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Ccumato

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I will be making this recipe tomorrow.

45% Olive Oil
25% Coconut Oil
30% Palm Oil

My question is Summer Bee Calc gives me a different lye and water ratio than Soap Calc. Why?

Soap Calc says I should have 5% Super Fat and 38% Water Ratio? Is that ok
 
If I were you, I would flip the Palm and Coconut ratios and up the superfat to 7%:
Olive 45%
Coconut 30%
Palm 25%

The Coconut will make it a little more bubbly, but more cleansing, which is why I would up the superfat to counteract the drying quality of the saponified Coconut Oil. Otherwise, it's a nice, basic, balanced recipe. If this is your first time soaping, I suggest using the full water amount -38%- until you get used to identifying emulsion and trace.

Were both lye calculators, Summer Bee Meadows and SoapCalc both set with the same valuses for water and lye ratios? If not, that could be the reason for the discrepancy.
 

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