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07/07/2005
Below you will find a link to a lye calculator. You just put in the amounts of oil that your are using and it will calculate the amount of lye you need and the amount of water. As far as temps go, it varies with each soapmaker but anywhere between 100 degrees and 130 degrees should be fine. Just be sure your oils and your lye/water mixture is close to the same temp when you mix. You should put each recipe through this calculator since all oils have different values. If you need to substitute on oil in your recipe again run the oil substitution through the calculator with your other oils. From the picture I saw on everythingkitchens.com it appears that a Bamix is a stick blender. So that should work fine. The best they did to with your stick blender is mix for a few minutes then let it rest and came back in 5 minutes. Sometimes you will achieve trace while it's resting. You may try joining a group that you can ask questions to. You can find a group at the site below on a different page. Feel free to e-mail me if I can help you more.
http://www.the-sage.com/calcs/lyecalc2.php
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