*Numbers higher than the 5% difference because it works better than dropping it down too much.
Special thanks to Therese and Bill Lott who provided the spreadsheet that saved me a lot of time in calculations! They will send their spreadsheet lye calculator to you upon request. Please tell them which program you will be using and the version so that they can attach the appropriate file.
Also, a thank you to Rolland Jones for more clarification on the SAP differences between canola and rapeseed oils. :-)
Original Saponification Chart courtesy of Elaine C. White who has a soapmaking page on the Web at:
http://members.aol.com/oelaineo/soapmaking.html
***** If you'd simply like to print the above table by itself for reference, here's the link! Saponification Numbers
Soap Recipe Spreadsheet Template! - This is a wonderful tool shared by Chris Mathes and is shown on the index of the soapmaking pages. You can download this spreadsheet to your own computer if you have the right software and use it to calculate your own recipes. A big thanks to Chris for fine tuning and sharing this resource with us! :-)
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