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Hi From what i understand is if you add selected oils (Say Shea) after trace you know that your soap is superfatted with Shea. If you superfat the recipe using lye discount such as BB you will get a mixture of all the oils in the mix superfatted. I could be wrong and if i am im sure someone...

Hi thank you for the quick response, i have made about 20 batches and have made a few for family and friends before that. i have always just added a couple of tablespoons of shea or avocado oil after calculating a 0% superfat. The last 5 batches i made i used the calculator at 5%, i just...

I have been using Brambleberry lye calculator and adding a superfatting percentage of 5%. I thought this automatically superfatted my recipe. Now i am wondering if i have been doing it all wrong and i have to add 5% extra oils. I have made quite a few batches and they all pass the zap test...