Soap Maker 3 Software

[peace-love-and-suds]

I was wondering if anyone could help me to understand what the water discount percentage means under the lye/water tab when entering a new recipe. I want to use a 2:1 water ratio and I don't know how that converts into the water discount percentage.
Also what is the lye solution strength percentage for? Thanks

 

[Lindy]

The water discount is basically your lye strength. So if you were going for a mix that was 50% water & 50% lye you would go to a lye strength solution of 50. Most people start out working with a lye strength of about 33.6 which give you a 1:2 lye:water basis. I personally work at 35% lye strength unless I am doing a castille at which point I will increase it to 40%.

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