Lye discount???

[Faye_SC]

When you discount lye, does that mean you are superfatting?

If not, does anyone know how to superfat with the Soapmaker light program?

I'm a newbie.

And is this recipe a good one.

Lard - 8.00 oz

Coconut - 12.00 oz

Shea Butter - 2.40 oz

Wheat Germ - 7.20 oz

Corn Oil - 14.40 oz

Rice Bran - 4.00 oz

Lye - 6.69 oz - Discounted @ 6%

Water - 13.57 oz (Not discounted)

Fragrance 3.00 oz

Hardness: 5.3

Stable Lather: 5.9

Fluffy Lather:4.8

Moisturizing: 5.7

TIA

[Roxanne]

Yes, when you discount lye you are superfatting. It's just two ways of saying the same thing.

[Faye_SC]

Thank you for the reply.

[jbren]

That's an awful lot of corn oil. I personally don't use corn oil as it doesn't really bring much to the party and the shelf life is very short. There are other supermarket oils such as canola, sunflower, or even Crisco that would give you a very nice bar of soap without the corn oil.

[Faye_SC]

I made this recipe yesterday, and it stinks to high heaven.

I don't recommend this one.

I think my corn oil may have been bad.

Thanks for the help.

[jbren]

Sorry that happened Faye. It probably was rancid if it smelled that bad, and the high percentage you used didn't help.

If you find a recipe that you want to add some FRESH corn oil to just to satisfy your own curiosity...just use it 10% or less