Hello! New to CP Soap and have a question

[amyellingsworth]

Hi everyone. I am very new to soap making and am just about ready to make my first batch of CP soap. I am going very basic and not using color or FO's for now. I have read a few books already, highly recommended ones at that, and I was wondering.... when measuring out my oils- especially coconut and things like Shea butter- do I measure the MELTED liquid amount? or the amount before I have placed in the my broiler?

Sorry if this is a super basic question but it wasn't even specific in the soap making books I read.

 

[karenbeth]

You need to weigh ingredients so it's much easier to weigh solid oils when they are solid. I always weigh then melt. Less mess

 

[lsg]

I always weigh everything. You can weigh your solid fats or butters before melting. Do not use liquid measure, always weigh the ingredients using a good scale.
karenbeth must have posted right before I did, but we are saying the same thing.

 

[Saswede]

Apart from being easier to weigh out the butters/solid oils when they are solid, it's probably not a great idea to keep pouring warmed oil back into your container .... And I know that there are some people who believe that the less you heat the oils, the more likely they are to retain their beneficial properties. So I would definitely weigh them when they're in solid form and then melt.


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[roseb]

Welcome! I've found no question is basic! I measure mine in solid state. Please show off your 1st batch!

 

[sistrum]

As everyone has said you always weigh your oils. If the recipe said to go by "cups" and not weight run away from that book/website/person and never go back.