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I will, thanks!

Really should have checked for typos...on my phone and it keeps correcting things. Distilled water is 11.21 oz NaOH is 1.68 oz and KOH is 3.93 oz (Lye weight is 5.61oz total) Sorry for the confusion!

Omg my numbers were wrong 😂 I gave the percentages not the oz. Distilled water NaOH 11.21 oz KOH 1.68oz Lard 12oz Olive oil 8oz Sal butter 5oz Stearic acid 3.2 oz Castor oil 2 oz Hemp oil 2 oz

The soapmakingfriend.com I added my ingredients and it gave me my lye and liquid discount numbers. I thought it seemed low but I didn't want to mess with the numbers since I'm still new to working with lye altogether. Totally should have asked on here before even starting this batch.

Those are the right numbers. I used lard in place of coconut oil, added sal butter because I thought I needed additional hard oils. (I should have stated that I am very new to soap making) I used it in my last batch, along with stearic acid, but I guess I completely spaced that I was already...

Hello! I made my first batch if liquid soap a few weeks ago, and decided to do it again because it turned out so well. I used soapmakingfriend.com for my recipe calculations, but I got distracted and made several mistakes. Recipe 11.21oz distilled water NaOH 1.68 oz KOH 3.93 OZ Lard 37.27...

Thank you! Scientific explanations make me happy 😊

Thank you! This helps so much!

Thanks! I don't have palm kernel or babassu oil, are these the only oils I can use instead of coconut oil? I ordered the palm oil instead of palm kernel oil, not realizing there was such a difference between the two.)

Hello! Brand new to soap making! I've been researching recipes and ratios for soap making, and I keep running into an issue with calculating my recipes. I'm trying to make liquid and bar soap without coconut oil (due to allergies) when u enter my recipes into the soap calculator on soapee.com...