Lifelace Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hi guys. I have yet to make my first batch of CP soap but I'm slowly getting everything prepared! I do have a question which hopefully isn't a stupid one! Say I have a soap recipe or even want to make my own using SoapCalc how do I know how much it makes or rather, that it will fit nicely in my mold? For example I have a 3n1 mold from Mr. Doright that says makes a full 3lbs of soap now how do I figure out if a recipe will fit in there? Man I feel dumb asking this! LOL The recipes I've seen don't say "Makes X-pounds of Soap" so if I have a recipe do I add up all the oils AND lye AND water and that will give me the pounds it makes? Then how do I know this will fit in a certain mold? How can I measure how much POUNDS a mold will hold? Help!! I'm confused! LOL Any help would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesoapbox Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Well, if it is a 3 pound soap mold then it should hold 3 pounds of soap yeah? I imagine so . So what I do is get the recipe of all the oils and such, go to soapcalc and put in my 3 pounds up top (where it says oil weight) and then my oils and percentages and it will give you the exact amounts you should use for your 3 lbs of soap. (or am I way off base here? I hope not cause that is how I use the soapcalc )Now I have 2 molds that I got from Walgreen's that are actually domino boxes but I have no clue how much soap they are going to hold so I am actually inputing only a 1 pound soap recipe to start there to see how much they hold. Hope that helps a bit.Angi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinInOR Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Sometimes when a purchased mold says "3 pounds", it can mean 3 pounds total, not just 3 pounds oils. Why, I never know, because most soapers talk in oils only.A way to estimate how much oil will fit into a mold is to take length * width * height of the pour * .4 : that will give you the number of ounces. Divide by 16 to get pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelace Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 See that's what I was wondering too, does the 3lbs of soap mean just the oils or the water and lye too?Melany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 summerbeemeadow.com has a recipe resizer. You type in your recipe and the inside measurements of your mold, and it will resize your recipe to fit your mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifelace Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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