DianaMoon
Well-Known Member
I thought I understood the concept of superfatting soap with respect to cold process soap.
Here is my understanding and if I’m wrong, please correct me. You plug your values into a reliable calculator and the lye will saponify everything but the percentage you’ve chosen. You don’t add 5% after trace. It's not extra - the superfat is baked into the formula.
I realize that I’m leaving out a lot of details, such differing rates of saponification, etc. but I’m just getting after the big picture.
BUT --
With hot process, it seems that you do add extra oil to superfat after cooking/saponification. Am I right? Wrong? If so, how do you calculate how much to add? (Do you take 5% of the total oil and add that?)
Here is my understanding and if I’m wrong, please correct me. You plug your values into a reliable calculator and the lye will saponify everything but the percentage you’ve chosen. You don’t add 5% after trace. It's not extra - the superfat is baked into the formula.
I realize that I’m leaving out a lot of details, such differing rates of saponification, etc. but I’m just getting after the big picture.
BUT --
With hot process, it seems that you do add extra oil to superfat after cooking/saponification. Am I right? Wrong? If so, how do you calculate how much to add? (Do you take 5% of the total oil and add that?)