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I am making cold process soaps by using palm oil, coconut oil, and olive oil plus an essence. How do the oil and lye proportions change when I use apricot oil instead of apricot essence? I also mean that I want to use apricot oil as one of the basic oil and in total I am going to use four oils. Could you please suggest me a successful recipee for making 1000 gr soap?

Try out: http://soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcWP.asp

You have the option to change all of your measurements into grams and you can have lots of fun playing around with it to get the qualities you want in your soap. They have apricot kernel oil listed on their list of oils, too!

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Tamra
New to soaping, long time crafter and artisan, avid learner of new things!

Anytime you change a recipe, you have to run it through a lye calc. Each oil has its own SAP value, so your recipe will change; including the lye amount. Be aware that Apricot oil is considered a soft oil, so depending how much you use, your soap can end up soft.

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Irena
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