your basement may need to be sealed off while work is done on removing the

carpet, as to not spread the mold spores around to the rest of the house. My

advice is to ask around for a reputable mold remediator.

Beth

June 9, 2003

The mold plates are pretty much useless since the most toxic mold,

Stachybotrys doesn't even grow on most media unless it's Czapek

cellulose media or cornmeal agar. That's if you even manage to catch

a viable spore (which doesn't matter much since the spores are still

toxic even though they're dead).

Stachy has a exceptionally large and heavy spore that doesn't stay

airborne long and most are one the ground and dead within an hour of

leaving the colony.

Airborne testing is almost as unreliable as mold plates and finding

any airborne spores at all indicates a very serious problem.

" Following the water " and doing a direct tape press on the mold to

send to the lab is the most reliable way to identify a Stachy problem.

You can send samples yourself without hiring a remediologist which

could destroy your houses resale value since many states are now

writing disclosure laws for mold.

-

June 10, 2003

If you can't stand to be around bleach you can try a solution of water with

tea tree oil.

I grew up in a house that had a basement that periodically flooded so I know

what you are going through.

Personally, I would get rid of the carpet and anything in the boxes that

can't be washed down (including the boxes themselves.)

Then I would look into waterproofing for your basement, or if you can't

afford that, keep everything off the floor. In other words, don't have any

carpet in your basement, raise all furniture several inches off the floor by

putting bricks under them, and don't stack boxes or anything on the floor.

That way, cleanup will be easy, and you won't lose stuff.

> I have 2 rooms of carpeting downstairs in the basement. I also had about 2

> inches of water come which covered the carpeting and other parts of the

> basement. I have been running an ozone air purifier down there. When I turn it

> off the mold smell comes right back. How do I get rid of the mold/ I have

> boxes with stuff in them that got wet too. Do I need to dispose of all of

> these things that got wet? jamkaye@... joyce

June 24, 2004

Hi ,

I'm pretty this is what's happening: Bob is doing a demo showing us how to

cast molds using silicone. If you want to participate then he'll show you

how and provide the silicone. He won't know how much to charge you until he

sees what size container you brought to cast your mold in. Correct me if

I'm wrong, Bob.

HTHs,

H.

----- Original Message -----

What is it that we need for or to make our own mold. I think I'M a little

confused, (thats not hard for me) Is this going to be a demo at the

gathering that we all partisipate in and if so how much is it for us to make

our own?

June 3, 2005

what do you other experienced brewers think? I have been contemplating

doing this.... is there anything undesirable that might occur from

constantly brewing this way?

and will it be slower? (is slow in this manner good?)

michael.

nosoyazul wrote:

>I grow my S.C.O.B.Y in a three gallons container that have a very

>convenient tap attached to it at the button from where I harvest my

>brew. I don¡¯t fill it up to the rim; I leave a quarter of a

>gallon empty as oxygen reservoir. I keep the whole container tightly lid.

>The S.C.O.B.Y. forms and floats, but doesn¡¯t get dry due to the

>fact that I keep the lid on. Also, this made the gases formed during the

>fermentation, to dissolve to a higher level in the tea and the final

>product is more bubbling The amount of oxygen present in the quarter

>gallon space is more than enough to allow the whole process to be

>completed.

>

June 3, 2005

nosoya,

Just want to make sure I understand correctly... so you are leaving only

about 10% of the containers volume free for air?

michael.

nosoyazul wrote:

>I grow my S.C.O.B.Y in a three gallons container that have a very

>convenient tap attached to it at the button from where I harvest my

>brew. I don¡¯t fill it up to the rim; I leave a quarter of a

>gallon empty as oxygen reservoir.

>

June 3, 2005

I am just now making my second batch ever of Kombucha. My first batch

turned out fine, but I didn't store it in the refrigerator correctly

(I used a secured dishtowel as a lid) and as a result the kombucha

went flat and I couldn't drink it after two days. So I eagerly

awaited my second batch to ferment and yesterday it was done (even

tastier than my first batch!)

But here's my problem:

I ferment my kombucha in our rarely used dining room that contains

little more than a table. The temperature in there stays between

45-85 degrees, I keep a towel over the top of the fermenting

container, and I haven't had a problem with mold in there at all.

Yesterday I brought the fermenting container into the kitchen to

transfer the kombucha tea into another container. I wasn't ready to

make a new batch of kombucha yet so I put my scoby colonies & enough

Ktea to cover them in a Pyrex bowel with a dishtowel over them and set

them back in the dining room.

Well, I didn't think it would be a huge deal to leave the Ktea out of

the refrigerator for one more night so I put a lid on the container

and let it sit out on the kitchen counter. When I woke up this

morning, white mold patches were starting to grow on the top of my

freshly brewed Ktea! (soooooo disappointed)

I can't understand how that happened. The glass jar was sitting next

to some fruit on the kitchen counter, but there was a secured lid on

the tea so I don't know how mold could have gotten into the container

with the lid on all night! If it got into the tea when I was

transferring it into the new container, then I think that means it

could have very likely contaminated the leftover tea I used to cover

my scobys too--the stuff that's now sitting in the Pyrex bowl in my

dining room. I checked it out but I didn't *see* any mold there.

Then again the scoby on top is bright white (naturally) and the mold

on the Ktea was bright white too so maybe I just can't tell if the

batch is contaminated...but it really doesn't *look* like there's any

mold in there.

Since I have only made two batches of this stuff, I don't have a spare

scoby stored somewhere that I can guarantee is mold free. All of my

scobys are together and I'm afraid I shouldn't use them anymore! I

guess I'm looking for advice as to what the rest of you would do. I

want to start brewing another batch of Ktea today with my scobys.

Thanks for reading all of this. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

> I started brewing Kombucha tea not too long ago. I have a PhD. in

> Bacteriology; so I reviewed all the scientific literature published

> so far about S.C.O.B.Y ecology as well as the by-products of the

> fermentation. I have learned a few things that you may find usefully

> to avoid mold growth.

June 3, 2005

apart from the normal precautions like a well ventilated, not overly

moldy environment in the room you are brewing in and the use of enough

strongly acidic starter, I also noticed that if you do not initially

provide enough sugar then it is much more susceptible to mold.

michael.

wrote:

>I am just now making my second batch ever of Kombucha. My first batch

>turned out fine, but I didn't store it in the refrigerator correctly

>(I used a secured dishtowel as a lid) and as a result the kombucha

>went flat and I couldn't drink it after two days. So I eagerly

>awaited my second batch to ferment and yesterday it was done (even

>tastier than my first batch!)

>

>But here's my problem:

>I ferment my kombucha in our rarely used dining room that contains

>little more than a table. The temperature in there stays between

>45-85 degrees, I keep a towel over the top of the fermenting

>container, and I haven't had a problem with mold in there at all.

>Yesterday I brought the fermenting container into the kitchen to

>transfer the kombucha tea into another container. I wasn't ready to

>make a new batch of kombucha yet so I put my scoby colonies & enough

>Ktea to cover them in a Pyrex bowel with a dishtowel over them and set

>them back in the dining room.

>

>Well, I didn't think it would be a huge deal to leave the Ktea out of

>the refrigerator for one more night so I put a lid on the container

>and let it sit out on the kitchen counter. When I woke up this

>morning, white mold patches were starting to grow on the top of my

>freshly brewed Ktea! (soooooo disappointed)

>

>I can't understand how that happened. The glass jar was sitting next

>to some fruit on the kitchen counter, but there was a secured lid on

>the tea so I don't know how mold could have gotten into the container

>with the lid on all night! If it got into the tea when I was

>transferring it into the new container, then I think that means it

>could have very likely contaminated the leftover tea I used to cover

>my scobys too--the stuff that's now sitting in the Pyrex bowl in my

>dining room. I checked it out but I didn't *see* any mold there.

>Then again the scoby on top is bright white (naturally) and the mold

>on the Ktea was bright white too so maybe I just can't tell if the

>batch is contaminated...but it really doesn't *look* like there's any

>mold in there.

>

>Since I have only made two batches of this stuff, I don't have a spare

>scoby stored somewhere that I can guarantee is mold free. All of my

>scobys are together and I'm afraid I shouldn't use them anymore! I

>guess I'm looking for advice as to what the rest of you would do. I

>want to start brewing another batch of Ktea today with my scobys.

>

>Thanks for reading all of this. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

>

June 3, 2005

In message <d7q3er+9p98eGroups> you wrote:

>

> When I woke up this

> morning, white mold patches were starting to grow on the top of my

> freshly brewed Ktea! (soooooo disappointed)

>

> ... again the scoby on top is bright white (naturally) and the mold

> on the Ktea was bright white too so maybe I just can't tell if the

> batch is contaminated...but it really doesn't *look* like there's any

> mold in there.

,

I honestly don't think that it's mold you're dealing with, but an

accumulation of yeast cells, and bubbles for a new baby starting to

grow.

Check for fuzziness, like the stuff that grows on old bread etc.

Mold is always fuzzy and more often than not darker coloured, green/

black round shapes...

I'm pretty certain that your batch is fine.

Greetings ...hoping for tidings of comfort and joy ....

Margret:-)

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June 3, 2005

Nothing I can see wrong with this approach. He is correct in that the

bacteria don't need a lot of oxygen to make it through a fermentation cycle.

As long as the SCOBY forms normally that means there was enough air.

Without enough air the SCOBY stops growing. Continuous brewers use this

type of set up very effectively especially since there is some air turnover

when replacement tea is added.

- Len

Re: Molds