confirmation/help needed before my first go at cp soap.

[goc253]

hello everyone, i need some help before i start my first attempt at cp soap tomorrow. (very nervous!). Iv got a recipe off the internet and have run it through 2 lye calculators but they both came up with different ammounts :? iv spent a lot of money on the ingredients and don't want to waste them by doing something silly!

My recipe is:

454g olive oil
284g coconut oil
170g shea butter
lemon and juniper fragrance oils

if anyone could help me with how much water/caustic soda to use id be very grateful. Thankyou lovely soapers!

 

[meadowyck]

you might be getting differences due to the fact that you are using grams.... don't really know if that is the case.

I converted your recipe to ounces and this is what I came up with.

454g = 16.0143 oz
284g = 10.0178 oz
170g = 5.99657 oz

for a total of 32.03 oz batch
6% lye discount = 4.46 oz of lye

Liquid with no discount would be 11.06 oz

 

[carebear]

what calculators did you use, and what amounts did each tell you?

 

[goc253]

thanks meadowyck, ill convert it in a bit and see what that comes out with. Carebear, i used:
the sage - 120g lye, 227 to 340g water
soapcalc.net - 140g lye, 345g water

I think iv got the jist of the calcs, percentages of superfat correspond to how much lye to use right?

what do you guys think to the recipe? I was a bit worried when i put it through soapcalc.net as it came out with some numbers at the bottom relating to hardness/conditioning ect. next to creamy on a scale of 16 - 48 it said 17.

Do i really need to worry about these things or not? (i'm planning on giving the soap as christmas presents which is why i really wana get this right!)

thanks.