jdscreations Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I am so confused. I have been reading and reading and reading. I want to try and make soap. (CP) I found a beginners recipe:16oz Coconut Oil16oz Palm Oil13.5oz Olive Oil6.48oz Lye14oz WaterOkay, does this recipe look okay?? Also I have ordered a soap mold off of ebay (I don't have the mold yet) and the information that I have about the measurements of the mold are: make 15 bars 3/4" thick, 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" bars. SOOOO, will this recipe fit into this mold? Is this recipe okay? Please forgive me for my stupidity, but I really want to get this right and for the life of me can not figure out how to use the calculators. I am going to go back and reread the Soapmaking tutorials AGAIN!! But I am just so confused. TIA. Sorry so long and for rambling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Does the ebay site say how many pounds it will hold? When I figure it, it comes out to a 2 pound mold. Your recipe is for almost 4 pounds with the water. I'd say that recipe is either too big or the mold is too small. Also, it has over 33% coconut which may be too drying. I didn't run it thru a soap calc so don't know if the lye is right or not.Mold volume is L x W x H x .4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdscreations Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 Thanks Carrie to replying. Yeah, I thought the same thing. I came up with a little over 4lbs for the recipe, but I wasn't sure about the mold. Can you tell I wasn't very good at math in school. My husband finally got home last night and told me the mold was only 2 lbs. :rolleyes2 Can you tell me which Calc you prefer. I ran it through 3 different calcs and got back 3 different lye %?? Doesn't that seem weird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 No it's not really that wierd. Each oil we use has a range for SAP values. Each calc is using a number in that range, not necessarily the same number.I use 2 different soap calcs. I use the one from MMS when I have a recipe with ounces. http://thesage.com/calcs/lyecalc2.phpWhen I only have a recipe with percentages I use the soapcalc. http://www.soapcalc.com/calc/SoapCalc.aspI also like that you can save the soapcalc on your computer to use offline. Click on file, save as, and then I saved it on my desktop so I can always find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdscreations Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 Carrie, thank you so much. I think the different calc were confusing me. I think I will just stick with one. I like the sage calc, because I can change the size of the batch for my mold. Okay, now back to reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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