Dear Soapers,
Finally I don't know why I have to use soap calc.
I put in my percentages with a desired lye and water percentage of 25% and 75% respectively but soap calc shows me lye percentage of 16%. I'm confused. I need to know what this soap calc has to show me.
Hi Louis! If I understand you correctly, you are trying to do a ratio of 1 part lye to 3 parts water? If so, all you need to do is click on the circle next to the "Lye Concentration " box and type 25 into the box......or you can instead click on the circle next to the "Water:Lye Ratio" box and type 3:1 into the box. Either way works.
You'll also need to enter in 5% into the "Superfat" box.
You didn't mention the total weight of your oils, but that will need to be added into the "Weight of Oils Box". The default is set to 1 pound/500 grams, so if your amount is different, you'll need to change it.
This is how it should look with the necessary boxes filled in (only I don't know your oil weight, so I just kept the default weight):
Next, all you'll need to do is click on "Calculate Recipe" located on the bottom right, underneath the oil Totals, and then click on "View or Print Recipe". That will bring up this page, which shows you all the weight amounts of your ingredients in either pounds, grams or ounces:
IrishLass
Edited to add, you also need to click on the type of Lye you are using. You can also type in your fragrance if you are using any.