Soap Studio Manual
A complete guide to every feature in the app.
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The manual is a work in progress and will be updated as new features are added. The sections below reflect the current version of the app.
Contents
1
Getting started
- Installing Soap Studio
- Your first recipe
- Understanding the workspace
- Units and settings
2
Recipes
- Creating and editing recipes
- Input modes: percentage, weight, total oil weight
- Adding oils and butters
- Superfat and lye purity
- Water modes explained
- Masterbatch calculations
- Additives, chelators, and sugar
- Fragrances and colourants
3
The lye calculator
- How lye amounts are calculated
- NaOH vs KOH vs mixed-alkali
- Vinegar adjustment
- Reading the results panel
- Soap quality indices
4
Moulds and cutting
- Setting up your moulds
- Box moulds and pipe moulds
- The mould optimiser
- Reading the cutting diagram
- Bar weight targets and tolerances
5
IFRA fragrance safety
- What IFRA limits are and why they matter
- Category 9 and leave-on products
- Oils basis vs finished-product basis — understanding the difference
- How Soap Studio checks your fragrance load
6
Cure time
- How the cure model works
- Factors that affect cure time
- Setting cure-date calendar reminders
7
Batch journal
- Logging a batch
- Photos and notes
- Actual vs planned bar count
- Cost tracking
8
Ingredients library
- Browsing and searching ingredients
- Adding custom ingredients
- Fatty acid profiles explained
- SAP values and where they come from
9
Settings and preferences
- Units (metric and imperial)
- Default recipe values
- Bar preferences
- Currency
- iCloud sync