Superfat Suggestions for Aleppo type recipe

[gardengeek]

Hi other Florida soap maker! I’m in the Wellington/Palm Beach area, so I know the joy of our humidity.

I’m at work, so I would have to check once I’m home, but I want to say my superfat was in the 5% range. Kept low on purpose as I wanted to get that out of the mold and onto racks so I could forget about it for the next 6 months to a year

But I want to say I did a 31% water concentration as well for subsequent batches I’ve done, as I remember being shocked that the higher water was a Bigger pain with trace.

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I hope some of that helps. It’s an excellent soap!

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I watched your Aleppo video. Your soap turned out really nice. I want to try a ghost swirl technique some day. Good idea to do it in the OPW technique.

 

[Cheeky Goat]

We have 11 acres in Loxahatchee, which is adjacent to Wellington, but lacks its taxes.

I love that area you are in, my best friend lived in that area until she abandoned me for Seattle.

Also, now that I’m home, I checked my notes, it was actually a 7% super fat, and a 45% water concentration, with a lye ratio of 1.2:1 that I use-
And 35 LBO to 65 OO, virgin, pressed.

 

[earlene]

I’ve made this a few times, and yes, it can be soap on a stick.
Oddly, this was the soap that taught me a Higher water content would speed trace, so I do a lower one with my Aleppo bars.
I don’t know if I’m allowed to link to videos, but I’ve one on my YouTube where I did a OPW with 4 different concentrations of lye for a ghost swirl challenge.

If you lower the water, and keep everything at room temp, it should behave better.

Yes, you are allowed to link to videos. I would love to see your youtube channel.

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[Cheeky Goat]

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