Volossya
New Member
Hello! I'm an engineer looking into making cold-process soap for personal and family use. I expect to enjoy the chemistry and creativity of it.
I have already done some background reading - "Soap Crafting" by Anne-Marie Faiola, then pretty much all of DeeAnna's SoapyStuff page (I appreciated her more scientific approach) and a good number of articles from ModernSoapMaking.com. To better understand how the soap calculator works I have made a spreadsheet version of a soap calculator and verified it against SoapCalc's outputs (agreement within 1% except for the saturated:unsaturated fat ratio, which makes sense given that I copied their SAP and fatty acid values). I spent so much time reading threads from the experienced people here that I decided to go ahead and make an account so I could ask questions directly.
Looking forward to chatting with y'all!
I have already done some background reading - "Soap Crafting" by Anne-Marie Faiola, then pretty much all of DeeAnna's SoapyStuff page (I appreciated her more scientific approach) and a good number of articles from ModernSoapMaking.com. To better understand how the soap calculator works I have made a spreadsheet version of a soap calculator and verified it against SoapCalc's outputs (agreement within 1% except for the saturated:unsaturated fat ratio, which makes sense given that I copied their SAP and fatty acid values). I spent so much time reading threads from the experienced people here that I decided to go ahead and make an account so I could ask questions directly.
Looking forward to chatting with y'all!
