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129.48 * .4 = weight of oil in oz. This is the APPROXIMATE weight of oil that you would need to use in your formula to fill you mold. In this case you would need 51.79 oz of oil by weight. This question is pretty common. The simple answer is multiply the volume of the mold by .40 or .70 if...

Increase the water discount, less water = less evaporation. This might be enough to keep you over 4 oz.

I do the same thing. Coffee grinders are are great for small amounts.

No. The .40 is ratio of the weight of oil to cubic inches, for 1 cubic inch. Multiply the volume of your mold, measured in cubic inches, by .40 to get the weight of oil required for your mold. Keep in mind that the .40 is an approximation, so you will need to experiment with amount for your...

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If you are using the cylinder option be aware that it mistakenly divides the radius in half and gives half the volume you should get. If you enter the diameter of the cylinder you should get the correct volume. Soapmaking friend uses the ".40" method to calculate the oil volume, so your results...

This question is pretty common. Here’s a tool that I built over the last few days to calculate the amount of oil needed to create a batter to fill a soap mold (part of my New Year's resolution to learn java script). ==> Simple Soap Volume Calculator You will still need to work out the...

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As of today, in the U.S. there are 20 million positive cases of Covid, 12 million recovered and 356,000 deaths caused by Covid. Mortality rate = 2.85%, this means that 1 in 35 that contract covid will perish. Currently there are 8,114,362 active cases. At a 2.85% mortality rate this means that...

I'm also a frustrated guitar player. I get my strings from these guys. Here is a link to their plain stainless strings I use on my cutter. I'm using .013 strings (this would be considered a light B string). I cut 8 bars at a time. ==> Guitar Plain Steel Single Strings

My interpretation would be total of all ingredients = 6 lbs. Having said that I'm guessing you're trying to figure out how much oil to use to fill the mold, the reply by @cmzaha will get you close.

Quick and dirty, 1 bar = 3x2x2 (assuming you want 2 inch thick bars). 3x2x2 = 12 cubic inches (ci) Scale up to 9 bars 12 x 9 = 108 ci. Using a 33% lye concentration, the oil weight to volume conversion factor is .399 or to simplify .4 So, .4 * 108 = 43.2 oz of oil Brambleberry gives you the...

Keep in mind that inkjet printers use a dye in a carrier medium. I'm guessing they would likely transfer. From my experience these inks are soluble in ammonia. Laser printers use toner made from plastics, like styrene, and pigment. The plastic toner is basically melted onto the paper. You may...

I've posted this info in the soapmakingfriend forum and referenced this post. Hopefully it will be seen by the developers.

I agree, the volume calc for the cyl. is hosed. I also think you are correct in your assumption of the fomula. Using your example, Radius=3, Len=6. 3.14*3*3*.5*6 = 84.78 (half of what is should be). Multiply this by .4 and you get 33.929, which matches the amount calculated by...