Soap Calculator

Lye Calculator

How to use this Calculator :

1. Enter Recipe Name and Date
2. Select Lye Button NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide) or KOH (Potassium Hydroxide)
3. Enter Lye Discount/Superfat figure. 5% default
4. Select Weight units button
5. Enter Water as percentage of total oil weight 38% default
6. Enter weights for the oils included in your recipe, all using the same weight units i.e. all grams or all ounces
7. Click "Calculate Lye by Weight" Button
8. Recipe including percentages will be displayed in the Notes area at the bottom of the page.
    Enter any notes or explanations into the Notes box then copy and paste elsewhere or select text in Notes box and "Print, Selected"

Recipe Name     Date

Select Lye	NaOH  KOH	Lye Discount/Superfat %   (Default 5% Recommended 3-8%)
Select Units	grams  ounces  pounds	Water % of Oils Total Weight (Default 38% for beginners)

 

Oil Name	Oil Weight	Sap. No. (NaOH)	Sap. No. (KOH)	Discounted Lye Weight
Almond Butter		0.0980	0.1390
Almond Oil, Sweet		0.1370	0.1930
Aloe Vera Butter		0.1760	0.2470
Apricot Kernel Oil		0.1350	0.1890
Avocado Butter		0.1320	0.1860
Avocado Oil		0.1320	0.1860
Beeswax		0.0670	0.0950
Black Cumin Seed Oil		0.1370	0.1930
Borage Oil		0.1300	0.1840
Brazil Nut Oil		0.1380	0.1950
Broccoli Seed Oil		0.1210	0.1700
Calendula Oil		0.1340	0.1880
Canola Oil		0.1240	0.1740
Castor Oil		0.1270	0.1790
Chicken Fat		0.1390	0.1950
Cocoa Butter		0.1360	0.1920
Coconut Oil (76, 92 deg)		0.1800	0.2550
Coconut Oil, Fractionated		0.2340	0.3290
Corn Oil		0.1370	0.1920
Cottonseed Oil		0.1370	0.1920
Coffee Bean Oil, Green		0.1320	0.1850
Coffee Bean Oil, Roasted		0.1280	0.1800
Dripping, Beef Tallow		0.1400	0.1960
Emu Oil		0.1350	0.1910
Evening Primrose Oil		0.1320	0.1860
Flax Seed Oil, Linseed		0.1350	0.1900
Grapeseed Oil		0.1340	0.1880
Hazelnut Oil		0.1340	0.1880
Hemp Seed Oil		0.1350	0.1910
Jojoba Oil		0.0660	0.0920
Lanolin Oil		0.0700	0.0990
Lard, Pig Tallow		0.1410	0.1980
Linseed Oil, Flax		0.1350	0.1900
Macadamia Nut Oil		0.1370	0.1930
Mango Seed Butter		0.1340	0.1890
Mango Oil (Olein)		0.1320	0.1860
Mustard Oil		0.1220	0.1720
Neem Oil		0.1340	0.1880
Olive Oil		0.1340	0.1880
Palm Kernel Oil		0.1560	0.2190
Palm Oil		0.1400	0.1970
Peanut Oil		0.1360	0.1900
Poppy Seed OIl		0.1380	0.1940
Pumpkin Seed Oil		0.1340	0.1890
Safflower Oil		0.1350	0.1900
Sesame Oil		0.1350	0.1910
Shea Butter		0.1280	0.1790
Soybean Oil		0.1350	0.1890
Stearic Acid		0.1440	0.1990
Sunflower Seed Oil		0.1340	0.1890
Tallow, Beef (Dripping)		0.1400	0.1960
Tallow, Pig (Lard)		0.1410	0.1980
Tallow, Sheep		0.1380	0.1940
Walnut Oil		0.1360	0.1920
Wheatgerm Oil		0.1350	0.1900

 

      

Lye Name			Total Oil Weight
Lye Concentration			Total Lye Weight
Water : Lye Ratio			Total Water Weight

 

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