Soap Makers Help!

[cockadoodlemom]

done been thinking about that and now with you encouraging me the hubby better get ready to build another pen

 

[MissPrissy]

Woot!

 

[ninjapoodles]

I love buttermilk soap! Has anyone ever used whey as their soaping liquid?

 

[cockadoodlemom]

Do yall have a recipe for buttermilk your willing to share? I have been meaning to ask if the 10 1/2"X 8 3/4"X 3 1/2" deep would be the right size to hold the goat milk batch I want to do first. Forgive me if I am asking dumb ??'s Would I need one, two, three....or how many do yall think. Hubby has an 8' 1X4. I went to the library Friday and they have no books on soapmaking other than pour & melt.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

I want to do a big batch of soap tonight. I plugged in all my ingredients for a 64 ounce batch. It says to use between 16 and 24 ounces of fluid. It doesn't have an amount of lye for something that size. How would I figure that out?

 

[MissPrissy]

Give me the break down on your oils and what kind of oils you are using.

 

[chiknwhisperer]

soybean oil--20 oz
coconut oil--15oz
olive oil--5oz

10 to 15 oz fluid liquid.

I decided to just do a 40 oz batch but I still need help figuring the lye.

Thank you so much MP

 

[MissPrissy]

Fat Amount(oz wt) % in recipe
Coconut Oil 15 37.50
Olive Oil 5 12.50
Soybean Oil 20 50.00
Total Weight 40

5.78 lye

10 to 15 fluid ounces of liquid

http://www.thesage.com/calcs/lyecalc2.php


I wouldnot use that much coconut oil. It is very drying to the skin. I would increase the olive oil.

See this recipe:

Fat Amount(oz wt) % in recipe
Coconut Oil 5 12.50
Olive Oil 15 37.50
Soybean Oil 20 50.00
Total Weight 40

5.32 lye

10 to 15 fluid ounces of liquid.

Put it through the lye calculator.​

 

[chiknwhisperer]

should I put it through the lye calculator on MMS?
Thanks for the tip

 

[chiknwhisperer]

I put it through but I still don't understand how you got the 5.32. I thought you were supposed to go by the suggested fluid ounces? How do I figure up the lye amounts for the larger batches that I want to make when the suggested fluid thingy says to use over 10 ounces of fluid?