soapcalc

[hailinguk]

Hi There,

Sorry me again with yet another question!

On soapcalc, can I literally add in whatever oils and butters I like and it will tell me how much water and lye to add? How do I know if the soap will work or not?

So for example I chose NaOH.

Then I chose to work with grams:
200g castor oil
300g cocout oil
100g avocado oil
300g olive oil

Based on these amounts it says to use 342grams of water and 127.81 of lye. (Would I literally weigh out the water using the scale? It seems odd measuring liquids in grams?)

These are the results below. They are all in-between the numbers listed so it that a good thing?

Sorry if these are really stupid questions!

Hardness 29 - 54 =34
Cleansing 12 - 22 =22
Conditioning 44 - 69 =60
Bubbly 14 - 46 =42
Creamy 16 - 48 =32
Iodine 41 - 70 =60
INS 136 - 165 =153

Lauric 16
Myristic 6
Palmitic 10
Stearic 2
Ricinoleic 20
Oleic 33
Linoleic 7
Linolenic 0

The only problem I then see if how do I figure out how much fragrance oil to add? :?

 

[Hazel]

Wow! What great numbers! The bubbles ought to be awesome.

Although, I noticed your castor oil equals about 22% of your recipe. Someone made a comment awhile back that soaps with a high castor content can be sticky. But you never know until you try.

Yes, you want to weigh the water because it's more accurate. On soapcalc at the upper right hand side is a box which says Fragrance. Type the amount of fo or eo you want to use per pound into the box. For example, .5 or .8, etc. When you look at the recipe, soapcalc will have calculated the amount you need to add for the total batch.

HTH

 

[hailinguk]

Thanks so much for that. I've got a new base recipe that I'm going to use:

10% any oil you want (I'll use castor)
30% palm oil
30% coconut oil
30% olive oil

Thanks for the tip about adding fragrance

 

[Hazel]

You're welcome. Glad I could help. I found soapcalc a little confusing when I first started using it. It's easier after you use it several times.

Good luck with your batch!