Vegan Soap & Candle Math · Template C

The Batch Sheet

The recipe, the lye, the water and the candle run, worked and checked.

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The Batch Sheet

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The soap

Oil%GramsSAP (KOH)NaOH, gYours
Olive, extra virgin403840.19052.02
Coconut, refined252400.25743.98
Shea butter, refined201920.17924.50
High-oleic sunflower10960.18912.94
Castor5480.1806.16
      
The book's Market BatchYours
Oils, total960 g
NaOH at 0 % superfat139.6 g
Superfat; lye to weigh5 %; 132.6 g
Checked in a lye calculator?yes, before weighing
Lye concentration; water33 %; 269.2 g
Essential oil (% of oils; g)3 %; 28.8 g
Batch1,390.6 g
Bars; slice10; 25.4 mm
Fresh bar; planned cured139.1 g; 122.4 g

The candles

The book's Market BatchYours
Jar inside diameter; fill depth70 mm; 72 mm
Volume to the fill line277.1 mL
Hot wax a jar (× 0.887)245.8 g
Load; wax + fragrance a jar8 %; 227.6 g + 18.2 g
Jars; wax for the run with spare12; 2,867 g
Wick to test (one maker's chart)CD 12
Test burn: lost, hours, rate26 g, 4 h, 6.5 g/h
Burn time on the label (rounded down)about 30 hours

Check every lye number in a lye calculator before you weigh. SAP values here are SoapCalc's, as the book cites them; use your supplier's.

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