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Greg Bastiansz
I am a Sri Lankan 67 years old. Worked in several multinational corporations in the shipping and logistic departments. Retired as General Manager. After retirement commenced a LLC
My hobbies are fish breeding, wine making, soap making, reading, scientific research and trials.

Creativity is the essence of my being.
Greg Bastiansz
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Greg Bastiansz
Greg Bastiansz
I did three batches of soap just last week. The first batch was actually my first try on soap making. Started from scratch. No melt and pour for me. Used lye (NaOH). Result not so good. Many mistakes and errors. Learnt from them.

How do one post photos on this forum?

Looking forward to friendly comments and suggestions.
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Hi I am just new to this and am loving it! Just doing melt and pour as a bit scared of the Lye!!! I need good scales. I need good sources and I need good advice. ❤️
Yooper
Are you trying to report an issue with the oils not adding correctly? They look like they've added up correctly on our end, so I'm not sure of the problem. Can you explain?
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lulubellscreations
Yes for example in the oil section one recipe in grams it says 50 almond oil, 10.1 beeswax, 25 caster oil, 64.9 cocoa butter, 75 coconut oil, and 275 olive oil equals 949.27... Im not the best with math sometimes but thats wrong. in % its 10+2.02+5+12.98+15+55=100. ill try and attach photos of a before and after recipe and theres post on the board complaining about things not being right.
Greg Bastiansz
Greg Bastiansz
Your total weight of oil is 500g not 949.27 as given by you. 949.27 will be the total weight of the batch of soap which includes lye solution and the fragrance. The percentage of almond oil is 10 which is 50g in weight.(10% of total oil 500g). Beeswax is 10.1g which is 2.02% of 500g total oil weight. So the formula is correct. If your total oil weight is 949.27 then tick the total oil weight box accordingly.
Greg Bastiansz
Greg Bastiansz
Insert the correct weight of your total oils in the soap calculator. From the wights of your oil the total is 500g and not 949.27.
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Janet Patterson is happy to be here.
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Iluminameluna
Welcome, Janet! Guess no one's been looking at this part of the page. So sorry! Have you tried the main forum? There's an Introduction section there. Try www.soapmakingforum.com lots of great help and friendly folks. Happy soaping!!
Coco
Hi everyone ......So I'm busy concocting Hybrid soap recipes at the mo, but I've never tried making a batch before. What's the best way to go about it please. TIA x
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Soapylove
Hi!
I would suggest to keep it simple. The simpler and the fewer ingredients the quicker you can determine what might be the cause of any problems you have. Once you get a couple of great batches under your belt go ahead and add all the fun options! The things like color, fragrance or natural EO scents, and interesting oils and butters of all sorts.
Best wishes and enjoy your journey!
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Please let me know how many grams of Sodium lactate to be added to a batch of 1 kg oil
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Dibennett
If you click on the little i beside sodium lactate when formulating your recipe it comes up with a recommended amount in pounds per oil. There is 2.2 pounds per kilo so I usually double based on the amount of oil I am using. for example, if it recommends using 1 tablespoon per pound of oil I use 2 tablespoons for 1kg of oil. Hope that makes sense.
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I just started Soaping 1 year ago. I enjoy it. I'm still not sure how to add extra ingredients. i follow my dads recipes. not sure if i can come up with one on my own
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MarlenaT
In general, add extra ingredients at a rate of 1 tsp per pound. (just don't add too many extras)
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hzshiqin
we are soap making factory in China, we can make bath soap,laundry soap, handmade soaps
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