DeJae Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Ok, if some one gives me percentages for a formularsay 30% This25% That15% Something else30% OtherWhen I plug that into soap calc and then want it to be for a 4# moldat the top at total oil weight, do I click on pounds and put it like 3.25 # as to let there be room for the Lye and water get added to total 4#? I figured if I put total oil weight as 4# then the water/lye mix will put it at 5 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 soapcalc only deals with the weight of the oils when calculating batch size in that box. so yea, you will need to either know the oils capacity of your mold ( L x W x H x 0.4 = oz of oils) or fiddle around with adding the oils amount to the water amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindym Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I would calculate for 4 lbs for a 4 lb mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJae Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 I would calculate for 4 lbs for a 4 lb mold.But then you wind up with another pound or so in lye and water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 SOME mold manufacturers define the volume of their mold by the total amount of material (oils + lye + water) it will hold. OTHERS define mold size by the amount of oils only.I personally like to work with the volume by oils only. You can determine that yourself by measuring the inside of your mold. Length X width X height X 0.4 will give you the approximate ounces of oils that the mold will hold once mixed with water & lye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJae Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 SOME mold manufacturers define the volume of their mold by the total amount of material (oils + lye + water) it will hold. OTHERS define mold size by the amount of oils only.I personally like to work with the volume by oils only. You can determine that yourself by measuring the inside of your mold. Length X width X height X 0.4 will give you the approximate ounces of oils that the mold will hold once mixed with water & lye.The current recipe I was using was total 64 ounces with water and lye and fits nicely in my molds. So I kind of figured I need to plug into the SoapCal approximately 3.25 ounces for the oils because the lye/water will bring it back up to the 4# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 The current recipe I was using was total 64 ounces with water and lye and fits nicely in my molds.If you already have a recipe that you know fits the mold in question, why wouldn't you just use the same amount of oils for the new formula? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSoaps Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Assuming that you know what your mold holds, it's easy to then take the percentages and get amounts.For this 'example' I'll assume your mold holds 4 lbs of OILS. Since we're working with ounces, that's 64 oz total.30% Olive20% Coconut20% Palm10% Cocoa Butter5% Castor15% Rice Bran OilOlive Oil - 64 X 0.3 = 19.2 ozCoconut - 64 x 0.2 = 12.8 oz....and basically follow that math till you have everything.HTH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeJae Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Thank you very much Lindsay that answers it perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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