CTAnton
Well-Known Member
my apologies to you all for yet another lye question but I'm having a mental block or something on this issue...while totally able to wrap my brain around the time saved in this technique and the advantage of not having all that excess water to evaporate out of a bar of soap...
so lets say I make a 50% lye solution...equal parts by weight lye and water.
I'm going to make in theory a 33% total lye solution for a specific batch of soap using aloe vera liquid or milks to bring me to that concentration of solution in the soap batter...i.e. add the additional liquids to the batter after adding the lye solution of 50%...
Here's the question...do I simply plug in to soap calc to get that additional liquid measurement...just so you know...I've been working with the 38% default all my soaping career...I've never fiddled with that column on soap calc.and part of me would like to know the math involved of bringing a 50% solution to something in the 30's% range...
I've heard it mentioned that this is kindergarten math ...maybe I was absent that day...
so lets say I make a 50% lye solution...equal parts by weight lye and water.
I'm going to make in theory a 33% total lye solution for a specific batch of soap using aloe vera liquid or milks to bring me to that concentration of solution in the soap batter...i.e. add the additional liquids to the batter after adding the lye solution of 50%...
Here's the question...do I simply plug in to soap calc to get that additional liquid measurement...just so you know...I've been working with the 38% default all my soaping career...I've never fiddled with that column on soap calc.and part of me would like to know the math involved of bringing a 50% solution to something in the 30's% range...
I've heard it mentioned that this is kindergarten math ...maybe I was absent that day...