wearytraveler
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Hello all. I've been quietly lurking 'round here trying to absorb as much information as I can since I've recently become interested in making soap for myself, family and friends. I've been reading posts, websites and watching lots of vids and I think I have the basics down. However, as with anything new, I'm loaded with questions and I think since I'm about a month away from making my first batch it's a good time to make my appearance here and start asking. Sorry if these are elementary;
1). I'm always reading/hearing that I should double check any changes to a recipe on a soap calculator and adjust lye. But, for example, if I have a recipe that calls for a total of 32 oz of oil and X amount of lye and I plan to substitute some olive oil for some other oil in equal quantity so the total amount still remains 32 oz., would there be a cause to adjust the amount of lye the recipe calls for? Only the types of oil change, not the amounts.
2) Adding aloe juice. I've read that some here use the juice to substitute water. So does that mean that instead of X amount of water to dissolve the lye I would use the same X amount of aloe juice to dissolve? If so, then I assume I can use any combination of water and aloe juice for the recipe as long as they both equal to the amount of water the recipe called for.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
1). I'm always reading/hearing that I should double check any changes to a recipe on a soap calculator and adjust lye. But, for example, if I have a recipe that calls for a total of 32 oz of oil and X amount of lye and I plan to substitute some olive oil for some other oil in equal quantity so the total amount still remains 32 oz., would there be a cause to adjust the amount of lye the recipe calls for? Only the types of oil change, not the amounts.
2) Adding aloe juice. I've read that some here use the juice to substitute water. So does that mean that instead of X amount of water to dissolve the lye I would use the same X amount of aloe juice to dissolve? If so, then I assume I can use any combination of water and aloe juice for the recipe as long as they both equal to the amount of water the recipe called for.
Thanks in advance for any answers.