Hey all, Happy New Year! I am looking at trying a liquid shampoo recipe from CF's Making Liquid Soap book. I'm thinking about trying the Jojoba Conditioning Shampoo. The recipe is as follows... 37 oz coconut 9 oz castor 4 oz jojoba 13 oz potassium hydroxide 39 oz distilled water It also says this... To neutralize: add 4.5 oz of a 20% boric or citric acid solution or 4.5 oz of a 33% borax solution. So, here's my ? Is the water amount (39oz) the actual amount to be mixed with the pot.hyd.? and then 'cooked'? Or does some of that water need to be reserved for dillution? If extra water is used for dilution, how much do I use? Also, I have read and read the section on the neutralizing solutions and just cannot wrap my head around it all the numbers. Can someone please try and help me? TIA!!! p.s. I have made liquid soap before, but the amounts of water and borax, etc...were all spelled out.