DaleF
Active Member
I have looked around and I can't find where this has been discussed before.
When using a soap/lye calculator and formulating a HP soap, should you set the Superfats at 0%? Also, for the superfats that you add after it has cooked through the gel phase, do you add those into the original calculations or should I calculate without the superfats and just add the approximate 5% of superfats at the end.
I have a feeling I'm making this much harder than it needs to be.
Here is an example.
If I did a soap batch of 20 oz of EVOO, 9 oz of Coconut Oil and 1 oz of Castor oil with 1.5 oz of fragrance oil and i want to superfat with 1 oz of Shea butter, would I calculate the recipe with all four fats or since I'm adding the Shea Butter after the gel phase, leave it out since it won't effect the working of the lye and oil mixture?
When using a soap/lye calculator and formulating a HP soap, should you set the Superfats at 0%? Also, for the superfats that you add after it has cooked through the gel phase, do you add those into the original calculations or should I calculate without the superfats and just add the approximate 5% of superfats at the end.
I have a feeling I'm making this much harder than it needs to be.
Here is an example.
If I did a soap batch of 20 oz of EVOO, 9 oz of Coconut Oil and 1 oz of Castor oil with 1.5 oz of fragrance oil and i want to superfat with 1 oz of Shea butter, would I calculate the recipe with all four fats or since I'm adding the Shea Butter after the gel phase, leave it out since it won't effect the working of the lye and oil mixture?