Teach Soap

I've been playing with soap calc and making some experimental batches.
For those of you who have been making you own recipes for years, and using soapcalc and their numbers:

What I am wondering: if I have 2 different batches/recipes with almost exactly the same numbers but using different oils/fats - are they going to be very similar? If the numbers are the same - will the soaps feel the same? Or do the properties of the different oils make a noticeable difference?

Thanks for you time and help!

Take the soap calc with a grain of salt. Just because you get similar numbers with two different recipes doesn't mean that both will feel the same. Try and see which one you like better.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I can't answer that question, but you could try two-one pound batches to see if the soaps have the same features.

I have a basic all vegetable recipe using palm oil that I really Like. I took that same recipe and subbed Lard for the palm and then played with the numbers until they were similar to my original recipe. The lard makes the soap feel different, but I like it as well as the all veggie recipe.

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

I have several batches with the same numbers (exactly) but with different oils. Some feel the exact same and others feel slightly different d/t the oils in it. So you will definitely need to experiment with yours and see what you think.

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