The bottom piece to your soap cutter will need to measure 6 3 4 long by 3 1 2 wide.
Best way to cut soap bar.
The two sides of your soap cutter should be cut to measure 6 1 2 long by 5 high.
A quick video on how to take your loaf of soap and cut it down into bars.
The front stop which keeps your soap from sliding out to ensure bars are all cut the same size should measure 5 long by 2 high.
Depending on the hardness of the soap you can either push down on the knife to cut through the bar or continue sawing.
Make your soap one day and then make sure you can cut it the next.
Some use guitar strings the wire ones.
I have a bar of triple milled soap that is 11cm long 7cm wide and 4cm thick.
Soap makers have all kinds of ideas about items to use when it comes to cutting homemade soap.
What would be the best way to cut a very large bar of soap in half.
Most people choose to cut their soaps into a one inch thickness.
Now about your choices of tools to use for how to cut homemade soap.
If you don t take this step the blade won t cut all the way through your soap.
My hands too small to hold on to this bar in the shower.
I have a miter box and the saw that came with it or a hack saw.
Here you can find a set for the soap cutting tool and the mold.
They use a flat surface and a hinge to apply pressure to the thin wires that cut through a sheet of soap and they can often be purchased for relatively cheap prices.
Re warm the knife if you become bogged down midway through the cut.
Hold the soap with an oven mitt to avoid being cut by the knife.
First you have to decide how wide you want your bars of soap to be.
A soap cutter is the most efficient way to make individual bars of soap.
Take the warm knife and begin sawing on the soap to make an indentation on the surface.