Best place to buy Kadova molds

[coffee joe]

I posted this earlier on another thread.
the entire order in the photo was under $200 USD.
Complete with 3 polyethylene cloths/ mold. these are sewn buckets with a plastic hoop around the top edge
The company will ship to the US orders over $3000. More than happy to help get an order together if there is someone in the States that will redistribute.
www.jandaplast.com.br

Click on the British flag at the top for English

[linuxboy]

How's the plastic quality, joe? What thickness? Because MGS tends to make molds more suitable for fresh cheese, although the molds cost very little, 40-60 cents in some cases for chevre drainers. They wouldn't stand up well to a normal pneumatic piston like kadovas do unless it's just a few psi for something like a tomme.

I'm trying to work out getting a small sample order with Jandaplast so I can see how they do under a high press. With kadovas, it's the plastic net that's a pain. Gets deformed pretty easily.

[coffee joe]

These are really nice hard food grade plastic. The cloth is sturdy as well and well sewn in the form of buckets with a stretchy follower cover. Made to stack up to 12 high in pneumatic presses. The drain holes are small to first glance but I'll be trying one out Monday.
The ring that holds the cloth up around the upper rim may possible be the weak point.
Made to be sterilized in boiling water.
Can be stacked smaller above larger, and I doubt any cheese press could break these without making linguine first!

[coffee joe]

Here are the cloth with the stretch top

[DeejayDebi]

Some very interesting looking molds there. I would be interested in a few of those ...

[coffee joe]

Drilling a bunch of new holes for next cheese, other wise, great. Easy to turn over in the same cloth, much easier than the 3 piece system I had before and the polyethylene seems to wash right out in warm water and acid whey as factory recommended.

[DeejayDebi]

I had to drill a bunch of holes in my kadova edam molds to get a good drain and to prevent air pockets from forming.

[BigCheese]

A brief side inquiry: how the heck do edam molds work?. I cannot fathom how one can get a perfect ball and at the same time be pressing the cheese.

[9mmruger]

I would be interested in a few of these if someone is putting together an order.  What are the sizes available?

[wharris]

I am in.  PM me if you want to talk details,  But I am totally in.  I need real moulds and would love to score some adjunct cheddar cultures.

[Boofer]

Sign me up.

Any chance of getting a list of sizes and prices. Might there be a discount for a group order?

-Boofer-

[linuxboy]

Waiting on companies to get back to me.

[Brie]

I'm in as well--keep us posted!

[homeacremom]

Watching this....

[DeejayDebi]

A brief side inquiry: how the heck do edam molds work?. I cannot fathom how one can get a perfect ball and at the same time be pressing the cheese.

It's very difficult! I haven't gotten a perfect ball in two tries so far.