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Handmade Soap

Soap Making – Lye Calculator List

Soap cannot be made without the use of sodium hydroxide. Lye (sodium hydroxide) is mixed with fats to create soap. But, you need to know how much of each to make a really good bar. Here are a list of soap / lye calculators.
Soap Calculator by weight / percentage – enter

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All About Soap Making: Basic Soap Making

by Gary Everson
Many areas of misunderstanding exist with regard to soap making. I am often asked “do I have to use lye?” “just how dangerous is lye?” and “will soap making save me money?” “can I really make soap and sell it for a profit?” these and many more questions arrive in my inbox on

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Olive Oil Properties and Benefits

Olive Oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive (Olea europaea), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. It is used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps, and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps.
Olive oil is a healthful oil because of its high content of monounsaturated fat (mainly oleic acid) and

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Rice Bran Soap Recipe

Rice Bran Soap Recipe
- A nourishing oil and a powerful skin protectant, high in gamma-oryzanol as well as anti-oxidants, which will protect and replenish the skin. RBO is rich in phytosterols, helping to help reduce inflammation and soothe discomfort. It also contains the highest quantity of vitamin E in liquid form. Beneficial to mature, sensitive

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Creamy Olive Oil Soap Recipe

Creamy Olive Oil Soap
80% Olive Oil
20% Palm Kernel Oil
5% Sodium Hydroxide
1 Pound Recipe:
12.8 oz Olive Oil
3.2 Palm Kernel Oil
2.18 Sodium Hydroxide
To figure water, a safe range would be to multiply the lye amount by 2.2. I usually use a range somewhere between 1.7 and 2.0 for figuring my liquid requirements. For new recipes,

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Basic Olive Oil Soap Recipe

Basic Olive Oil Soap Recipe
60% Olive Oil
15% Palm Oil
15% Palm Kernel Oil
10% Coconut Oil
5% Sodium Hydroxide
1 lb Recipe:
9.6 oz Olive Oil
2.4 oz Palm Oil
2.4 oz Palm Kernel Oil
1.6 oz Coconut Oil
2.24 oz Sodium Hydroxide
2 lb Recipe:
19.2 oz Olive Oil
4.8 oz Palm Oil
4.8 oz Palm Kernel Oil
3.2 oz Coconut Oil
4.48 oz Sodium Hydroxide
To figure water, a

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