Hi Karen. Great series. Thanks for sharing. SF has always been a conundrum for me. So what I hear you saying is that the soap calc takes 5% of the lye off the calculation for the moisture content. If you SF at 0%, or even 5% do you add extra oils in or just leave for the oils in the batch. I do HP soap, by the way. Thanks💖😊 Love your channel, you're so sweet🥰
It’s the lye we will be reducing when we get around to making soap the oil stays the same There are other ways to super fat eg by adding more oil We will not be doing that
@@kimberlyb7502 I think Karen said that you can work within the range of super fat from 0 (which is no super fat), to 10% and ALL of your oils will be saponified. We are going to work at 5%, right in the middle, which is taking away a tiny percent of lye. 5% is a good midrange. If you super fat up to 10% you are getting in a risk of all of your soaps and fats not being saponified. If you don’t super fat, your soap could be over drying on your skin. But if you go to 10% your soap could be too soft and as Karen said earlier if your oils and butters are not all saponified you could , after a few weeks of curing, get dark spots in your soap and it could turn rancid. So you are taking away a small percentage of your total lye, but all of your oils and fats will be saponified. At 5% the soap will have moisturizing properties, and not be too soft but hard enough to be a cleansing bar. I’m learning too. I never understood the soap calculators. I am very Happy to be learning and thank Karen for these lessons! 😊💗
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! Thank you! I really appreciate how you explained this.
I didn’t understand before this video and I still don’t understand super fat. I just can’t grasp it! Lol. One day I hope it will click!
Terima kasih atas penjelasannya. Tadinya saya tidak faham apa itu superfat.
Best explanation I have ever heard. Thank you!
Hi Karen. Great series. Thanks for sharing. SF has always been a conundrum for me. So what I hear you saying is that the soap calc takes 5% of the lye off the calculation for the moisture content. If you SF at 0%, or even 5% do you add extra oils in or just leave for the oils in the batch. I do HP soap, by the way. Thanks💖😊 Love your channel, you're so sweet🥰
It’s the lye we will be reducing when we get around to making soap the oil stays the same
There are other ways to super fat eg by adding more oil
We will not be doing that
So reducing the lye produces the free oils or unsaponifiables for moisture, correct🙄
@@kimberlyb7502 I think Karen said that you can work within the range of super fat from 0 (which is no super fat), to 10% and ALL of your oils will be saponified. We are going to work at 5%, right in the middle, which is taking away a tiny percent of lye. 5% is a good midrange. If you super fat up to 10% you are getting in a risk of all of your soaps and fats not being saponified. If you don’t super fat, your soap could be over drying on your skin. But if you go to 10% your soap could be too soft and as Karen said earlier if your oils and butters are not all saponified you could , after a few weeks of curing, get dark spots in your soap and it could turn rancid.
So you are taking away a small percentage of your total lye, but all of your oils and fats will be saponified. At 5% the soap will have moisturizing properties, and not be too soft but hard enough to be a cleansing bar.
I’m learning too. I never understood the soap calculators. I am very Happy to be learning and thank Karen for these lessons! 😊💗
@@sandyshore8787 very good explaining what Karen said 🙂
Thank you for the information i like the way you do the diagrams very helpful
Ahh... now I understand, thanks mi darlin. 🙏🌟
Thank you!
It was confusing me every minute
Very good video thank you 😊
Very good friend