Nom de la recette

Measurements: Valeur INS Estim

Recette de savon liquide

Metric 160 Oil KOH
% INS SAP Poids (gm)

Ration de gras/eau: 1.33 Type de soda castuqiue Hydroxyde de Potassium

Huile Olive Noix de coco Jojoba Ricin

Poids (gm)

Vol (ml)

800.0 600.0 50.0 50.0

871.5 649.4 57.9 51.8

53% 40% 3% 3%

109 258 11 95

0.188 0.267 0.097 0.180

150.39 159.92 4.84 9.02

Huile de sur-graissage Glycrine, vgtale

Poids (gm)

50.0

Total: Rduction de soude 0.0%

1500.0

1630.6

100%

165

324.17

Total: Total Sur-graissage

50.0 0.0%

Total Grams Huiles 1500.0 Autre ingrdients 50.0 Potasse caustique (KOH) 324.1 Eau 1127.8 Total 3001.9 Aprs sechage (4.3% water) 1958.4 Volume Total 3082.5

MMS

Kilos 1 0 0 1 3 1

Grams 500.0 50.0 324.1 127.8 1.9 958.4

Notes:

ajout au trace

Nom de la recette Recette de savon liquide

chelle de la recette 2.00 Huile Olive Noix de coco Jojoba Ricin Poids (gm) Vol (ml) % 1600.0 1742.9 1200.0 1298.7 100.0 115.9 100.0 103.6 SAP Poids (gm) 0.1880 300.77 0.2665 319.85 0.0968 9.68 0.1804 18.04 Huile de sur-graissage Glycrine, vgtale Poids (gm) 100

53% 40% 3% 3%

Total: Rduction de soude 0.0%

3000.0

3261.1

100%

648.34 Total Sur-graissage

Total: 0.0%

100

Huiles Autre ingrdients Potasse caustique (KOH) Eau Total Aprs sechage (4.3% water) Volume Total

Total Grams 3000.0 100.0 648.3 2255.6 6003.9 3916.9 6165.0

Kilos 3 0 0 2 6 3

Grams 0.0 100.0 648.3 255.6 3.9 916.9

Notes:

0.0000

Gras / Huile Hydroxyde de Sodium Hydroxyde de Potassium INS Gravit NaOH KOH Spcifique Abricot, noix 0.1350 0.1894 100 0.940 Amande, douce 0.1360 0.1908 99 0.949 Arachide 0.1360 0.1904 93 0.900 Argan 0.1360 0.1920 99 0.908 Avocat 0.1330 0.1866 99 0.915 Babassu, noix de brsil 0.1750 0.2450 230 0.900 Beurre de cacao 0.1370 0.1922 157 0.968 Beurre de karit 0.1280 0.1796 116 0.912 Beurre de Kokum 0.1357 0.1900 154 0.890 Beurre de mangue 0.1371 0.1923 120 0.910 Beurre de muscade 0.1160 0.1624 46 0.995 Beurre de sal 0.1306 0.1832 145 0.900 Beurre d'Illipe 0.1385 0.1940 145 0.890 Bourrache 0.1357 0.1900 50 0.900 Camelina 0.1333 0.1870 37 0.970 Camellia (Huile de grain th vert) 0.1362 0.1910 108 0.910 Canola 0.1324 0.1856 56 0.916 Carthame 0.1360 0.1904 47 0.919 Cire d'abeille 0.0690 0.0968 84 0.966 Cire de candelilla 0.0381 0.0535 32 0.982 Cire de carnauba 0.0611 0.0856 76 0.982 Colza 0.1240 0.1736 113 0.915 mu 0.1359 0.1906 128 0.921 Germe de bl 0.1310 0.1834 58 0.915 Glycrine, vgtale 0.0000 0.0000 0 1.263 Grain de chanvre 0.1345 0.1883 39 0.927 Grain de citrouille 0.1331 0.1863 67 0.915 Grain de coton 0.1386 0.1940 89 0.915 Grain de lin 0.1357 0.1899 -6 0.915 Grain de pavot 0.1383 0.1936 54 0.900 Grain de ssame 0.1330 0.1866 81 0.921 Grain de tournesol 0.1340 0.1876 63 0.923 Gras de beurre, Chvre 0.1672 0.2340 204 0.900 Gras de beurre, Vache 0.1619 0.2266 191 0.900 Grenoble 0.1353 0.1894 45 0.924 Jojoba 0.0690 0.0968 11 0.863 Kapok 0.1461 0.2049 108 0.910 Kukui 0.1350 0.1890 24 0.900 Lanoline 0.0741 0.1040 83 0.938 Limanthes 0.1207 0.1690 77 0.900 Macadamia 0.1390 0.1946 119 0.900 Mais 0.1360 0.1904 69 0.900 Neem 0.1380 0.1940 124 0.900 Noisette 0.1356 0.1898 94 0.900 Noix de brsil 0.1750 0.2450 230 0.900 Noix de coco 0.1900 0.2665 258 0.924 Noix de Pistache 0.1328 0.1863 92 0.900 Noyau d'abricot 0.1350 0.1890 91 0.900 Noyau de pche 0.1370 0.1920 113 0.900 Olive 0.1340 0.1880 109 0.918 Onagre bisannuelle 0.1357 0.1900 30 0.900 Palme 0.1410 0.1978 51 0.915 Palme, beurre (hydrogn) 0.1560 0.2184 183 0.915 Palme, noyau (palmiste) 0.1560 0.2184 183 0.915 Palme, Starique 0.1410 0.1978 157 0.915 Ppin de raisin 0.1265 0.1775 66 0.927 Perilla 0.1369 0.1916 -5 0.900 Ricin 0.1286 0.1804 95 0.965 Rose musque 0.1378 0.1930 16 0.900 Ssame 0.1330 0.1862 81 0.921 Shortening (vg.) 0.1360 0.1904 115 0.900 Son de riz 0.1280 0.1792 70 0.900 Soya 0.1350 0.1890 61 0.900 Tamanu 0.1357 0.1900 82 0.900 Si vous ne retrouver pas une huile sur cette liste vous aimerait qu'on la rajoute, veuillez nous faire signe. http://www.savonpopulaire.ca HUILES ESSENTIELLES Anis 0.0000 0.0000 Basilic doux 0.0000 0.0000 Bergamote 0.0000 0.0000 Benjoin, Teinture de 0.0000 0.0000 Bois de cdre 0.0000 0.0000 Bois de rose 0.0000 0.0000 Cannelle, feuille 0.0000 0.0000 Camomille, 10% 0.0000 0.0000 Camphre blanc 0.0000 0.0000 Citron (essence) 0.0000 0.0000 Citronnelle 0.0000 0.0000 Clous de girofle 0.0000 0.0000 Carotte, grains 0.0000 0.0000 Eucalyptus 0.0000 0.0000 Eucalyptus citronn 0.0000 0.0000 Granium 0.0000 0.0000 Gingembre 0.0000 0.0000 Lavande 40/42 0.0000 0.0000 Lavande (vraie) 0.0000 0.0000 Lime, distill 0.0000 0.0000 Menthe douce 0.0000 0.0000 Menthe poivre 0.0000 0.0000 Myrte 0.0000 0.0000 Orange, douce (essence) 0.0000 0.0000 Palmarosa 0.0000 0.0000 Pamplemousse rose (essence) 0.0000 0.0000 Patchouli 0.0000 0.0000 Petit grain 0.0000 0.0000 Pin sylvestre 0.0000 0.0000 Poivre noir 0.0000 0.0000 Romarin 0.0000 0.0000 Sapin (aiguilles) 0.0000 0.0000 Sauge 0.0000 0.0000 Sauge Sclare 0.0000 0.0000 Tangerine 0.0000 0.0000 Tea tree 0.0000 0.0000 Th des bois 0.0000 0.0000 Vtiver 0.0000 0.0000 Verveine des Indes 0.0000 0.0000 Ylang ylang III 0.0000 0.0000 Vous pouvez rajouter les huiles essentielles en crivant dans les lignes vides. 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 ARGILES Argile blanche Argile Ghassoul (du Maroc) Argile verte Argile rose Argile rouge

Idoine Value Bas 92 93 93 99 82 10 33 55 32 43 40 35 43 130 140 78 110 150 8 19 7 105 40 115 0 160 110 112 205 140 105 136 30 30 140 80 85 160 17 92 73 103 84 90 10 10 93 92 108 79 150 45 37 37 37 125 185 82 170 105 90 110 124 108

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INS Computation Dr. Bob's INS 91 97 99 99 230 157 116 154 120 145 145 37 56 47 84

56 128 58 0 39 67 89 -6

63 204 191 45 11 108 24 83 77 119 69 124 230 258 92 91 96 109 30 145 183 183 157 66 -5 95 16 81 115 70 61 82

Est. INS 100 99 93 99 86 15 39 63 36 47 46 39 49 140 150 83 118 150 10 22 11 113 60 128 0 165 120 112 205 140 110 136 30 30 145 83 98 168 23 92 76 117 89 97 15 10 95 100 113 87 160 51 41 41 41 131 197 86 178 110 93 110 128 108

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0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

AGENTS DE CONSERVATIONS Extrait de ppins de pamplemousse Vitamine E MT-50 Olorsine de romarin

COLORANTS Curcuma Poudre de graines de moutarde Orange de mars Oxyde jaune Oxyde jaune de Naples (clair) Oxyde de fer noir Oxyde rouge clair Oxyde rouge fonc Oxyde vert Paprika Poudre de cannelle Poudre de stvia Terre de Sienne brule Ultramarine Bleu Ultramarine violet Violet de Mars Dioxyde de titane Oxyde de zinc

HERBES Avoine Cacao en poudre, BIO Calendula, fleurs BIO Camomille, fleurs BIO Grains de pavot BIO Hibiscus (ptales) BIO Lait de chvre, en poudre Lait de noix de coco, en poudre BIO Lavande, fleurs BIO Menthe douce feuilles BIO Millepertuis BIO Ortie, feuilles BIO Pelure d'orange BIO Prle, herbe BIO Romarin, feuilles BIO Rose musque (ptales) BIO Thym, feuilles BIO The vert BIO

AUTRE Acide citrique Acide citrique Alos gel, BIO Alos jus, sans agents de conservation BIO Bicarbonate de soude Borax Carbonate de calcium Cristaux de soude Sel de la mer morte, FIN #1 Sel de la mer morte, GRANULEUX #3 Sel de la mer morte, LARGE #2 Sel de mer GRANULEUX #4 Sel de mer, #1 FIN Sel d'Epsom, GROS #3 Sel rouge de Saskatchewan #2

77

Limanthes

0.1207

0.1690

77

Limanthes

0.1207

0.1690

77

Limanthes

0.1207

0.1690

77

Miscellaneous Tables Type de soda caustique Hydroxyde de Sodium Hydroxyde de Potassium formula NaOH KOH offset 2 3 Cot/Oz 1.00000 1.00000

Conversions Metric Standard System de Measure Decimal Places

Conv factor Unites fluids 28.3750 ml 0.0352 Oz Metric 1

unit,petit gm Oz

unit,ppler Grams Ounces

unit, gros Kilos Pounds

Conversion Factors

Convert to System Convert to Unit To Std 28.37500 1000 0.03524

intraConv Factor 1000 16

Hi, just a few notes about this template, how to use the workbooks created from it, and the methods used for certain operations. There's a short FAQ at the very end of this document. Installation -----------(These instructions are based on installing the template for use by MSExcel97, on a machine running MSWindows95/98/ME/NT.) The best place to keep this template is in your Templates folder. Your Templates folder should be in the folder in which you installed Microsoft Office or Microsoft Excel. For example: on my machine the Templates folder is 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates'. Basic usage ----------Once you have saved the template to your Templates folder, here's how to create new workbooks from it: 1) Start Excel 2) Click 'New' on the 'File' menu, which opens up the 'New' dialog box. 3) On the 'General' tab of the 'New' dialog, pick 'soapsheet.xlt'. 4) Click the OK button. 5) A new workbook called soapsheet1 should appear in Excel. There are only two worksheets in this workbook that you need to be concerned with when you play with your soap recipes. They are the sheets labeled "Recipe Worksheet" (the one you're on by default when you create a new workbook from the template) and "Scaled Version". The fields that may be changed on the Recipe worksheet are: Recipe Name fields under the "Oil" heading fields under the "Super-fatting Oil" heading fields under the "Weight in Oz" headings for oils and super-fatting oils Lye discount Bar Size (Oz) Oil to Water ratio Water (if water is overridden, then auto calc will cease for water field) Notes

Entering a recipe is as easy as picking oils from the drop-down list attached to the Oil fields and entering the amount of each you want to use. Then, if you want, enter super-fatting oils the same way, enter a lye discount, and perhaps change the bar size. That's it. Everything else will be calculated for you. The Scaled Version sheet allows you to take the recipe entered on the Recipe sheet and scale it to whatever batch size you want. It shows everything from the Recipe sheet except INS values, and includes the additional field "Scale Factor". Scale Factor is the only field that may be changed on the Scaled Version sheet, and is used as follows: to scale a recipe down to one half of its original size, enter a Scale Factor of .5. To double a recipe, enter a Scale Factor of 2. Enter whatever factor you want, 2 and .5 are just examples. You get the idea. Fluid Measurements ------------------

Fluid Measurements -----------------This spreadsheet will automatically compute the number of fluid ounces (or milliliters) from the oil weights entered, assuming the specific gravity is available for that oil. Be aware, the same care must be taken measuring using liquid measurements. If you normally measure weights to within a tenth of an ounce and want to measure by volume, then the same precision is necessary (to the tenth of a fluid ounce). The gradations of a normal measuring cup would not be sufficiently accurate. It is important to note that natural materials, such as oils and fats vary greatly, depending on source and refinement methods. As such, the specific gravity of your batch may differ from the table values. This will result in inaccurate amounts even with accurate measuring. Make certain you have at lease 3% superfatting in your recipes, to ensure an inaccuracy doesn't result in lye heavy soap. Measurement System -----------------The measurement system (metric vs standard) can be changed by clicking the "convert measurements" button. This can be done at anytime and will convert all values from one system to the other. This allows you to enter metric or standard (english) recipes then converting to your desired system. Conversion is done via an Excel macro, so if you do not enable macros (some people don't for fear of viruses) then conversion will not work. Conversion is the only thing using the macros, so if you don't convert measurements, disabling the macros will have no effect on your use of this spreadsheet. SAP Values ---------The SAP values used in calculating the lye are looked up from the SAP Values worksheet. If you disagree with any of the values, please feel free to change them. You may also change the names of any of the oils, just make sure you change any references on the Recipe worksheet from the old name to the new name. You may also add new oils, as long as you don't change the format of the SAP Values worksheet (this is very important, as the lookup from the Recipe worksheet depends upon the oil names and SAP values being in specific columns, and within a certain range of rows). If you do add new oils, you can either insert them into the list where you want or put them at the end; order is not important, just don't go past row 200 or so. Note too that the oils in the drop down list on the Recipe sheet appear in the same order as on the SAP Values sheet, so if you don't insert new oils in alphabetical order, they won't appear that way in the list either. To save any changes/additions you make to the SAP Values worksheet, so that any new workbooks you create will include them, see "Changing the template" below. Any additions need to include a price, even zero, to prevent unexpected and inaccurate results from costing and change measurements interaction. Costing ------The spreadsheet will attempt to computer the cost of the soap you make by batch and bar. It does this based on the Cost/Oz column in 'SAP Values' Oil table. This is an example of how I would add a value: I bought a gallon of Coconut oil for $9.90, so I entered '=9.90/128' into the cell E24 (in Coconut oil row of the Oil table). The 9.90 is the price and the 128 is the ounces per gallon. In truth the oil probably would actually weigh about 118 ounces, but this was a quick and dirty estimate of cost. If you do this for a living, then you might want to factor

the oil probably would actually weigh about 118 ounces, but this was a quick and dirty estimate of cost. If you do this for a living, then you might want to factor in specific gravity to convert liquid measurements to weights. eg: '=9.9/(128*F24)'. F24, in this case, is the specific gravity of Coconut oil. For costing, add any non-oil ingredient (except Lye) to the bottom of the Oil table. There is no need to put in any values except the name and price. Add specific gravity would help in computing volume measurements (useful with glycerin), but wouldn't be used for most fragrances. The price for Lye is set up the same way, in the 'Tables' Type_of_Lye table, in the 'E' column. Eg: For a $3.79, 18 Oz bottle of Lye, click cell E103, type '=3.79/18'. Many of the price values enter were based on prices I looked up on the web. Some may differ dramatically for you, depending on the amount and source of ingredients you buy. If you want accuracy, modify the prices based on your purchases. IMPORTANT: If pricing values are missing for an Oil you use, then that cost will not be reflected in the reported cost. No warning will appear. INS Values of Recipes --------------------The concept of INS values is borrowed from Dr Robert McDaniel's book, "Essentially Soap." He in turn borrowed it from an unattributed source. In any event, what he says is that an oil's INS value is based on its SAP value and iodine value, and that a soap's INS is the weighted average of the INS values of its constituent oils. What does that mean to you? Probably not much. The important thing is that (as related by Dr Bob) the 'ideal' INS value to shoot for when formulating a soap recipe is 160. Now remember: 160 is only the ideal. Most recipes, even really excellent ones, won't be at an INS of 160. The majority of the ones I've looked at are in the mid 140's or low 150's. The INS value's real utility is as a sort of rough gauge of how well your recipe is balanced. In other words, if your recipe's INS is much above or way below 160, you might want to take another look at things. INS Values of Individual Oils ----------------------------Many of the INS values for individual oils are borrowed from Dr Bob. Specifically, the sheet calculates its own INS values based on the best SAP and iodine values I could find, but where Dr Bob had a value, I defer to him. You may note that a few of the oils listed have no INS. That's because Dr Bob didn't list them, and I couldn't find iodine value numbers for them either. You can still use those oils in your recipes, but they will be ignored in the INS calculation for the recipe as a whole. Canola versus Rapeseed oil -------------------------All canola oil is rapeseed oil, but not all rapeseed oil is canola. The reason for this is that rapeseed oil normally has an erucic acid content of up to fifty percent, while in order for an oil to be called canola, it may have an erucic acid content of no more than two percent. In other words, canola is low erucic acid rapeseed oil. What does this mean to you? Well, the erucic acid of regular rapeseed is largely replaced by oleic and linoleic acids in canola, which CHANGES THE SAP VALUE. I have yet to see a saponification chart, either published or on the web, which takes this into account. Every one of them treats rape and canola interchangeably, and lists the SAP of regular rape, even though the availability of regular rapeseed oil to the average North American consumer is limited at best. Is this dangerous? Since the SAP of rape is lower

though the availability of regular rapeseed oil to the average North American consumer is limited at best. Is this dangerous? Since the SAP of rape is lower than that of canola, no, not really. It just means you're building an additional lye discount into any soap that uses canola. Which isn't much of a problem unless your recipe is already at the extreme of superfatting, or you're trying to make transparent soap. Bottom line: use canola for canola, and any of the other names (ramic/rape/rapeseed) for regular rapeseed oil. Lye calculation and rounding ---------------------------Because most people don't have a way to accurately measure amounts smaller than .1 ounces (well, I don't), the calculated amounts for lye and water are rounded DOWN to the nearest .1 ounce. If you must round, rounding down is the only safe way to go for lye, and unless you are making very small batches, a difference of less than one tenth of an ounce should have very little effect. Note that you may still enter amounts of oil to any level of precision you want, you just won't ever get more than one decimal place of precision for the lye and water. Water calculation ----------------The amount of water required is calculated based on the rule of thumb of one pound of water for every three pounds of oils. There are other rules of thumb out there, e.g. six ounces of water per pound of oils, ala the MMS calculator, but I prefer the 1:3 rule. To change the Oil to Water ratio enter the number of pounds of oil per pound of water in the oil into the water ratio entry field (upper left hand of Recipe worksheet). The water value can be overridden (typed in manually), the rest of the calculations will adjust, but this will prevent automatic calculation of water on this sheet. If you always create a new worksheet from the template for each new recipe, it will only effect the recipe you manually overrode. After Cure calculation ---------------------The After Cure weight is an estimate of the total yield of soap after most of the water has cured out of your bars. It is based on the rule of thumb that when your soap is done curing it will contain about 4% water, by weight. The actual water percent will be calculated and appear in the After Cure line. Default values -------------Every new soapsheet workbook will have a default lye discount of 0%, bar size of 4 ounces, Oil-Water ration of 3, scale factor of 1, and a oil & lye pricing info. Any of these may be changed. To save your changes for future workbooks, see "Changing the template" below. Changing the template --------------------Here's how to change the template: 1) Create a new soapsheet workbook. 2) Make your changes/additions to SAP Values, bar size, lye discount, and/or scale factor. 3) From the File menu, click Save As. 4) In the 'Save as type' drop-down list box on the 'Save As' dialog, choose 'Template (*.xlt)'. This choice should automatically change the 'Save in'

'Template (*.xlt)'. This choice should automatically change the 'Save in' directory to your Templates directory. 5) In the 'File name' box of the 'Save As' dialog enter 'soapsheet' (the original name), or whatever name you would like to use for the new version of the template. 6) If you are replacing the template you started with in step one, you will be prompted whether or not to overwrite the original. Click 'Yes'. 7) You're done.

Source of Information --------------------Information, such as missing Iodine values and Specific Gravities comes from the 38'th and 50'th Revisions of The Chemical Rubber Company Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. The CRC handbooks has been considered the most authoritative reference source for Chemistry or Physics to be found in a single book.

and Physics. The CRC handbooks has been considered the most authoritative reference source for Chemistry or Physics to be found in a single book.

FAQ's ----1) What the heck is a '.xlt' file? The .xlt, versus .xls, indicates that it is an Excel spreadsheet _template_, not actually a spreadsheet. Every time you open it, it will create a new workbook in Excel that you will be asked to name when you save (i.e. it's hitting the `New' button to create a new workbook, but instead of being blank, it's got all of this stuff from the template in it already). Normally templates are kept in the Templates directory under the directory where Microsoft Office was installed. For me, under WindowsNT 4.0, that defaults to c:\program files\microsoft office\templates. Once the template is installed in the templates directory, picking File>New off of Excel's menu will pop up a dialog for choosing a template or wizard for the new workbook. Just pick 'soapsheet.xlt' from the General tab, and you are good to go. 2) Why is the total effective lye discount greater than my lye discount, even though I specified no superfatting oils? 3) Why is the total effective lye discount different for the scaled version of my recipe? The answer to these two questions has to do with the fact that lye amounts are rounded down to the nearest tenth of an ounce, as detailed in "Lye calculation and rounding" above. To answer the first question, by way of example: if you specify a lye discount of 5%, which puts the lye amount at, for example, 7.39 ounces, the number 7.39 will be rounded down to 7.3, giving you a total effective lye discount of almost 6.2%. That's a 1.2% higher discount, all because you lost .09 ounces of lye to rounding. Are you with me so far? Now on to question two... The reason why the total effective lye discount may be a different value on the scaled version worksheet than the recipe worksheet is that the amount being rounded off of the lye amount will almost certainly change, and it will be a different proportion to the lye amount than in the unscaled version. For example: say I have a recipe with a 5% lye discount, which puts the lye amount at 8.66 ounces, which rounds down to 8.6, giving me a total effective lye discount of around 5.7%. Then I go to the scaled version worksheet and double the batch size. Now my 5% discount puts the lye amount at 17.32 ounces, which rounds down to 17.3, giving me a total effective lye discount of only about 5.2%. This effect can work the opposite way too, with the total effective lye discount going up when you change the batch size. It is even more pronounced when you scale down to smaller batch sizes, because even a small amount rounded off is a proportionately larger change than in a large batch. I hope that makes sense to everyone. There's no way around this without taking a smaller lye discount than what you originally entered. Using metric measures will drop the roundoff difference, making the entered and effective lye discounts closer. Using Metric measurements will show a smaller than expected difference in effective lye discount. It is assumed that by measuring in grams higher accuracy will be attained (a gram is equal to 1/20 of an ounce).

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Soapsheet.xlt
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This template is an original work of Chris Mathes, but may be freely redistributed under the following conditions: 1) This notice must remain attached and unchanged. 2) You may not charge people for soapsheet.xlt, other than to recoup no more than your costs for physical distribution (e.g. 3) Blah, blah, blah, blah. Now go make some soap! Happy Soaping, Chris

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hysical distribution (e.g. media and/or postage).