Changing mold size - need to change weight help

Started by Mina, February 15, 2019, 04:40:40 PM

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Mina

Ok.  Making a 2lb gouda today and the book I'm using says to put this into an 8" tomme, which thanks to some help from this forum is way too big.  I do have a 5.5" gouda mold that I plan to use.
Now on to the 'pressing' question.  In the book it is recc'd to use 10lb for the first press then 15lbs for the second press.  I downloaded the CHEESE PRESS WEIGHTS AND PSI excel sheet provided by another member on the forum (attached) and want to make sure I'm using this correctly.

ORIGINAL asks for 8" tomme at 10lbs - on the sheet this looks like 0.2 PSI.  So I then go to the 5.5" column and search for something close to the same PSI and I get 5lbs.  Is this correct? 


ArnaudForestier

Yep, that's right, Mina.  If 0.2 is the psi they call for, you've got it.  Good luck!
- Paul