JMCintosh Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 I came across a recipe on line and wrote it down, thought I would try it. But, it is makes 12 lbs and I would like to cut it down to around 2 or 4 lbs. 3 lbs Distilled Water17 ozs Lye (Sodium Hydroxide)4 lbs Olive Oil2 lbs, 8 ozs Coconut Oil1 lb, 8 ozs Palm Oil1 oz. Grapefruit Seed Extract (optional)To Superfat: add 3.2 ozs of shea butter to the oils.4 -6 ozs of essential or fragrance oilTemperature 90°-110° - 4 week cure time How does a person go about cutting it down, and taking out the grapeseed oil? The reason for this is because, I don't have a container to hold a recipe this size and I have all the oils just not the amounts. This is the amounts I have: Olive oil 16 oz, Coconut oil 32 oz, Palm oil 16 oz, Shea 15 oz. If any one can help me by showing me a way to configure this I would be so thankful. I have tried the soapcalc and I am still learning how to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 go to soapcalc.com there you can enter a recipe in ounces and have it converted to percents and then reconvert back to the batch size you want.or do it by hand - you should be able to calculate percentages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Actually, I use the lye calc at MMS to re-size. I would enter all the ingrediens, click the calculate button then resize at the bottom of the page. If you want 4lbs, just tell it to re-calculate to 4lbs. Very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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