Is this OK to use or not

[Lee242]

5 % castor
25 % Coconut Oil
45 % Lard
25 % Olive Oil
I made some like this 8 0r 9 mo. ago and it was nice and lost the recipe made a 5 lb loaf and it turned flaky and crumbled.
This is as close as I can remember to the first batch as I can get.
I ran it threw soap calk.

What do you think?

Total oil weight 2 lb
Water as percent of oil weight 38.00 %
Super Fat/Discount 2 %
Lye Concentration 27.844 %
Water : Lye Ratio 2.5915:1
Sat : Unsat Ratio 45 : 55
Iodine 54
INS 158
Fragrance Ratio 0
Fragrance Weight 0.00 oz
Pounds Ounces Grams
Water 0.760 12.16 344.73
NaOH 0.293 4.69 133.02
Oils 2.000 32.00 907.18
Fragrance 0.000 0.00 0.00
Soap weight before CP cure or HP cook

3.053 48.85 1,384.94
# √ Oil/Fat % Pounds Ounces Grams
1 Castor Oil 5.00 0.100 1.60 45.36
2 Coconut Oil, 76 deg 25.00 0.500 8.00 226.80
3 Lard, Pig Tallow Manteca 45.00 0.900 14.40 408.23
4 Olive Oil 25.00 0.500 8.00 226.80
Totals 100.00 2.000 32.00 907.18
Soap Bar Quality Range Your Recipe
Hardness 29 - 54 43
Cleansing 12 - 22 17
Conditioning 44 - 69 51
Bubbly 14 - 46 22
Creamy 16 - 48 30
Iodine 41 - 70 54
INS 136 - 165 158
Lauric 12
Myristic 5
Palmitic 18
Stearic 7
Ricinoleic 5
Oleic 40
Linoleic 6
Linolenic 0
Additives Notes
SoapCalc © Recipe Name: New

 

[IrishLass]

It looks great to me! The only thing I would do different is use a 33% lye concentration and a 5% superfat, but that's just how I like things.


IrishLass

 

[Hendejm]

It looks great to me! The only thing I would do different is use a 33% lye concentration and a 5% superfat, but that's just how I like things.


IrishLass

I agree about the 33% lye. It soaps much better for me and not as fussy. Also really like 5% super fat.

 

[Lee242]

I also use 1/2 aloe and 1/2 goat milk
1Tbl Sugar and 1Tbl Salt per lb
what does going with 33% lye do or just more super fat?

 

[SaltedFig]

It looks to me like it will be a white, silky-bubbly soap (possibly with some odour).

I personally tried sugar for somewhere around a year, but it seems to encourage DOS, so I'm going back to honey (which is where I started).

(*edited for brevity)

 

[Lee242]

I was just thinking of sub the sugar with honey.
I render my own lard and it has very little smell.
The reason I started to make my own soap is to get away from fragrance, alergies they make me sneeze.
Thanks for the replies.

 

[penelopejane]

I also use 1/2 aloe and 1/2 goat milk
1Tbl Sugar and 1Tbl Salt per lb
what does going with 33% lye do or just more super fat?

Do you really mean 1 teaspoon of sugar and salt per lb?

33% lye concentration (NOT water as % oils) means you use less water so that it traces a bit faster, goes harder a bit faster and the bars won’t warp as they cure etc.

 

[IrishLass]

I also use 1/2 aloe and 1/2 goat milk
1Tbl Sugar and 1Tbl Salt per lb
what does going with 33% lye do or just more super fat?

As Penelope said, "lye concentration" has to do with how much water is contained in a batch. It has nothing to do with the superfat. In other words, you are using the same amount of lye called for in your recipe according to the superfat % you plug in, but you are adjusting the amount of water you mix with your lye in order to make the resulting solution either more or less concentrated.

Basically, there are 2 different options for calculating water for your batch on SoapCalc.....one way is via "water as % of oils" and the other is "lye concentration" (aka water as a % of the lye). SoapCalc should really get rid of their "water as % of oils" option. It leads to confusion and inconsistent batches from recipe to recipe. Using "lye concentration" is much more logical and leads to consistent batches from recipe to recipe. If you want to know more of why this is so, check out this thread, which explains the difference: http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=53642


IrishLass