I thought it was tallow. Have to check in the store I guess. Does it say animal fat? Cheers Rebecca On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Gina Roberts <soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Someone please correct me if i am wrong but kremelta is palm oil? Rebecca > might also be able to confirm this. > > Gina Roberts > Soapcraft Aromatics and More LTD > www.soapcraft.co.nz > www.aromaticsandmore.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jan Abernethy <janabernethy@xxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Tue, 3 August, 2010 9:32:16 AM > *Subject:* [soapcraft] Re: 100 gram bar > > Cool thanks heaps, I will give it a go. > > I use Kremelta in my soap batch – what would you say would be the same oil > in the soap calculator, because when I looked kremelta wasn’t there. I > could change from kremelta and use the similar product. I am also using > coconut oil which kremelta is made from. > > Jan > > > > *From:* soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *clear marie > *Sent:* Tuesday, 3 August 2010 8:14 a.m. > *To:* soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [soapcraft] Re: 100 gram bar > > > > I did a screen cap to help explain this, so take a look here: > http://tinypic.com/r/dow713/3 > > In the first box (look for orange 1) you go across and enter the details > for the soap you are going to make; which Lye you are using, the total oil > weight you are using, lye concentration, how much superfat and fragrance you > wish to add .. > > In the second box you choose the oils you are wanting to use, double > clicking these will make them show in in a list where I put the orange 3 .. > > Then in the box with a 4 you can go down and enter how much of each you > want, by weight or % .. This will bring up the 'supposed' characteristics of > the resulting soap where I put the 5 .. And I say supposed as there are a > some known inaccuracies on soap calc and it doesn't take things like > superfat etc into account etc .. > > Then you click the calculate recipe button down the bottom, and then view > recipe .. This will then bring up a second window with your recipe ready for > printing and the total of Lye, Water, fragrance weights all listed for you > .. > > I hope this helps .. But personally I'd advise against making a 100gm > batch unless you have a super duper accurate scale - 500gm minimum would be > my recommendation ;) > > ~ Clear > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Jan Abernethy > <janabernethy@xxxxxxxxxxx<janabernethy@xxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > > Gina > > Thanks. That’s great. > > I’ve looked at the soap calculator, it confuses me totally. It would be > great if there were some simple step by step instructions. I’ve looked at > help but that’s pretty full on too. Would anyone be willing to put up some > step by step instructions? > > Jan > > > > *From:* soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Soapcraft > *Sent:* Tuesday, 3 August 2010 6:31 a.m. > *To:* soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [soapcraft] 100 gram bar > > > > Palm 30 gms > Coconut 30 grams > Olive oil 40 grams > Water 37 grams or mils > Lye 14 grams > > For making one bar. > > I just used the soap calculator on soapcraft. > Once you get the hang of it its very easy. > > Gina > > >