I have been making soap for 10 years and selling it for five. Recently I purchased larger equipment which will give me more capacity. I have a lye tank and need to be sure about what I am doing as I put multiple mixtures of lye into the tank and take them from the tank. Lets say I mix 40oz of lye with 100 ounces of water, and add multiples of that to the tank. How many ounces of lye do I take from the tank for each recipe. I am assuming I take 144 ounces, but since it isn't good to assume anything with a soap recipe, I need to ask. Does anyone have the answer to this question? Thank you in advance.
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I had posed this question on a different forum when I said I added 41 oz of lye to 103 ounces of water and was assuming I would remove 144 ounces of lye for each batch. In the above post it should be 140 instead of 144. Thank you.
I had posed this question on a different forum when I said I added 41 oz of lye to 103 ounces of water and was assuming I would remove 144 ounces of lye for each batch. In the above post it should be 140 instead of 144. Thank you.
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It's really no difference than masterbatching your lye. Just at a different ratio. Most use 1:1.
You're premixing your lye/water at 30%. Figure your recipe accounting for a 30% solution.
For instance: 100% coconut (for ease of explantion) superfatted at 6%.
260 oz of CO
44 oz Lye
100 oz Water.
144 oz of Lye/Water mix.
Good luck with your ramped up soaping! Looking forward to hearing all about it!
You're premixing your lye/water at 30%. Figure your recipe accounting for a 30% solution.
For instance: 100% coconut (for ease of explantion) superfatted at 6%.
260 oz of CO
44 oz Lye
100 oz Water.
144 oz of Lye/Water mix.
Good luck with your ramped up soaping! Looking forward to hearing all about it!
