Reborn weight calculator./ Chart

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Does anyone know of a calculator or chart that you can use to calculate how much weight to put in your reborns thank you

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If I remember correctly, I use the formula: height in inches x 3.5= the weight in oz.

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This is a great question!!!

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I used this info for my first doll and to reweight my daughter doll and love the results. The actual calculator isn’t available but I just plugged the percentages into a calculator and used a baby weighing scale to get each part to where I wanted it to be.

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Weight distribution - good weight is the length in inches x 3.5oz
OR
Head - 25%
Arms - 3 % each
Legs - 10% each
Torso - 51%

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Kim from custom doll baby has a reborn calculator for purchase on her website. It tells you how much to weight each limb for your overall desired weight or “natural” weight for the dolls size

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Don’t think Kim is reborning dolls I’ve reached out over the past 18 months for advice with no responses.

I did this and love the feel.
I took the height X 3.5 it came to 4#
I weighed all the vinyl parts first
Than I put 25% in the head
51% in the torso but divided it by 3. I put 2/3 of the weight in the bum the other 1/3 in the chest.
Arms at 3% each
Legs at 10% each.

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Wouldn’t that add up to 102%? Sorry if I’m being really dense here :flushed:

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Yeah it is but it isn’t exact. Sometimes the math is too difficult to get. Like 3 and 47/60 ounces. So it evens out. Head and torso are there most important in my book. The vinyl in theblimbs are heavier to start with than they should be before I add weight…

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I don’t have a formula. I like my dolls on the heavier side. All my kids were solid. I use glass beads in the arms, legs and butt and polypellets in the head and torso.

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Yes, it would be 102, but those %% just for approximate proportions.

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Thank you for replying :slightly_smiling_face:. That makes sense.

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You’re using both glass and poly-pellets in the body? How you doing this? I’ve always wanted to do the butt separately with glass but I’ve been unsure how to go about it.

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I sew a little pouch out of fabric, fill it with a funnel and sew up the hole. Then nestle it in the butt. :0)

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