how many bars/pound?

[craftygirl]

I'm trying to plan for recipes and making a mold. How many bars do you get per pound of soap?

 

[tlm884]

It depends on what size you want your bars to be. If you are doing 4oz bars, and there are 16oz in a pound. That means you will get 4 bars.

 

[Soapy Gurl]

4oz is a good size bar, that is what most people cut theirs at. They do shrink a bit so the bar ends up less than 4oz.

 

[IrishLass]

My 2.5 lb slab batches give me 9 bars of soap that weigh between 5 - 5.5 oz. (I like hefty bars)

My 1.13 lb log batches make 4 bars that weigh at least 5 oz, or I can cut them into 5 bars that weigh around 3.5 - 4 oz.


IrishLass

 

[Soaplady22]

From a 16 oz recipe of oils I get exactly 5 bars when cut. It depends on how much of a water discount you're planning on doing (or if) as to just how many bars you're going to get.

 

[JackiK]

My wooden mold is 3.5 inches wide and 15 inches long. I fill it with three pounds (oil weight only) and get 15 bars. Don't ask me what they weigh. They're 3.5 X 2.75 X 1 in size.

 

[judymoody]

Weight of oils + weight of lye + weight of water (which will diminish somewhat as the soap cures). My batches made with 750-800 grams of oil fit into a 8 inch silicone mold which makes 8 bars measuring 3.5x2.5x1 and finished weight is between 125-140 grams per bar (roughly 4.5-5 oz per bar).

 

[Stinkydancer]

My 2.5 lb slab batches give me 9 bars of soap that weigh between 5 - 5.5 oz. (I like hefty bars)

My 1.13 lb log batches make 4 bars that weigh at least 5 oz, or I can cut them into 5 bars that weigh around 3.5 - 4 oz.


IrishLass

I think I have this same slab.

My favorite log mold- I get 8 5oz bars out of 30oz of oil- HP. After cure they are probably still 4.8- I discount my water quite a bit.

 

[craftygirl]

thanks