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    Lye calculation help needed.

    Hi, You are using a w/v to calculate your NaOH conc. - where the weight of the solute is not additive to the weight of the solvent. But here, on the soap calc they (we) use a w/w calulation where the weight of both the solute and the solvent is additive. Thus the info the soap cal gave you is...
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    Browsing soap pics

    Hi, How did you get the swirl so large? Very nice.
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    Storing lye water

    Your right - I work in a laboratory, my assumption was that anyone using sodium hydroxide would have knowledge such as safey issues, did not realize. I wanted to share as the information I have receive from this forumn has been very beneficial to my quest in soap making and I wanted to give...
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    Storing lye water

    Hi, you can store your NaOH solution (lye) in borosilicate (pyrex) laboratory glassware. Keep in a safe area and label. I prepare a g/ml solution and keep at ambient temperature, I dilute when necessary. works well.
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