Soapy Math HANDOUT

Bubbles & Numbers: A Guide to Calculating Lye, Percentages, and Discounts Can you calculate a recipe by hand or do you rely on a lye calculator?  Lye calculators have made formulating and calculating a recipe easy.  It definitely saves us time.  And assuming we enter the information correctly it’s usually error free! However, a soap maker gains a better understanding of SAP values, lye strength, superfats, and water discounts when they learn to calculate recipes from scratch. This class will teach students how to take a recipe and calculate every aspect required to make a successful batch of soap.  It will go over: Saponification Values Determining Lye Amounts Converting KOH to NaOH (and vice versa) Calculating Water Lye Discounts / Superfat Lye Solution Strengths (Water Amount) Calculating using percentages to formulate DOWNLOADABLE PDF FILE PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PURCHASING: By purchasing this tutorial, you have agreed to the following: Copyright 2022 Jennifer's Handmade