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I'm confused. Are your superfats separately measured oils or do they come out of your total oils that you will be measuring to be melted that you add the lye water to? Like if it says coconut oil 20% in your total oils, do you measure out the amount it gives for that % and take out the amount you will be superfatting with? ?

Would anyone have a proper recipe using the oils I listed above? I'm sorry for being a bug.

10-4. About to fire up my crocks and git to gittin' and will post my results lolol. I really have learned from this to be on the lookout for those lil numbers that tell you what you're doing wrong. Thank yall so much for your wisdom. Here I go. Pray for me and my poor soap. My fiance made me laugh by saying that if it's sticky it would be great in the shower for a certain population. Giggles. Would be harder to drop it.

How would I put the shortening etc in the calculator if it has more than 1 oil in it? This would be perfect for me Thank you so much.

I'm new to soapcalc and didn't even notice the "your messing up number" that pops up when you mess up but I'm sure it was there somewhere.

I made up two 3 pound batch recipes and inputted my ingredients into soapcalc. I measured out all the ingredients and melted the oils for the 2 different recipes I was making. After I did that, I remembered that somewhere along the lines of learning about making soap I read that you are only supposed to use 2% castor oil in your recipes because it would cause it to set up too fast or something. I used 10 % castor in one and the other one I used 16% in the other! Now I can't remove all that extra castor because all the oils are melted together already. What do you think would happen if I went ahead and tried to make my soap? Is there anything I can do to fix this mess I made? I don't have enough ingredients to start all over?. I still have more soy and peanut oils and about 4 ounces of lard left I could add to my oils I already melted but I have no idea how much lye and water to add to my recipe amounts if I add more oils to it. Here is my first recipe with percents: Tot oil weight: 3lb, water as % of oil weight:38%, supcat/discount:5%, lye concent:20.856%, water : lye ratio 2.724:1. Ingredients are: water 1.140lbs, lye-naoh .0419lbs, oils 3lbs, fragrants0.094lbs. Soap weight before cook is 4.653lbs. Lard 60%, soybean oil 5%, castor oil 16%, coconut oil 76deg 19%. I didn't save my other 3lb recipe but here is the numbers that I just used but their equivalent percentages/amounts for a 3lb recipe: Tot oil weight 1lb, water as percent of oil weight 38%, supfat/discount 5%, lye concent 20.900%, water: lye ratio 2.717:1. Water .380lbs, lye naoh 0.140lbs, oils 1%, fragrance 0.031% soap weight before cook 1.551. Lard 45%, Soybean oil 10%, coconut oil76deg 20%, peanut oil 10%, castor oil 10%, cocoa butter 5%. See, I messed up Is there anything I can do to fix my mistake?

Thanks very much. Today I will be trying at least one recipe

Hi. I am new to this forum but I already find it awesome. I am on a VERY fixed income and I have to really stretch my pennies when buying anything. May I ask if any of you know the cheapest website online that I should go to buy some sodium lactate, benzoin powder, stearic acid, and sodium hydroxide? I have everything to make soap except those things. I live in a very small town and no stores carry it. I've called every town around here looking for it also. A one stop shop would be nice if possible. I know of some of the better advertised websites that sell these things but unfortunately, I can't afford their products right now. Do you know of a diamond in the rough that is affordable for someone like me? Please help if you can.

Hi. I am new to this forum but I already find it awesome. I am on a VERY fixed income and I have to really stretch my pennies when buying anything. May I ask if any of you know the cheapest website online that I should go to buy some sodium lactate, benzoin powder, stearic acid, and sodium hydroxide? I have everything to make soap except those things. I live in a very small town and no stores carry it. I've called every town around here looking for it also. A one stop shop would be nice if possible. I know of some of the better advertised websites that sell these things but unfortunately, I can't afford their products right now. Do you know of a diamond in the rough that is affordable for someone like me? Please help if you can.