kmarvel
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I almost always get a "bakers dozen" out of this wooden mold I bought off EBay. It was sold as a 3lb mold. And I cut them at 1 1/4" thick. I will have to post the dimensions when I get home.
Soap 3lb Loafs
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I almost always get a "bakers dozen" out of this wooden mold I bought off EBay. It was sold as a 3lb mold. And I cut them at 1 1/4" thick. I will have to post the dimensions when I get home.
Molds are different heights and widths. YMMV on the number of bars.
I know molds can vary in heights and width but they are still holding approximately 5 lbs if they are 5 lb loaves so the number of bars would be close just depending on how thick you are cutting them. My 5 lb mold is 2 3/4 high x 3 3/8 wide and 16 3/4 long that I get 14 - 1 1/4 inch bars from. Maybe I'm wrong in my thought process. Mine was very close to Lindys so that's why I questioned the size mold.
Does not sound right to me either. My 5-6 lb loaf gives me 14 1 1/8th" bars with an average weight of 5.5 oz.
kmarvel
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When I get home from work today I will measure the inside of this loaf mold. You all are sounding right and my 3 lb mold is not sounding like a 3 lb mold. haha
Shunt, that is the dimensions on the inside of your mold, right?
Thanks everyone.
Kathie
Yes, those are the dimentions of my silicone liner that fits inside my would loaf mold. I think you may be making larger batches than you thought. 
kmarvel
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Yes, those are the dimentions of my silicone liner that fits inside my would loaf mold. I think you may be making larger batches than you thought.
Yay....maybe I got ripped off in a good way!!! haha Bigger mold. :clap:
kmarvel
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Shunt,
This is the dimensions of my "3lb" soap mold: 2 1/2" deep, 16" long and 2 1/2" wide.
I can cut 13 1 1/4" thick bars from this mold.
So......what size mold do I REALLY have? hahaha
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Is it 3 pounds of oil?
I would say it's a 5lb mold approximately. I use 56-58 oz of oils and generally do 33-35%
kmarvel
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Shunt, I do 5% SF with a 33% oil/water weight.
Comes out to "Soap weight before CP Cure" 63 oz.
Total oil weight is 42 oz
figures out to approx 40 oz oils, so yep would say 3 lb mold
