In this tutorial, we're diving into SoapCalc, one of the most popular lye calculators among soapmakers! As I say in the video, knowing how to use a lye calculator is very important (and empowering!) for soapmakers as it is useful for checking existing recipes, formulating your own recipes, and resizing recipes. In this video, we cover the following topics:

0:00 Introduction
3:46 Basics of Soap Calc
13:27 Entering a Recipe in Soap Calc
30:33 Resizing a Recipe in Soap Calc
42:32 How to Swap Out an Oil in your Recipe
46:40 Using a 50/50 Lye Water Solution in Soap Calc

There's more we could talk about, but this video was getting pretty long! In part two, we'll cover soap attributes and recipe formulation. I was sick with Covid when recording this video, so my voice is a bit mucousy (ha!), but hopefully it's not too obvious. :)

Direct Link to SoapCalc: http://soapcalc.net/calc/soapcalcWP.asp

(by the way, I mention using an adblocker in this video, but ads is how soapcalc makes money, so I take it back! I definitely want to support this tool, but I just find the ads are so intense on this website that it makes it distracting and hard to use, as they are located around the entire calculator)

RECIPES
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Find all our soap recipes here: https://muddymint.com/collections/ori...

MY BOOK
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My book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3uIOFN0

PRODUCT LINKS
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My Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/muddymint

Thanks for watching!
Simi & Troy