EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[mlm Mike]

Can't forget Mike.

Yet, you did!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Dear Sally.
1. You need to do it OUTSIDE cook it on open fire and use Aluminum trays. No need to clean after!
2. Don't use knife! Use one of this!
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It is soap cutter.
https://nurturesoap.com/products/soap-cutter-wires

yes I know, I am too cheap right now

 

[Sally Sunshine]

You need help in calculating percentage?

No I use soapcalc I need help in understanding

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Superfat is pretty simple, it's the level of fat in the soap that doesn't get saponified. This will add moisturizing properties to the bar. As for making recipe making easier, what soap calculator do you use? because I find that the soap calc website is NOT very user friendly and overly complicates things. For just starting out I suggest using Brambleberry's lye and fragrance calculator. All you do is select liquid or solid soap recipe, select a superfat (typically for cleansing oils like coconut and tallow you want at least a 5%, for other oils anything 5% or lower works), and put in what weights of which oils you're using. Then it gives you the amounts and it's a lot easier.

As for concocting a base formula, it's really due to preference. I prefer ALL olive oil or ALL tallow. Then I pour and put into a hot oven to fully gel through like a hot process soap. Makes olive oil soap cure faster and makes it useable in less time. Some people like palm and coconut in addition to olive oil while others use tallow to replace palm and coconut oils, still others prefer several oils all at once. If you're stuck for a good recipe, again I refer Brambleberry/Soap Queen for their basic hot and cold process tutorials and really good articles informing about basic soapmaking like superfatting, single-oil soaps, and how to rescue soaps that behave badly.

I used soapcalc @hippie stink those ingredients are what I have and the EOs yet

 

[hippiestink]

I used soapcalc @hippie stink those ingredients are what I have and the EOs yet
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Yep that's definitely Soapcalc. I can see how you're getting confused. It's really more of an "advanced soaper's" calculator, it's really not newbie friendly. I really suggest using Brambleberry, because you set the superfat/water discount before it spits out the numbers and you don't have to worry about inputing it yourself like with Soapcalc. I had trouble for about a year before I said "f-it" and switched to Brambleberry's calculator and now I rarely have problems.

Here's your recipe using Brambleberry (using a 2% superfat since that seems to be the standard)



ETA: For understanding superfat in recipes, this link is the most easy to understand and less likely to confuse anyone who just needs a sraightforward answer:

http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-b...cess-soap/superfatting-soap-an-explanation-2/

 

[hippiestink]

Also want to add that I never use the INS numbers or the acid breakdown part, I find it's overly complicated and unnecessary. Plus just because your numbers look good doesn't mean you'll like the bar the recipe makes! According to Soapcalc my olive oil bars are awful and my tallow bars should dry out your skin terribly but people adore my tallow bars for how gentle they are and I love 100% olive oil soaps. Plus no having to calculate in my head what to do if I discount water for a higher superfat.

 

[Akrnaf2]

No I use soapcalc I need help in understanding

Ask me, maybe I can help.

 

[Akrnaf2]

yes I know, I am too cheap right now

This sentence can be explained in SO MANY ways. ......

 

[LittleLakePhil]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Yep that's definitely Soapcalc. I can see how you're getting confused. It's really more of an "advanced soaper's" calculator, it's really not newbie friendly. I really suggest using Brambleberry, because you set the superfat/water discount before it spits out the numbers and you don't have to worry about inputing it yourself like with Soapcalc. I had trouble for about a year before I said "f-it" and switched to Brambleberry's calculator and now I rarely have problems.

Here's your recipe using Brambleberry (using a 2% superfat since that seems to be the standard)

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ETA: For understanding superfat in recipes, this link is the most easy to understand and less likely to confuse anyone who just needs a sraightforward answer:

http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-b...cess-soap/superfatting-soap-an-explanation-2/

My issues is that I Am doing HOT PROCESS and it seems to throw a curve with adding at the end, so its softer and workable the SF is different? at least thats what I am picking up.

@hippiestink