SoapyGoats
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Wow, thanks everyone for replying! Going to have to experiment Fun!
So:
35% Olive Oil
20% Coconut
35% Lard
5% Castor
5% Almond
Would it be better to switch out the Almond for Avocado or just lower the Almond more and put the extra % to Lard?
I REALLY like Rice bran oil.
It's one of my favourites.
In your recipe, I would drop CO and add some RBO if you can get any. Add more lard, butters, you'll get a lovely bar.
I also replaced most of my OO with RBO. My skin is weird, I find OO to be a bit drying. I'm not even using it in facial soaps anymore.
Almond is another favourite. I do use it in small % (5-15) because of the price, but I can definitely feel when it's not in the recipe.
I've never seen KOH locally like I do NaOH. I ordered mine from essential depot quite some time ago - shop around though, there may be better deals.
So do you just dilute the KOH with water using a 1:1 ratio?
If you're adding KOH, yes, you want to make sure the combined weight of NaOH + KOH is dissolved in at least an equal weight of water. You want to keep the overall lye concentration no higher than 50%.
I use Soapee.com, and it allows you to make a hybrid soap right from the start, so it figures out the water percentage. I know, I am lazy and I cheat. But it never made sense to me to figure out all this stuff the long way when there are perfectly good lye calculators out there.
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