Is this a good recipe and amount of water and lye?

[Ives]

I found this recipe on youtube but it didn't say how much lye or water. It said 31% lye concentration. Is this right?

​	Pounds​	Ounces​	Grams​
Water​	0.487	7.78	220.70
Lye - NaOH​	0.219	3.50	99.15
Oils​	1.543	24.69	700.00
Fragrance​	0.000	0.00	0.00
Soap weight before CP cure or HP cook	2.248	35.97	1,019.85

#	√	Oil/Fat​	%​	Pounds​	Ounces​	Grams​
1​		Lard, Pig Tallow Manteca​	38.00	0.586	9.38	266.00
2​		Coconut Oil, 76 deg​	24.00	0.370	5.93	168.00
3​		Olive Oil​	38.00	0.586	9.38	266.00
​		Totals	100.00	1.543	24.69	700.00

 

[artemis]

If you run it through a lye calculator, it will tell you the right amount of lye and water.

 

[TheGecko]

I ran it through SoapCalc and got the same with a 5% SuperFat.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Sounds about right and ^Gecko has run it through the calculator, so let's do it! Pics please

 

[Ives]

I should have mentioned, the lady on youtube only gave her fat amounts and the 31% thing, so I put that into soapcalc and that's where this is from.

I'm not sure now about using the lard, it has BHA and propyl gallate, so it's not as pure as I thought. Maybe I should just use something in its place, but I was trying not to buy things online and pay all that shipping.

What can I replace it with that's cheap?

 

[lsg]

Those are both food preservatives and the lard should be OK to use.

 

[TheGecko]

I'm not sure now about using the lard, it has BHA and propyl gallate, so it's not as pure as I thought.

I have used Morrell Snow Cap Lard which contains BHT and BHA with no issues. I have also used Armour Lard with contains BHA, Propyly Gallate and Citric Acid with no issues.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I use Manteca in the blue box. BHT & BHA added to protect flavor with no issues.

What can I replace it with that's cheap?

Lard is cheap. Shea butter is more expensive but it is the best sub. Shea for lard or lard for shea.

TIP: One day I was weighing my oils when I came up short of shea butter. I went to SoapCalc and did a side-by-side comparison.

I entered 100% shea butter and clicked "Calculate". It showed up in the right column. Then I went down the list of FAs, ticking one after another, and found lard (left column) to be the closest match.