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 Post subject: Measuring for layers
PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 2:48 pm 
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Hi,
How do I decide how much MP base I need to melt & color and add fragrance to make say a 1" layer in a mold or to fill the whole mold?

I usually just wing it, but I want to be more exact.

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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When I want to figure out something like that, I would fill my mold with water to the level I want it then pour that into a measuring cup. Now you can figure out how many cups or fractions thereof you need of MP. Typically for me, 1 cup of MP is about .55 lbs of soap. Don't add water ontop of soap already in your mold to figure this out. This is how I figured out how much MP soap I needed for the pink layer in this soap:


And the rest was a guestimation based off of 2.5 lbs used in the entire loaf.

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 3:40 pm 
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length x width x height x .4 should get you pretty close. Or you can do it without math by pouring water into your mold and then into a measuring cup. :D

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2011 4:25 pm 
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Thank you, ljm1180 & tcmatteson,
tcmatteson, this soap is so beatiful!
Did you pour each pink on a slant until it hardened and then pour the green in the middle?

It is very nice!
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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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Yes, that's how I did it :) I tilted it one way and poured in the pink and let it harden. Then tilted it the other way and poured the same pink until it hardened. Then I poured in a thin layer of brown without moving the mold (it was still tilted) and when that hardened, I tilted the mold the other way and poured a second thin layer of brown. Once that hardened, I placed the mold on a flat surface and filled it up with the green!

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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Great job tcmatteson!

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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WOW! Thanks tcmatteson! I'm glad I asked my questions! Thank you for sharing!
I love this soap!

Oh! Great picture too! I sent my other camera back and my new one arrives tomorrow! I went back to an Olympus!

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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ljm1180,
I'm sure it's obvious, but why do you multiply the length x width x height by .4?
Maybe I'm having a duh moment! :lol:

I looked it up ....

"One way to estimate how much a mold will hold is to measure the internal dimensions of your mold -

length x width x height x .4 will give you the ounces that it should be in the recipe..

For example, a mold that is 18" long, 3.5" wide that is poured to 2.5" tall will hold 18 x 3.5 x 2.5 x .4 which is 63 oz. Which is close to 64 oz, 4 pounds.

So when someone talks about a 3 pound soap recipe, they are usually referring to the amount of MP or liquid the mold will hold. "
I still don't get the x.4 ...

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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My guess is that the .4 represents the weight (in ounces?) of a 1" x 1" block of soap because when figuring out how much soap to use, not only do you need to know the volume, but the weight as well ^_^

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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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Hi tcmatteson,
I never thought of that!
So if I want a bar that weighs 4.5 oz, I'm going to multiply by .45? or .5?
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 Post subject: Re: Measuring for layers
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Hi tcmatteson,
Thank you. You explained this very well!

you multiply the volume (in inches cubed) by the average weight (0.4 oz) per inch cubed.[/

Makes perfect sense to me now!

Don't you just love the math!

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I try :lol:

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