First Recipe - Superfat Question

Ok here's my recipe. My FIRST ever creating my own. I have been using Bramble Berry quick mixes. I love them but decided it was time to try my own ideas/choices of oils. I have Apricot Kernel Oil and I love it so I'd like to use it. I came up with this:
AKO 6% 1.74oz
Castor Oil 8% 2.32oz
Coco oil 25% 7.25oz
Lard 25% 7.25oz
Olive Oil, Virgin 36% 10.44oz

Now, I'm trying to get a handle on superfatting and best I can tell, I add some more of whatever oil I want to use to superfat. I have like an oz of Kukui Nut oil or I can add more of any of above or I saw sunflower oil at my local store and thought I could grab that if y'all felt it was necessary to use a different oil. Am I right on superfat? Just add more oil beyond what recipe calls for at whatever percent I chose. So if I chose 4% superfat for this recipe and the oils amount to 29oz, then I add 1.16oz of my superfat oil, right? This makes e nervous lol. So any help on this topic or even on my recipe is appreciated. I'd love to make this tomorrow. I have so loved making the recipes with the BB kit and their quick mixes but I feel like I need this to expand my knowledge. I want to make great soap so I hope y'all will help this newbie. Thanks! Kris

I ran thru soapcalc and got this...

Are you doing CP or HP? I can't help with HP, because I don't do it, and I don't know if the superfat oils added after the cook are reserved from the batch or additional.

If you are doing CP, your 4% superfat is calculated already. You wouldn't add more oil to that. You really can't choose a specific oil for superfat in CP soap. HTH, and good luck!

dibbles said:

Are you doing CP or HP? I can't help with HP, because I don't do it, and I don't know if the superfat oils added after the cook are reserved from the batch or additional.

If you are doing CP, your 4% superfat is calculated already. You wouldn't add more oil to that. You really can't choose a specific oil for superfat in CP soap. HTH, and good luck!

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I'm doing CP. And OK now I get it! Ugh. Idk why I had the hardest time understanding superfat. I have fibromyalgia and sometimes I just don't see things that are plainly obvious to all around me. Lol. So I just go with the recipe and move on. I'm so excited to try this recipe. I love apricot kernel oil. It just loves my skin so I'm dying to try it in CP soap. Ty am for ur quick response! I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

WickedKris said:

I'm doing CP. And OK now I get it! Ugh. Idk why I had the hardest time understanding superfat. I have fibromyalgia and sometimes I just don't see things that are plainly obvious to all around me. Lol. So I just go with the recipe and move on. I'm so excited to try this recipe. I love apricot kernel oil. It just loves my skin so I'm dying to try it in CP soap. Ty am for ur quick response! I know what I'm doing tomorrow!

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I love almond oil as well.
If I want to notice an oil in a soap I use no less than 10%.
I make a soap with 30% almond oil.
One oil I would use at 5% is castor oil. More than that tends to make a soft soap.

The rest of the recipe looks fine for a first recipe.

penelopejane said:

I love almond oil as well.
If I want to notice an oil in a soap I use no less than 10%.
I make a soap with 30% almond oil.
One oil I would use at 5% is castor oil. More than that tends to make a soft soap.

The rest of the recipe looks fine for a first recipe.

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Ah, ok. So maybe I bring down castor and boost up the Apricot Kernel Oil.... I like it! Ty!

Bring your coconut oil down to no more than 15-20%. It gets very stripping at any higher percentage. Add the remainder to the lard.

Susie said:

Bring your coconut oil down to no more than 15-20%. It gets very stripping at any higher percentage. Add the remainder to the lard.

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Ok, I'm actually working on this recipe now so I'll plug that in! Ty!

Hi beside co down it should be a very nice bar of soap, We love lard here ,

Dahila said:

Hi beside co down it should be a very nice bar of soap, We love lard here ,

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I don't have any vegans in my family so I thought I'd try lard. It's readily available and I wanted to soap this weekend. BB is taking forever to send my oils so I decided to improvise! Lol

You might well prefer your improvisation! Lard does make a good bar of soap

My recipes all consist of oils I can readily buy at Walmart and Sam's. I tried all the fancy oils, and everyone liked the basic recipe better.