Teach Soap

Another question from me....

Is there an easy way to work out what weight of soaps your mold will produce so you know how much base to melt, what % of EO's etc

I've done a google search but get a bit confused - I thought I'd seen someone (maybe on here?) with a really easy way to work it out?

Thanks!

After much confusing googling (and being a bit mathmatically challenged) I found the following advice. I wondered if anyone could tell me if it sounds right?

Fill mold with water
Tip water into a measuring jug
2 cups of water = melt 1 pound of base (approx 450g)

Now I am working in kg rather than pounds so therefore:
1 cup of water = 225g, half cup = 112g

So in theory, and not worrying that it's not 100% precise, half a cup of water would be approx a 100g bar?

I'm sorry if I am not explaining myself well!

If I can't work it out I will just guestimate, make a batch and then weigh the individual soaps lol.

The easiest way for me is to look it up on the site where I bought the mold~~ they usually have the volume in ounces in the description and then I just weight it out on the scale before melting... I do sometimes have a little soap left over, but most of the time I am very close.

Go to Summer Bee Meadow lye calculator. Input your recipe. At the bottom is a recipe resizer. Input the length, width and height of your mold. Click resize. It will tell you how much your mold will hold.

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Thanks for the responses! I will check out the calculator.

Renee - I will be able to do that in future however I have just bought a couple of silicone molds from Target which are for baking not soap so that's why I'm in a pickle!

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Irena
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I got a cheap digital scale in ebay. It's kind of sick how much I use it. I originally got it to just weigh mail, but now I use it for soap! I usually fill each mold with water on the scale and then mark the mold, so I always know it the future how much soap to melt. I'm a complete math idiot, so I find the scale really easy to use and a million times more helpful then I could have ever imagined. =)

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Irena
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Aubrey - I'm a bit confused by your method. Are you saying that water and soap weigh the same?

Or am I being a bit thick?