The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) | 40.0 % |
| Coconut Oil | 30.0 % |
| Olive Oil (virgin / refined / olive oil) | 20.0 % |
| Castor Oil | 10.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 4 % |
| Water | lye water at 35 % |
| Iodine value | 47 |
| INS | 165 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 48 29–54
Cleansing 22 above 12–22
Conditioning 46 44–69
Bubbly lather 31 14–46
Creamy lather 35 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
47 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)
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping)
- 3 % superfat
- 6 % 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 6 % superfat
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 6 % superfat
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 3 % superfat
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and 6 % superfat
- water at 38 % of the oils
- lye water at 33 %
- lye water at 40 %
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and water at 38 % of the oils
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and lye water at 33 %
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and lye water at 40 %
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and water at 38 % of the oils
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and lye water at 33 %
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and lye water at 40 %
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and water at 38 % of the oils
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and lye water at 33 %
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) and lye water at 40 %
- 3 % superfat and water at 38 % of the oils
- 3 % superfat and lye water at 33 %
- 3 % superfat and lye water at 40 %
- 6 % superfat and water at 38 % of the oils
- 6 % superfat and lye water at 33 %
- 6 % superfat and lye water at 40 %
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and water at 38 % of the oils
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and lye water at 33 %
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and lye water at 40 %
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and water at 38 % of the oils
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and lye water at 33 %
- Lard (pure rendered pork fat) instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and lye water at 40 %
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and water at 38 % of the oils
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and lye water at 33 %
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and lye water at 40 %
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and water at 38 % of the oils
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and lye water at 33 %
- Palm Oil instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and lye water at 40 %
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and water at 38 % of the oils
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and lye water at 33 %
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 3 % superfat, and lye water at 40 %
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and water at 38 % of the oils
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and lye water at 33 %
- Palm Stearin instead of Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping), 6 % superfat, and lye water at 40 %
Where these proportions come from
Our own construction: hard, high-lather, low superfat, the shape most often asked for as a "workshop bar".
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.