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Yes that is what i meant for superfatting. I was thinking that for superfatting there is lye discount rather than water discount, yes? So as far as concentration goes, is 33% the standard? Because you mentioned that a 50% concentration would call double the amount of solution. Why is that...

Im very new to this (5 batches of soap) so i really don't know exactly what water as % of oils mean tbh. I have been using brambleberry and started out using measurement in oz rather than percentages. I just make the batch of lye water for whatever it tells me to for the amount of oils i...

I find that too many questions on the same thread dilutes what the original question is about and it gets lost in obscurity. With many people talking about different things it makes my damaged brain hard to "connect" things together. Hope you understand. This thread is for essential oils that...

Does salt behave the same way the stearic acid would to make a harder bar of soap? I bought about 1/2 lb worth of stearic acid and would like to figure out how to use it at least. What is recommended usage of stearic acid to ppo? I upped my solid oils (palm and coconut) to almost 55% as...

I read you use 5% of stearic acid to your batch of soap. Is that 5% ppo, or 5% of the entire recipe? (lye/oils/water?) Is 5% even correct? Because i made a recipe with it (i think i used to much) and it traced up almost instantly. I am very confused by this. I want my soap to be...

This thread has been super informative and i never would have thought you can "master batch" your lye solution. Honestly that sounds a lot easier. But..How do you guys go about that? Ratio wise? I read one has 50/50 so is that 50 lye 50 water? That looks super concentrated. How much lye to...

But wait i did something new and added stearic acid. Does that speed up trace? I am new to using stearic acid so i didn't even think of that. I am not sure how much i should use in the recipe though because advice was sorta vague. Is it 5% of total weight (lye/water/oils?) or just 5% of...

I really don't think it was the lemongrass myself. I have used it before no problems but this time it just happened instantly.

Wow thank you! So you are saying that lye and oils can be different temps as in have room temperature lye and heated oils? But the oils can't be ((too)) hot? So what would be a good range in temperature of your oils when mixing with your master batch lye solution. And how does that affect the...

I have made a few batches of soap and read that the lye and oils have to be around 120 degrees farenheit. So i have stuck in that range for fear of making bad batches. All of my soaps so far went really well but i am now seeing that people make soaps at different temperatures. Like just now i...

From your experience what E.O's caused your CP soap to trace fast? Im sorta new to this. I made a lemongrass CP soap and practically traced instantly. Like seriously i mean (instantly). Lye and oils were around 120 degrees so i can't believe it was that. But i was also making a small batch...