Hi Pepsi Girl!
I just entered in the recipe on SBM's Advanced calculator and it gave me my normal amounts of 3.4 oz KOH and 10.19 oz. water (or glycerin) for a 16 oz. batch of this recipe.
Are you saying that you used SBM's Advanced calculator and it gave you 11 oz glycerin and 3.5 oz KOH? If so, then a box must not have been filled in somewhere or something. Can you tell me what boxes you filled in on SBM's calculator?
I think this was because I did not understand that calculator
The above figures look like they are from SoapCalc? If so, just to let you know, I don't like the lower water amounts that SoapCalc suggests for liquid soaps (which from your figures above show me a ratio of 1.7 parts water to 1 part KOH). The SBM calculator in comparison uses a much higher water to lye ratio: 3 parts water to 1 part KOH), or a 25% lye solution, which works s
oooooo much better for liquid soap, I've found.
Yes this was fromSoapCalc, but after I already messed up
Also- SoapCalc's lye amount for a 3% S/F @ 90% purity is also higher than the default lye amount for a 3% S/F that SBM's calculator gives me. On the SBM calculator, an amount of 3.55 oz lye turns out to be a -1% superfat for this recipe.
I personally would not use those figures you listed above from SoapCalc to make this recipe. I would stick to the amounts that the SBM calculator gives for this particular recipe, namely 3.4 oz KOH and 10.19 oz. glycerin. If you stick to those instead, I have every confidence that you will have much better success.
Thanks I will be trying again
If you used 11 oz of glycerin, I wouldn't be too concerned about it. What concerns me much more is the higher amount of KOH that you used: 3.5 oz. instead of 3.4 oz., which gave you a 0% S/F instead of a 3% S/F.
IrishLass