The oils
| Oil | Share |
|---|---|
| Flaxseed Oil (Linseed Oil) | 100.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | NaOH |
| Superfat | 5 % |
| Water | 38 % of the oils |
| Iodine value | 191 |
| INS | 1 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 13 below 29–54
Cleansing 0 below 12–22
Conditioning 99 above 44–69
Bubbly lather 0 below 14–46
Creamy lather 13 below 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
2 variationsThe same soap with one thing moved. Each opens in the calculator ready to change again.
Where these proportions come from
Most of these are not soaps anyone would use. They are the reference column.
Reference bar. One oil at 100 %, to show what that oil alone contributes.
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.