Thank you! Yes, I read all of these and it's very helpful. I guess I am still confused about the ratios. I am thinking that my water calculation gets replaced with the puree. My recipe calls for 742.83 grams of water and 308.41 grants of lye. I will discount this water amount by the gram amount of puree that I use?
I was planning on putting the puree in with the oils before adding the lye and discounted water mixture. So I would take my recipe water calculation and just subtract the amount of puree from that number and mix the remaining water with the lye . Does this make sense?
Totally. I was just reading that old thread and wondering how one adds lye to a fat without it starting to saponify.
Just remember that NaOH requires an equal amount of water to dissolve. So I would suggest that first you create your recipe in your soap calculator with the lye concentration of your choosing. If you use a 33% lye concentration, which is 2 parts water to 1 part NaOH, you will have enough water left over after making your 1:1 mix of NaOH + distilled water to dissolve any other item you need to dissolve (like sugar if you add sugar, or whatever) and to add to make your avocado pureé. I also suggest that you make sure to mix your lye solution FIRST, so you don't end up with not enough water and then have to add extra and mess up your calculations.
That is assuming tha OP is using a hass avocado, right? I had a Floridian avocado a couple of days ago and found it to be a little more watery than I remember them to be
