latch Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 on this recipe... did this one on mms siteit may seem weird i know, but its what i hve on hand.. ran through calculator but not sure if lye seems right??apricot kernal oil 3.9 ozcastor oil 1.95 ozcocoa butter 6.00ozcoconut oul 9.8olive oil 15.7sweet almond oil 1.85 oztotal weight 39.2ozwater calulated 10 to 15 oz lye 5.49to5.32the one i did on sooz site says 6.8 oz water and2.24 lye??? now i am a little confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latch Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 bumping this one up, want to try this one tonite, while kiddos asleep.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sad72 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 You might have accidently punched numbers in wrong at MMS...I just punched in your recipe and the lye and water comes out as the same amounts at Sooz...hth:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latch Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 so would you say this is good to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherie Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Latch, I just took your recipe and figured it at 2.5# batch and played with the numbers. For a 2.5# batch with no water discount, I get 15.2 oz. of water and 5.44 oz lye. This batch is going to be a really soft batch and take a long time to cure. It's almost like a castile. Do you have any crisco or lard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latch Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 no neither, i thought i was using 6.8 water and 2.4lye?? help!! it seems i have 2 completely diff. figures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherie Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Disregard my figures, they were for CP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sad72 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 Okay...little late now but...I must have been tired last night but...I read that you got the water calulated 10 to 15 oz lye 5.49to5.32 from the sooz calc and you got the water calculated 6.8lye at 2.24 oz at MMSThat's why I punched in the numbers at MMS...didn't do sooz. Not sure about the recipe though...I'm not good at what looks right and what doesn't...when I used to make soap...I just used what I wanted to use, ran through calc and made the batch. sorry couldn't have been more help.Anyway, still doesn't seem right about the 6.8 oz of water and the 2.24 oz of lye...'cause that seems more for a one pound batch..not the 39 + oz you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sad72 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I think what happened at the sooz calc was you needed to change you batch to pounds in weight..not use ounces in weight. I did it both ways and when I punched in 39.2 weight in ounces, it came out to the 6.8 water/2.24 oz lye...but when I calculated the 39.2 into pounds (2.45)..I got this:14.9 oz water5.52 oz lye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 When you go to soapcalc, change the batch size to 39.2oz. It is preset at 1lb. If you enter your recipe and calculate 1lb the lye is 2.24 and water 6.08. When you change it to ounces and enter 39.2 the calculation changes to 5.512 lye and just about 15 oz of water. That was the problem. Make sure to change the batch size at sooz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sad72 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 LOL...I must be having brain farts like crazy the last couple days....blaming it on PMS..anyway, Carrie's right...when I punched in the 39.2 ounces of weight in oils, I didn't left it in pounds (which is automatically at 1 pound)...sorry for all the confusion.I think I need to stop trying to help anybody for the next couple days...after PMS has passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latch Posted February 12, 2006 Author Share Posted February 12, 2006 oh well, i messed that all up, was a little impatient and went ahead and did the recipe with the smaller amount of water and lye, well, i came up with something... dosent smell to nice and my son said it looks like square blocks of dog poop! the recipe i was trying had oatmeal and honey additives, well they turned the batch poop brown.... and it did only make 1 pound and was pretty soft like fudge... good experience though... ready to try another one , i think after that experience, i will do an easy one with crisco.. heres it what it looked like.. almost like fudge.. has an aroma of burnt honey and oatmeal mixed with oatmeal milk and honey FO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sad72 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Yep..looks like fudge with pieces of choclate.At least you tried. Now you know what to do with the sooz calc...but when I used to soap, the MMS calc was the only one I ever used...never had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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