QUICK MIX OILS - Basic Usage per Ounce of Mix

Recipes for Common Sizes Superfat % Lye Water

Size Lye Water Favorite Mold 3% 0.15 oz 0.33 oz
33 oz 4.8 oz 10.9 oz 10” Silicone Loaf Mold 4% 0.14 oz 0.33 oz
54 oz 7.9 oz 17.8 oz 5 lb Wood Loaf Mold 5% 0.14 oz 0.33 oz
108 oz 15.6 oz 35.6 oz 36 Bar Birchwood Mold 6% 0.14 oz 0.33 oz
35 lb 81.2 oz 184.8 oz molds to hold 50 pounds of soap 7% 0.14 oz 0.33 oz
8% 0.14 oz 0.33 oz
9% 0.14oz 0.33 oz
Lye SAFETY! Basic Soaping 10% 0.13 oz 0.33 oz
Directions
HANDLING LYE: Before starting to make soap, use this handy Cheat Sheet to make sure you have
Lye is a hazardous substance and should be treated carefully. It is safe for use in everything ready.
home soapmaking but some precautions must be taken:
1. Children and pets out of the area
Always wear protective goggles! Getting lye, water with dissolved lye in it or fresh 2. 1 uninterrupted hour available to you
soap in your eyes is an emergency. The best way to handle a lye emergency is to 3. All work surfaces covered with newspaper or sheets to protect against spills
prevent it. If an accident does occur, immediately run your eye under cold water 4. All oils weighed out (if necessary)
and seek medical help. 5. Mold choice fully prepared (lined if necessary)
6. Water measured out
7. Lye weighed out
Always wear protective clothing. Once you mix your lye with water, it will heat up 8. Fragrance Oil weighed out
quickly due to a chemical reaction. If you splash or spill lye on your skin, you will get 9. Colorant prepared (pre-mixed or measured out)
a chemical burn. Protect your hands with gloves, and wear long sleeved clothing. 10. All utensils at the ready; stainless steel spoons, stick blenders, spatulas clean and
Keep a bottle of vinegar nearby to neutralize a lye burn and USE IT if you spill lye ready to go.
water or fresh soap on yourself. Alternatively, you can rinse lye water or fresh soap Now that everything is fully prepped, it’s time for action!
off with cold water and soap. It may not hurt instantly but a splash can cause dam- 1. Put your gloves and goggles on.
age. 2. Add your lye to your water, stirring slowly with your stainless steel or heat-safe
stir ring utensil. Take care to not breathe in lye fumes.
Mix lye in a large heat-safe container, preferably inside of a sink. If you prefer, you 3. Once all grains or flakes are mixed in, set lye water safely aside.
can mix your lye outdoors. 4. Mix all of your pre-weighed oils into a large heat safe bowl. It should not be over
50% filled at this point.
5. Melt your oils so they are around 120 to 140 degrees.
Always ADD LYE TO WATER. Sprinkle the lye on top of the water for best results, 6. If your lye water is cooled below 140 degrees, add your lye water to your oils.
and stir with a stainless steel spoon or heat resistant plastic utensil. Never pour 7. Slowly pulse your stick blender on and off, moving it around the bowl so that all
water onto a pile of dry lye, a severe, volcanic reaction can occur. Work in a well parts of the soap mixture are getting agitated and blended.
ventilated area and avoid breathing in lye fumes (these are strongest when you first 8. Once your soap has reached thin trace, add your colorant and any additives.
add the lye to the water). 9. When your color is mixed in, add your fragrance oil. Whisk your fragrance oil in.
10. Pour soap into your prepared mold.
11. Cover your soap with saran wrap or a cardboard cover.
Do not allow children or pets into your soaping space while you are working. 12. Insulate with towels.
13. cut within 2-4 days
Use dedicated soap making utensils and tools. Don’t use your soap tools to make 14. Cure for 4 to 6 weeks before using, giving away or selling.
food.

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QUICK MIX OILS - Basic
The Bramble Berry Soap Quick Mix Oils are an easy way for you to save time weigh- What if you want to make a 7 pound batch of soap? It’s easy to figure out! You can
ing and blending oils. We’ve done all the work for you. Your oils may arrive liquid, either go to the special mini lye calculator with each of the Quick Mix oil blends on
solid or a combination depending on the time of year and the conditions the oils any of the Quick Mix product pages or you can do the math yourself.
traveled in. If the oil is solid or a combination, make sure to fully mix and stir the
blend before use. This bag comes with an additional 0.3 ounces of oil in it (to ac- Example:
count for a little being left in the bag as you pour) so you DO NOT need to reweigh If you have 100 ounces of Basic Soap Quick Mix, you would figure out your lye
the oils if using the entire bag. If you are not using the entire bag and are creating by multiplying the amount of oils you wanted to use by the SAP value of Basic
your own, small recipe (see instructions below), you will need to weigh your oils, lye (0.148935).
and water.
100 oz. x 0.148935 = 14.89 oz. of lye for a 0% superfat
Contains:
Coconut Oil 30% Basic is comprised of Coconut, Palm, Olive, Canola, Water = roughly double the amount of your lye (15 x 2 = 30 oz.)
Palm Oil 30% and Vitamin E Oil. It produces an extremely hard bar
that has stable bubbles that are medium in size and To get your superfat, simply discount 5% off the lye amount. This looks like:
Canola Oil 20% density. The resulting soap rinses away cleanly in the 14.89 – (14.89 x .05) = 14.89 - 0.7445 = 14.1455 for a 5% superfat (also referred to as a
shower and has a long shelf life. This recipe does best 5% lye discount)
Olive Oil 19.9%
at a 10% superfat or below.
Vitamin E. 0.1% We hope you enjoy using your Basic Quick Mix. If you have any questions, please email
The combined SAP value of Basic is .14953 us at info@brambleberry.com, phone us at 1-87-SOAP-STUFF or post on our FaceBook
page: Facebook.com/brambleberry
Water Amount:
Ideal water amount for Basic is 33% (or 0.33). The full range of Basic for water is
25% to 41%. To make things easy, right in the middle is literally double the amount of
your lye (easy!)

Recipe:
To make 5 pounds of soap, your bag will pour out with 54 ounces of oil. You will mix
7.7 oz of sodium hydroxide BY WEIGHT into 18 ounces of water to make your full 5
pound recipe. This is a 5% superfat.

To make 10 pounds of soap, your two bags come with 54 ounces of oil each, or 108
total ounces of the mixture. You will mix 15.4 oz. BY WEIGHT of sodium hydroxide
into 36 ounces of water to make your full 10 pound recipe. This is a 5% superfat.

What if you want to make a 7 pound batch of soap? It’s easy to figure out! You can
either go to the Bramble Berry Calculator and figure the recipe by the percentages
in the Basic formula (above) and resize the batch, or, you can do the math yourself.

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