The oils
| Oil | As the source prints it | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut Oil | Cocoanut oil · 130 lb | 100.0 % |
Everything else
- Sugar — 72 lb · clarity aid
- Borax — 2 lb
- Water — 267 lb
How it is made
| Process | Semi-boiled |
| Alkali | Caustic potash lye, 28° B. · 135 lb · 28° Bé |
| Superfat | Not stated |
| Water | as the source states it |
| Iodine value | 8 |
| INS | 248 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 80 above 29–54
Cleansing 68 above 12–22
Conditioning 9 below 44–69
Bubbly lather 68 above 14–46
Creamy lather 12 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.
The source
The book states this comes out at about 20 % fatty acids.
E. G. Thomssen, Soap-Making Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1922, p.95. Soap-Making Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant · read 2026-09-22