The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) | 75.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 25.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 5 % |
| Water | 38 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 37 |
| INS | 174 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 59 above 29–54
Cleansing 20 12–22
Conditioning 34 below 44–69
Bubbly lather 20 14–46
Creamy lather 39 16–48
Computed from the fatty acids of the fats above. The bands are what the craft has settled on, not chemistry — a bar outside one is not wrong.
Try it differently
11 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- Mutton Tallow (sheep tallow) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- Premier Jus (oleo stock) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- 3 % superfat
- 8 % superfat
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 8 % superfat
- Mutton Tallow (sheep tallow) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Mutton Tallow (sheep tallow) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 8 % superfat
- Premier Jus (oleo stock) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Premier Jus (oleo stock) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 8 % superfat
Where these proportions come from
The farmhouse standard before vegetable oils were cheap: rendered beef fat with enough coconut to lather.
A canonical formulation: the proportions the craft has settled on for this kind of soap. Not transcribed from a document, and not copied from anywhere.