Your batch size can be any size. 1 pound or 100 pounds, it does not matter. Decide on what mold you are going to use and then size your recipe to the mold in soapcalc. That is the easy thing to do. Look on the reference thread, there is a link to a calculator that will tell you what size batch (oils only) will fit your mold.
The batch I posted was a 4 pound batch. How many bars you will get out of that will vary on how big you cut them. The most common size of soap is around 4 oz. That batch will give you a total of 97 oz so divide that by 4 and you will get around 24 bars. If you like big chunky bars, you will only get around 16. So that all varies on what size you want to cut them. You want be 10 oz bars, you are only going to get 9, lol.
If your scale will do grams, go with grams because they are more accurate. I always measure everything (but the fo) in grams. I can convert it if you want, or you can put the numbers into soap calc and they will tell you what it is in gr, oz and lb. Love soapcalc!
How high does your scale measure? For now untill you get pouring down, I would measure each oil individually. First you turn on your scale. Put your bowl on and it and tare it out to 0. Then you measure your Olive oil and after you get the right weight, pour it into your pot. Put the bowl back on the scale. It should read 0. If it does not, scrape more of the oil of the bowl until it reads 0. Do the same for the other oils. I'm good enough now where I can measure several oils into one bowl and then pour into the pot but it takes some practice to do that.
