Soap Making Scales

Buying soap making scales are often the most important and expensive tool purchase a soap maker will make.

Above all, a soap scale must, at the very least, be accurate to the nearest gram or 1/10th of an ounce. This is especially important when making soap in small quantities where the margin for error is less.

All other features are really just bells and whistles.

I must admit that I wouldn't mind having most of those extra features but I got my triple beam scale given to me so I don't complain.

I actually quite like the simplicity of it.....that's what I keep telling myself, at least...it's probably that I'm just used to it!

Most of you will have to buy your soap making scale new. The most popular for soap makers today is the digital scale and guess what? They come with some really nice bells and whistles.

Digital gram scales for soap making are usually priced somewhere between $30 and $100. A couple of those extra features to consider are as follows:

• Should measure in metric and imperial for greater ease with working recipes.


• Can run on batteries and on electric power.


• Will weigh fairly large amounts of oils if you will be making large batches of soap.


• Is stainless steel for easy clean up.


• Has an auto shut off.


• Has a tare feature that subtracts the containers weight for you. (I would really, really like this feature!)

Here are a few good examples of digital soap making scales that are great for soap making.