Removing cylindrical soap!

[LLkoolmom5]

Help!! I forgot to line my acrylic cylinder mold with freezer paper and now it's stuck. It's been over 24 hours since I made it. Does anyone know how to get it out?
Thanks
Laura

 

[Kari Howie]

I put mine in the freezer for a couple hours then briefly hold it under hot, running water then give it a thunk or two until it slides out.

 

[AliOop]

Never thought of running it under hot water - thanks @Kari Howie! I also put mine in the freezer for a couple of hours, and then let it sit on the counter for five minutes, to create condensation. Then I knock one end on the ground a few times. It usually slides right out, but that is somewhat recipe-dependent.

 

[Terri E]

Also after freezing and thawing slightly I use soup cans or whatever size is appropriate, sitting the mold on top of the cans to help push out the soap.

 

[KiwiMoose]

I find the 'thunk' on the concrete doesn't work so well for me, so I use @Terri E's option of a broom handle and a bit of circular wood or thick cardboard to push the soap out (n.b. it sometimes requires a 'thunk' too)

 

[LLkoolmom5]

These are all great ideas! thanks. I'm kind of new to this soaping thing and just started doing these column cylinders a couple of weeks ago. I just bought some discs as I only had the one. But when O got them they werem too big for my cylinder, so I bought a bigger diameter acrylic tube.
Is the freezing going to crack the tube?

 

[Whillow]

I only use my dish soap recipe in my cylinder. Next morning I just push it out. It is rock hard though so I would say totally recipe dependent like @AliOop also mentioned.

 

[LLkoolmom5]

I got it out today! Thanks so much for all of your help. I put it in the freezer for about 2 hours, took it out and waited 5 minutes and used to soup cans to push it out. Now I'll be cutting some freezer paper liners and putting them in my cylinders ahead of time, LOL.

 

[AliOop]

I got it out today! Thanks so much for all of your help. I put it in the freezer for about 2 hours, took it out and waited 5 minutes and used to soup cans to push it out. Now I'll be cutting some freezer paper liners and putting them in my cylinders ahead of time, LOL.

You can also get the thin plastic mats from the Dollar Store, and cut those to size to fit. Now you have reusable liners that don't leave wrinkles like the freezer paper tends to do.

If you want a thinner liner, but a little more spendy, you can buy Teflon oven-liner sheets from Amazon, and cut those to fit. Those also make wonderful liners for square or rectangular molds. I use a dab of Vaseline to get it to stick to the mold sides before the batter is poured in.

 

[LLkoolmom5]

You guys are so full of wonderful ideas!! Thanks!!