Dual lye, to make liquid dish soap
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Notes:
Add borax, 5% of oils (30g for 500g of oils), to lye water before adding lye. Add an extra 8.5g of KOH to neutralize borax AI Overview: To neutralize 30g of borax (sodium tetraborate decahydrate, Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O), approximately 8.5 grams of potassium hydroxide (KOH) are needed.
- Created:18/12/2021
- Last Updated:27/05/2025
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Recipe Totals
| Liquid Required | 601.4 g |
| NaOH Weight at 98 % Purity | 2.52 g |
| KOH Weight at 87 % Purity | 398.41 g |
| Lye Weight | 400.93 g |
| Oil Weight | 1700 g |
| Super Fat | 0 % |
| Total Batch Weight | 3025.33 g |
| NaOH / KOH Ratio | 1 % / 99 % |
| Lye Concentration | 40 % |
| Liquid : Lye Ratio | 1.5:1 |
| Saturated : Unsaturated | 45:55 |
Recipe Properties
| Property | % | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Bubbly Lather | 13 | 14 - 46 |
| Cleansing | 11 | 12 - 22 |
| Condition | 48 | 44 - 69 |
| Hardness | 45 | 29 - 54 |
| Longevity | 35 | 25 - 50 |
| Creamy Lather | 37 | 16 - 48 |
| Iodine | 54 | 41 - 70 |
| Ins | 152 | 136 - 165 |
Fatty Acids %
| Lauric | 7 |
| Myristic | 4 |
| Palmitic | 24 |
| Stearic | 10 |
| Ricinoleic | 2 |
| Oleic | 39 |
| Linoleic | 8 |
| Linolenic | 0 |
Liquid and NaOH, KOH
| Liquid Required | 601.4 g |
| NaOH Weight at 98 % Purity | 2.52 g |
| KOH Weight at 87 % Purity | 398.41 g |
| Lye Weight | 400.93 g |
Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes
| Oil | % | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut Oil, 76 deg | 14.71 | 250 |
| Lard, Pig Tallow (Manteca) | 77.35 | 1315 |
| Corn Oil | 5.88 | 100 |
| Castor Oil | 2.06 | 35 |
| Total | 100 | 1700 |
Custom Additives
| Add with the liquid | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sugar | 85 g | 85 g |
| Sodium citrate | 51 g | 51 g |
| Add with the Fats | ||
| Alcohol | 102 g | 102 g |
| Add at trace | ||
| Salt | 85 g | 85 g |
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