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Bonza, when you say New Zealand I look for my sunglasses :)

I know :), but I like to keep a little magic in this overly rational world.

The lye concentration 99% is the purity of NaOH itself in LyeCalc. For my first batch of soap I used a ratio of water:lye = 2.0684:1 and the soap turned out very well. So I continue with this ratio. If it works, I don't try to fix it.

I use organic extra virgin OO in my oil blend about 45-48%. I love the smoothness of the soap in contact with the skin and the ability to soften congested or tight epidermis and hydrate it. Fingers do not remain dry after using the soap. Then I put other quality oils in the composition to...

Yes, I use solid caustic soda micropearls produced in France type PDS-NaOH-100-TA-0001 with total alkalinity >= 990 g/kg, usually 99.7% or so.

Wonderful! Great advice. You are right. The water:lye ratio is more accurate than water as a % of oils which is an arbitrary value, 38% or 30% whatever. I noticed that if the water:lye ratio is constant e.g. 2.0684:1 for each test (one single oil/test) soapcalc.net calculates different water as...

Hello, Are these numbers good enough for my CP soap recipe? In theory, everything seems fine. Gray areas show ranges of good values.

Thanks a lot for the tip. I will follow this advice. Before making my first soap, I learned a lot of useful things from this forum and now I have become a member here. My next attempt is more sophisticated. My new recipe contains five oils and a blend of three EOs. Plus small additions in decent...

Hi, i'm new to this hobby and need advice from experienced CP homemade soap makers. Does putting 3% ppo 100% pure EO in the batch mean that the standard SF will increase by 3%, from 5% to 8%? What will result, an oily soap or a cream? I think I will lower the SF standard to 3% for a good...