Hi, I hope this isn't too stupid a question. I'm fairly new to soapmaking and have had a few successes and one disaster
I have a number of beautiful soapmaking books and and also am beginning to use Soapmaker 3.
I understand the basics of lye discounting/superfatting and between checking and converting the recipes from imperial to metric and entering them into soapmaker I end up with differing quantities of lye/water.
I did have Soapmaker set to a default of 6% lye discounting, but even when I change this to no discounting (assuming the recipe books would already have discounting applied).
I end up with 3 different calculations and I just don't know which to use. (see attached)
Would recipe books already have lye discounting applied? How can I tell if a recipe is already discounted and by what %? I assumed this would be noted in the books themselves, but have scoured them and found nothing (at least for the ones I want to make this weekend)
I'm probably overthinking it, I tend to do that.... but thought I'd throw this out there and see if anyone else's brain has gotten stuck on this
View attachment Lye Comparison.pdf
I have a number of beautiful soapmaking books and and also am beginning to use Soapmaker 3.
I understand the basics of lye discounting/superfatting and between checking and converting the recipes from imperial to metric and entering them into soapmaker I end up with differing quantities of lye/water.
I did have Soapmaker set to a default of 6% lye discounting, but even when I change this to no discounting (assuming the recipe books would already have discounting applied).
I end up with 3 different calculations and I just don't know which to use. (see attached)
Would recipe books already have lye discounting applied? How can I tell if a recipe is already discounted and by what %? I assumed this would be noted in the books themselves, but have scoured them and found nothing (at least for the ones I want to make this weekend)
I'm probably overthinking it, I tend to do that.... but thought I'd throw this out there and see if anyone else's brain has gotten stuck on this
View attachment Lye Comparison.pdf