Half it! Half it good!

[onugs]

If I wanted to half a recipe it seems all I would do is chop the numbers in half... Am I right in assuming this? roblem:

 

[savonierre]

I would run it through the soap calc too..Just to be sure about the lye and water.

 

[heartsong]

I would run it through the soap calc too..Just to be sure about the lye and water.

technically, you're right, but if there's any error on lye, you're compounding the error...always play it safe-IMHO!

 

[DeeAnna]

Theoretically, yes, you can, but from a practical standpoint, I wouldn't.. The numbers for the original recipe will have some rounding error and you never know if there's a typo or whatever. I agree with the others -- run it through your favorite soap recipe calculator just to be sure.

 

[Oboegirl]

I halved the recipe I made today (my first bar) and I put the recipe through brambleberry's calculator just to be sure. The calculator gave me ever so slightly different numbers than if I had just chopped it in half. I have absolutely no idea if it affected my outcome at all because I'm a total newbie at this. Good luck.

 

[Linedog]

I made a quad batch once, ran it though the calc first, numbers were just a bit different so I used the new numbers. But it turned out fine.