Dual lye shaving soap recipe check please!

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Corsara

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I've read this shaving soap thread though several times.

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/my-first-shaving-soap-is-a-success.34264/
I'm planning on using roughly the method @DeeAnna outlined in post #50.

I've attached the recipe I've settled on, but I would love to have it checked.

https://www.soapmakingfriend.com/soap-recipe/42767.dual-lye-shaving-soap
This will be my first time using KOH, and first hot process style soap, so I hope I'm understanding everything correctly! I've settled on a 70% KOH, 30% NaOH ratio for now because I want to start with it fairly low, but I'm not comfortable with the small amounts of NaOH a 20% ratio would require, because of the accuracy of my scale.

I'm so excited, all my supplies arrived today!!
 
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I make my shave soap the same way. I think your recipe looks fine, but if you're concerned about the accuracy of your scale would increasing the total oil weight a bit help?
 
I make my shave soap the same way. I think your recipe looks fine, but if you're concerned about the accuracy of your scale would increasing the total oil weight a bit help?
Thanks for your input! I'm hoping on making it tonight, so glad to hear that recipe sounds good! I guess I could increase the size 🤔
 
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