We decided to make soap for some holiday gifts. I have The Soapmaker's Companion but we needed to change it to work with the 196g of sodium hydroxide E had and the oils we had on hand -- olive oil, coconut oil, and palm and sunflower oils that we bought for the occasion. It took some math, so here's how it turned out.
196g sodium hydroxide
1 lb 3 oz water
22.4 oz sunflower oil
8.7 oz olive oil
5.1 oz. coconut oil
14.8 oz. palm oil
This recipe kept the something-or-other level at 218, which was the same as the original recipe and still called for the same amount of lye. This included a 12.5% discount.
After the whole process, we added rosemary and lemon essential oil to one batch and cardamom and vanilla to the other.
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