thank you for all your respond.
the reasons i want to make my own 100% olive oil soap is because i have a very dry skin and sensitive skin. my friend make a special receipt for me that is 30% olive oil soap with a lot of other oil in it like 10% coconut oil, 15% palm oil, 10% walnut oil, ......... it cost me $7.5 a bar but still i am not happy with the result this soap given me.
although i have never make any soap before, but soap making is not a difficult science. i study science in high school and engineering in university. making soap is a piece of cake for me as long as i practice to get to the right skill. practice make perfect. the only danger is putting lye into water slowly and do not cause overheat. otherwise, the rest of the process is a piece of cake, practice make perfect!
the main reason i ask is i want an soap bar with the highest possible glycerin content in it. oil plus lye equal to glycerin, that is the process of saponification. how much percent of content glycerin is what i want to know. is it the same glycerin content as a 100% glycerin pour and melt?
if the 100% olive soap i am going to make is not satisfy by me, i am planning to make 100% glycerin soap myself to compare and see the real difference.
i guess this is more of a science question that making soap question.
2 oz of lye and 6 oz of water is 33% lye solution? my formula should be correct?
i am a newbie in soap making but i have read a lot and watch a lot of youtube video. i want to make soap for my own use first, later on the road, i am going to sell some of what i make.
my question is i am going to make 100% olive oil soap without nothing else.
16oz of olive oil
2 oz of lye
6 oz of water
what is the concentration of glycerin in this soap receipt. i read that glycerin is a by product in soap making.