Help! Fatty Acids in Liquid Soap?
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Just as an update:
I finished reading Catherine Failor's book last night, and this morning I reviewed this thread and several others about LS.
Right now, I have my first ever batch of soap paste cooking. I'm so excited! And seeing the difference between how sodium and potassium soaps trace was incredibly fascinating.
I used the recipe I linked earlier in the thread. 70% olive oil, 20% coconut oil, 10% castor oil. 2% superfat. And thanks to you, @Zany_in_CO , I made sure to set the soapcalc numbers like you said.
I finished reading Catherine Failor's book last night, and this morning I reviewed this thread and several others about LS.
Right now, I have my first ever batch of soap paste cooking. I'm so excited! And seeing the difference between how sodium and potassium soaps trace was incredibly fascinating.
I used the recipe I linked earlier in the thread. 70% olive oil, 20% coconut oil, 10% castor oil. 2% superfat. And thanks to you, @Zany_in_CO , I made sure to set the soapcalc numbers like you said.
Zany_in_CO
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Good for you! 
A year later, I ran into a liquid soap recipe on MMS that called for water:KOH at 2:1. Success! I then went back to Failor's recipes and analyzed all her water:KOH ratios in them... turned out to be 3:1. Since then, I use 3:1 because of the water loss during the cook. 2:1 also works at times, depending on oils used, but you risk the batch starting to bloat up and over the pot. If that happens, I immediately put the pot in the sink, stir it down and add cold water equal to 3:1. It's exciting to be sure.
I hafta tell ya, I read the pertinent parts of that book 3 times before trying to make LS back in 2004. I even created a cheat sheet to follow. It was a TOTAL FAIL and I swore I would never make liquid soap again!
A year later, I ran into a liquid soap recipe on MMS that called for water:KOH at 2:1. Success! I then went back to Failor's recipes and analyzed all her water:KOH ratios in them... turned out to be 3:1. Since then, I use 3:1 because of the water loss during the cook. 2:1 also works at times, depending on oils used, but you risk the batch starting to bloat up and over the pot. If that happens, I immediately put the pot in the sink, stir it down and add cold water equal to 3:1. It's exciting to be sure.
Wow! I certainly hope my first batch isn't a fail. I guess we'll see.Good for you!
I hafta tell ya, I read the pertinent parts of that book 3 times before trying to make LS back in 2004. I even created a cheat sheet to follow. It was a TOTAL FAIL and I swore I would never make liquid soap again!
A year later, I ran into a liquid soap recipe on MMS that called for water:KOH at 2:1. Success! I then went back to Failor's recipes and analyzed all her water:KOH ratios in them... turned out to be 3:1. Since then, I use 3:1 because of the water loss during the cook. 2:1 also works at times, depending on oils used, but you risk the batch starting to bloat up and over the pot. If that happens, I immediately put the pot in the sink, stir it down and add cold water equal to 3:1. It's exciting to be sure.
