Firefly Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Hello,This is a question I have never known and have been doing melt and pour for a few years and just figure out roughly how much my mold will hold and then always end up short on my M&P and then run like a mad women and add more M&P to my mold.Is there a formula for figuring out how much melt and pour to weigh out to fit your mold size?When I make CP I always use the summerbeameadows size to fit your mold link which works great. Or I heard you can also do LxWxHx.40 but think this is only for CP as I tried it once for M&P and was short of course.There is obviously something I'm missing here so thought I would just ask as some bright spark must know the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 Hello,So how do you all figure out how much melt and pour you need for your mold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairieannie Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I guess I just got lucky in my "trials and errors"!Can you just pour measured water into your mold to see how much volume it holds and go from there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 I think I might try that but it's a divider mold, well it can do different combinations but it will probably leak out. You just made me realize though I need to figure out the volume of the area to figure out how much M&P I need. Your on to something here.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruina Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Firefly, I seem to remember reading on either this forum or another that this formula will work for mp: LxWxHx.54I did try it once on of my 1 lb mold & it worked. Let us know if you try it.Since I usually use individual molds, I do as prairieannie does, I measure the volume of the mold & melt that amount. That works also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 Ruina,Thanks for the formula. I plan to try it out soon. So glad to have something to try as I knew there must be something for M&P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruina Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 your welcomed firefly. I just got a chance to look at my notes. I wanted to make sure I had my numbers right. There's a slight correction to what I posted above.LxWxHx.554 for raw soap (i.e., for oils & liquid) and will work for mp also.Do let us know when you try it so others will have this info too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flicker Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 The most accurate way I feel is to make one and weigh it on a good digital scale finished. Takes some product to test with but we should be testing anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hello,I finally got around to trying this formula and it didn't work for M&P as I was still short. Think I had to add 10 oz extra to one batch and 12 oz to another. I'll keep working on a formula until I get it just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandissoap Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 nevermind, was going to explain my water method but see someone else psoted that and you are using a divider mold. sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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