Trinity
Well-Known Member
I decided I wanted to try to make cupcake soaps and came across this recipe for the topping
I like to use 85% hard oils (a mix of any 2 of these – or all three: palm oil, lard, coconut), 15% soft oils eg olive. Put your recipe through soapcalc.net’s lye calculator – choose 29 lye concentration (or water as % of oil: 35), superfat 6%. Note: colours will come out lighter with this method and your soap tops will take longer for the lye to react with the oils so do leave it at least one week before you touch them.
I understand all of it I think expect for the 29 lye concentration or water as % of oil ??? Can someone explain this or help me with a recipe to make the topping. I know how to do the rest of it but not sure how to make the topping?
Thanks so much, Deborah
I like to use 85% hard oils (a mix of any 2 of these – or all three: palm oil, lard, coconut), 15% soft oils eg olive. Put your recipe through soapcalc.net’s lye calculator – choose 29 lye concentration (or water as % of oil: 35), superfat 6%. Note: colours will come out lighter with this method and your soap tops will take longer for the lye to react with the oils so do leave it at least one week before you touch them.
I understand all of it I think expect for the 29 lye concentration or water as % of oil ??? Can someone explain this or help me with a recipe to make the topping. I know how to do the rest of it but not sure how to make the topping?
Thanks so much, Deborah
