At the moment I am more of a melt and pour soap maker. I’ve made cold process soap a few times with someone else’s recipes, and I have some understanding of it, but this helps so much. Thank you.
Hi there - hard butters, like cocoa and shea, are on the list of butters and oils drop down. You can formulate your ingredients then decide the % you'd like to allocated to each.
Brambleberry/SoapQueen have a handy list of oils and recommendations on % to go with. For example, cocoa butter should not exceed 15%, coconut oil 30%, etc. There's more info here that will help guide you: www.brambleberry.com/ingredient-information/oils-and-butters/art0006-beginners-guide-to-common-soapmaking-oils.html
Thank you! No changes. The metrics that matter are the amounts of oils, which will tell you how much lye to use. The medium you use to dissolve the lye won't change those overall numbers. If you used, for example, 12 oz of water, you would also use 12 oz of aloe vera juice. The only thing to note is that thicker mediums like coconut milk or fruit purees make it hard to tell if the lye is fully dissolved so in those instances I would do a 50:50 water to lye mixture, and then add in the milk or puree to make up for the rest of the liquid. Hope that helps! Please let me know if you have anymore questions. 😀
I usually stir it for 1-2 minutes and make sure there are no lye "rocks" or anything still at the bottom. You might see some lye lint on occasion which tends to float on the surface of your solution. If you use a strainer you should be all set.
Thanks so much, Jessica! Two things really help: water discount, and gel phase. My water to lye ratio is usually about 1.5;1, and with the exception of my soaps that use coconut milk, I force gel for all of my batches. Hope that helps!
@@TiffanyRifferSoap yes that does! I recently started discounting to 35 from 38 ( I'm a newbie lol) I also like forcing gel because it doesn't leave you with surprises, so I pop it in the oven afterwards.Thanks again for your help and happy soaping!
Hello, this video is helpful. I would like to know if there is a formula on how to find the right amount of additives to be added on the soap receip. If you have a have, you can drop a link. Thank you.
If you're referring to a loaf mold (kind like this one: nurturesoap.com/products/2-5-pound-basic-mold), you could get 8 to 10 bars, depending on how thick you cut them. I have a 10 inch loaf mold that holds up to 50 ounces. I hand cut to be about 1 inch thick and get 10 bars. For my very first batch of soap ever, I used only half of the mold capacity (so oil and lye solution combined was about 25 ounces) to test out the whole soap making thing first before really diving in. I got about 5 bars from that.
Your question was 2 years ago. Have you figured it out yet? I'm assuming your asking how to calculate how much oil you need for your 2.5 pound mold. It should be about 29 oz of oil for your mold.
I know how much oz is my mold and the percentage of of oils and butter but I need to how can I get the oil weight do I first do batch size and get the oz for oils from there that's where I'm confused
This is a good question. Where did you buy your mold? If the amount of oil capacity is not listed in the product description, then I would suggest tinkering with the calculator until you get a total in the "soap weight before CP cure or HP cook" line that equates to the mold's total volume. This would be your water + lye + oils + fragrance values summed together. Nurture Soap, as one example, will tell you how much your OIL the mold holds. See here: nurturesoap.com/collections/complete-mold-sets/products/5-pound-premium-mold
Those items would be considered a liquid, and have no impact on the SAP value (i.e., the amount of lye you need to dissolve to get saponification). So, if your recipe calls for - example - 20 ounces of water, you could use 20 ounces of Aloe Vera. I find that it is easier to dissolve the lye in an equal amount of water (e.g., 10 ounces of lye in 10 ounces of water), and then add in my additives, like 10 ounces tomato to make up for the remaining liquid. This is a personal preference though.
You’ll want to check with your supplier. They should identify in the description how much total volume a mold can hold. Then you have to work backward in the calculator from there. For example, if a mold can hold 50oz of volume, you’ll want to make sure your oil + water = 50 oz.
hello, i like your video thank you for sharing. but, everytime i do my calculation my cleansing and bubbly is 0 can you please tell me what i did wrong. i try with these ingredients, olive oil, mango butter, cocoa butter and shea butter?
Hi there - what % are you using for each? You might want to add in coconut oil for cleansing and bubbles (try including about 20%, with a super fat 5-7%)
@@TiffanyRifferSoap ok thank you, I ended up figure it out. After all I want to add other ingredients like some powders for example turmeric powder . How to do that? Because I know your formula suppose to be a 100%. If you have any video about it you can refer to me. Thank you.
Hi Linda, I have soapmaking videos but they are not tutorials. However, with a bit of studying and even watching UA-cam videos in general, it's a fairly straightforward process. Best of luck in your endeavors!
Hello Soapers! I hope you liked the video. If you have any questions or videos you'd like to see in the future, please let me know.
Finding the weight of oils
This is the best video on how to calculate soap recipes I have found! Thank you so much Tiffany!
I’m so glad you found it helpful, Sandy!! Thank you for letting me know and more importantly thank you for watching!
At the moment I am more of a melt and pour soap maker. I’ve made cold process soap a few times with someone else’s recipes, and I have some understanding of it, but this helps so much. Thank you.
Thank you for this simple version of using soap calculators. Even a child could follow this method.
You're very welcome!
I’m new to soap making and this was helpful
Thank you, I’ve watched it twice. Love the Soapcalc the best, also the sage is another one as well.
I will check out the sage! Thank you for watching.
Thanks so much I really appreciate you. I’m new to soap making.this video was very helpful
Thank you. This answered some questions I could not find elsewhere.
I’m so glad it was helpful!
This was very helpful
Hello, I'm a newbie at soap making and have a question. Is checking the ph level necessary in organic soap making?
Thank you so much for sharing this info
You are so welcome
Sssooooo informative. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching.
Hi your info is great my question is how do i calulate my hard butters and oil at tha same time.
Hi there - hard butters, like cocoa and shea, are on the list of butters and oils drop down. You can formulate your ingredients then decide the % you'd like to allocated to each.
@@TiffanyRifferSoap Thank you
Big question is how did you figure out the % of each oil that you wanted to use?
Brambleberry/SoapQueen have a handy list of oils and recommendations on % to go with. For example, cocoa butter should not exceed 15%, coconut oil 30%, etc. There's more info here that will help guide you: www.brambleberry.com/ingredient-information/oils-and-butters/art0006-beginners-guide-to-common-soapmaking-oils.html
Thank you for this link.
Hello Tiffany, great video!! But what changes in the calculation if I replace the water with another liquid like tomato or aloe vera juice?
Thank you! No changes. The metrics that matter are the amounts of oils, which will tell you how much lye to use. The medium you use to dissolve the lye won't change those overall numbers. If you used, for example, 12 oz of water, you would also use 12 oz of aloe vera juice.
The only thing to note is that thicker mediums like coconut milk or fruit purees make it hard to tell if the lye is fully dissolved so in those instances I would do a 50:50 water to lye mixture, and then add in the milk or puree to make up for the rest of the liquid. Hope that helps! Please let me know if you have anymore questions. 😀
@@TiffanyRifferSoap wow thanks! Have a great day
@@TiffanyRifferSoap hey Tiffany, one more question… how do you make sure that all of the lye is dissolved?
I usually stir it for 1-2 minutes and make sure there are no lye "rocks" or anything still at the bottom. You might see some lye lint on occasion which tends to float on the surface of your solution. If you use a strainer you should be all set.
I love your channel! Your soaps come out sooo smooth. What do you use to prevent soda ash?
Thanks so much, Jessica! Two things really help: water discount, and gel phase. My water to lye ratio is usually about 1.5;1, and with the exception of my soaps that use coconut milk, I force gel for all of my batches. Hope that helps!
@@TiffanyRifferSoap yes that does! I recently started discounting to 35 from 38 ( I'm a newbie lol) I also like forcing gel because it doesn't leave you with surprises, so I pop it in the oven afterwards.Thanks again for your help and happy soaping!
Hello, this video is helpful. I would like to know if there is a formula on how to find the right amount of additives to be added on the soap receip.
If you have a have, you can drop a link.
Thank you.
I do not have a link that you are seeking. What kind of additives are you thinking about?
how do you chose the amount of oil to use? you put in 11 oz but how did you get that number ? why 11 not 20 or 2 ?
Why .5 and not 11?
Thank you so much
You’re very welcome!
Hi I want to mix fragrance but I want to make big batches I’m doing by stick blender i want long 5lb or bigger thankyu
will a floral infused olive oil accelerate soap sponaficaton?
Probably not, but you want to ask more soap makers because I have not personally infused olive oil with anything floral.
How do I know how much soap can be made if I have a 42 oz (2.5 lbs) mold? I have all my ingredients,just honestly intimidated to make anything.
If you're referring to a loaf mold (kind like this one: nurturesoap.com/products/2-5-pound-basic-mold), you could get 8 to 10 bars, depending on how thick you cut them. I have a 10 inch loaf mold that holds up to 50 ounces. I hand cut to be about 1 inch thick and get 10 bars.
For my very first batch of soap ever, I used only half of the mold capacity (so oil and lye solution combined was about 25 ounces) to test out the whole soap making thing first before really diving in. I got about 5 bars from that.
This was really helpful! I’m new to soap making but have been wanting to make it for years
Your question was 2 years ago. Have you figured it out yet?
I'm assuming your asking how to calculate how much oil you need for your 2.5 pound mold.
It should be about 29 oz of oil for your mold.
I know how much oz is my mold and the percentage of of oils and butter but I need to how can I get the oil weight do I first do batch size and get the oz for oils from there that's where I'm confused
This is a good question. Where did you buy your mold? If the amount of oil capacity is not listed in the product description, then I would suggest tinkering with the calculator until you get a total in the "soap weight before CP cure or HP cook" line that equates to the mold's total volume. This would be your water + lye + oils + fragrance values summed together.
Nurture Soap, as one example, will tell you how much your OIL the mold holds. See here: nurturesoap.com/collections/complete-mold-sets/products/5-pound-premium-mold
Have you found out yet? I can tell you everything on that.
Pls if you want to add lemon puree, or Tomato or AloVera how do u add that the calculations?
Those items would be considered a liquid, and have no impact on the SAP value (i.e., the amount of lye you need to dissolve to get saponification).
So, if your recipe calls for - example - 20 ounces of water, you could use 20 ounces of Aloe Vera.
I find that it is easier to dissolve the lye in an equal amount of water (e.g., 10 ounces of lye in 10 ounces of water), and then add in my additives, like 10 ounces tomato to make up for the remaining liquid. This is a personal preference though.
@@TiffanyRifferSoap im grateful
So 16oz would be for what size mold ? If you want to make 2.5 be mold how.much oil ? In oz ? For example
You’ll want to check with your supplier. They should identify in the description how much total volume a mold can hold. Then you have to work backward in the calculator from there. For example, if a mold can hold 50oz of volume, you’ll want to make sure your oil + water = 50 oz.
Width x Depth x Height x .42 = your oil amount for that mold
hello, i like your video thank you for sharing. but, everytime i do my calculation my cleansing and bubbly is 0 can you please tell me what i did wrong. i try with these ingredients, olive oil, mango butter, cocoa butter and shea butter?
Hi there - what % are you using for each? You might want to add in coconut oil for cleansing and bubbles (try including about 20%, with a super fat 5-7%)
@@TiffanyRifferSoap ok thank you, I ended up figure it out. After all I want to add other ingredients like some powders for example turmeric powder . How to do that? Because I know your formula suppose to be a 100%. If you have any video about it you can refer to me. Thank you.
Do yu have a
Simple steps like 1 2 3 soap making✌️
Hi Linda, I have soapmaking videos but they are not tutorials. However, with a bit of studying and even watching UA-cam videos in general, it's a fairly straightforward process. Best of luck in your endeavors!
If I want to calculate a soap recipe I have no idea what percent or Ounces of oils that I need to use
Your first starting point is to know how big the mold you will be using is, and then work backward from there.
Width x Depth x Height x .42
How much water and oil per 1 kg of lye
It depends on the type of oil(s) you use. You’ll have to run the quantities for your ingredients through the calculators to get the accurate numbers.
Your video was very helpful. Thank you so much !!
Soapcalc is my new best friend :)
I’m so glad it helped! Soapcalc is the best! 🙌