Faye_SC Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Dumb question.I have a test batch that is 1 lb. How can I convert it to 4 Lb? The topic should have been Making a batch bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloworm Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Multiply all ingredients by 4. Run thru soap calc for exact lye measurement.Glo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I go to the lye calc at MMS http://www.thesage.com/calcs/lyecalc2.php and enter my recipe then click calculate. At the bottom of the next page, it has a resize box. Change your weight from 16oz to 64oz and enter. It will recalculate everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Are you wanting to know how to figure out the difference in the amount of you butters? While the soap calcs are great to use to figure amounts, I also think a person should know how to do it themselves in case a soap calc for some reason is not available. Here's what I do (others may have their own way but this works for me). I convert my recipe to oz. So for a 4lb recipe, I convert that to 64 oz. (16 oz in a pound. 16*4=64 so there are 64 oz in 4 lbs.) Some people work in grams. With soap, I work in oz. Grams are great to work with when working with smaller amounts. It's a personal choice as to what you use. If my recipe calls for 15% coconut oil, convert your % to a decimal (move your decimal point 2 spots to the left) so 15% in decimal form becomes .15 and multiply by the amount of your recipe or in this example 64.So for 15% CO in a recipe with 64 oz of oil, you would need 9.6 oz. of CO (.15x64) If your recipe is 3 lbs or 48 oz, you would need 7.2 oz. (.15x48) For an oil used at say 45%, that would be .45x64For an oil used at 5% that would be .05 x 64Then use this for the rest of your percentages. Once figured out, all your butter amounts should equal 100. Example recipe45% Olive Oil30% Palm Oil25% Coconut oilIf I wanted this recipe to be 4 lbs. I'd convert to oz and figure it this way:.45 x 64 = 28.8 oz of OO.30 x 64 = 19.2 oz of PO.25 x 64 = 16 oz of COTotal amounts = 64. Run your numbers for your lye and water amounts and you are good to go. HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye_SC Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 Thanks for the help.I have made a wonderful test batch, and need to make it bigger.This information helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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