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My New Digital Scale
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MzMolly65
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Newbie here, jumping in on some old threads here as I search for information. I borrowed a scale for my first batch of soap but if I'm going to keep doing this it's time to buy my own.
I was just thinking about buying the KD7000 for a few reasons: the A/C option, the gunk protector, the weight capacity.
My only concern is the gram weight not being measured to the 0.1 gram.
Do you feel a scale is accurate enough when it rounds to the gram? How does this effect the way you mix up the recipe? Any comments or advice before I buy a scale?
I work in grams with a 1. gram scale at the moment. In fairness, I work carefully and round for safety. A recipe that has a decimal place for the lye and oil will get rounded up on the oil and down on the lye, just to be extra safe. Will be getting one that works in the decimal range, though
MzMolly65
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Have you picked out a model?
I talked to Old Will Knott, looking for a 0.1 gram scale and was disappointed it was a $200 model. I'd like an accurate scale but that's more than I can afford in the beginning stages of any hobby so if that's the typical price for a 0.1 scale I'll have to go with less accurate .. for now.
Alas here in Austria the options are a bit limited, and I've also struggled to find a scale that is good value for money. My 10€ one at the moment is okay, but won't hold up when I start to make a lot of soap
I think you will love the KD7000, I recently purchased the KD8000; Amazon has some great prices on both. I still have to purchase the convertor cord, but love this scale. I don't really need all of the features on the KD8000, but the price was only a few dollars more on Amazon.
I think I'm going to get a KD8000 for backup. When I started soaping 3 years ago I finally found a use for my Weight Watchers Scale. The sucker has been awesome and won't die. But I figure better safe than sorry. Thank you to all who gave imput on these.
I got the 8000 a few weeks ago and it's been great--mostly. But twice now it has turned itself off when I was measuring stuff into it. Has that happened to anyone else? (using battery, not the cord, and the battery seems fine)
I was spooning infused oil out of a jar and into the container on the scale so it was taking a long time to finish my weighing, but the amount on the scale was changing every few seconds with only short pauses as I got more oil.
Luckily I seldom measure more than one oil into a container so I just poured into a new container to remeasure, but for other people this could be disastrous.
I was spooning infused oil out of a jar and into the container on the scale so it was taking a long time to finish my weighing, but the amount on the scale was changing every few seconds with only short pauses as I got more oil.
Luckily I seldom measure more than one oil into a container so I just poured into a new container to remeasure, but for other people this could be disastrous.
MzMolly65
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Thanks for teaching me a very good reason to weight things separately (just in case)
alaskazimm
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I have a KD-7000 and the resolution of 1 gram is enough for the vast majority of soaping. As an example the last batch of soap I made called for 268 g olive oil. imu when the scale says 268 it is actually between 267.5 and 268.4. I don't think that variance of 1 g is going to affect the overall outcome of the completed soap. Really the only time that I felt the need for the resolution of .1 g is when I'm dealing with small amounts of fragrances.
As someone mentioned up thread a scale with the capacity and the resolution of .1 g is going to be expensive.
As someone mentioned up thread a scale with the capacity and the resolution of .1 g is going to be expensive.
I agree with alaskazimm. Whole grams allow good precision for soap making. There are 28 grams in one ounce, for example, which really shows how much more precise you can be right off the bat by using this unit of measure. You'll be fine with whole numbers.
Unless you work in grams, like I do - you have to work on whole numbers so there is still an element of fudging.
When I start to sell I'll be looking at a scale with 0.0 grams at least, but I know it'll be costly.
nframe
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This is the scale I just bought: http://www.ourweigh.co.uk/top-pan-precision-balances/on-balance-3000-digital-table-scale.html
It weighs in increments of 0.1 g and I also bought the adaptor so it stays plugged in as long as I want it. It was expensive but worth it. The deciding factor was reading the book "Scientific Soapmaking" by Kevin Dunn added to which my old scales decided to switch to fl. oz. in the middle of weighing 450 g of olive oil! Also, a number of times, it had switched itself off in the middle of weighing so I decided that was enough.
It's good to have the right tools!
It weighs in increments of 0.1 g and I also bought the adaptor so it stays plugged in as long as I want it. It was expensive but worth it. The deciding factor was reading the book "Scientific Soapmaking" by Kevin Dunn added to which my old scales decided to switch to fl. oz. in the middle of weighing 450 g of olive oil! Also, a number of times, it had switched itself off in the middle of weighing so I decided that was enough.
It's good to have the right tools!
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Just ordered my KD7000 as well. Can't wait for it to get here. I'm sooooo tired of my old scale turning off while in the middle of weighing my oils.
Saponista
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I know in the UK if you are selling anything then you need to weigh out your products with government approved scales or trading standards will come knocking at your door. They have to be stamped with a government mark that defines that they are accurate for weighing merchandise. They are more expensive than normal scales.
Lin
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sorry couldn't resist.Similar threads
