What sort of scale do you use? When I started soaping, we blamed certain VERY drying soaps on the recipe, or on an herb we added. I only later learned that because we were using a cheap spring-type kitchen scale, and making small batches, we likely had very low or even no superfat sometimes, because the scale was so inaccurate. One or more of our soaping books showed that type of scale, so we thought we'd be fine. We would decide our measurement was OK if 2 out of 3, or 3 out of 5 times we measured it, it weighed what we wanted. (Those other times the weight would be plenty different).
So, if that's the sort of scale you're using, please, please get a digital scale! they're from $20-$30, and you can promise yourself you'll use it to portion out food, too, or whatever you need to justify getting accurate measurements for soaping!
So, if that's the sort of scale you're using, please, please get a digital scale! they're from $20-$30, and you can promise yourself you'll use it to portion out food, too, or whatever you need to justify getting accurate measurements for soaping!
