Kymber Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Is there such a thing? How do you figure your lye water for cream soap without a calculator. I have made cream soap but the lye (both kinds) and water were already firgured for the recipe. So now i want to tweak the recipe and have no clue how to figure how much of the 2 kinds of lye and how much water I will need? Or am I just having a major brain fart here?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzastoupil Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I highly suggest getting Catherine Failor's Cream Soapmaking booklet - she explains everything in it.I found this on a website, paraphrasing Failor's book:using your favorite "lye calculator", determine the amount of sodium hydroxide (no discount) needed to saponify the selected oils. multiply that amount by .217 ...(ms. failor never explained how she arrived at this figure.) this is the amount of sodium hydroxide you'll need. now multiply that figure by 5. this is the amount of potassium hydroxide. combine these two figures and multiply by 6. this gives you the amount of water.Or someone sells a cream soap calc http://futureventuresonline.com/calculator.htmlSnowdrift farm has a free calc, but you have to put in the ratio you want to use, which doesnt help if you dont know what ratio you want to use!http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/soapcalculator.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kymber Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Thanks! I even have Failor's book ... I guess I should of read it! I have her Liquid soap book also. Thanks for reminding me of that book! That program looks interesting...anyone else use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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