The oils
| Oil | As the source prints it | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maize Oil (Corn Oil) | Corn oil · 130 lb | 100.0 % |
Everything else
- Sugar — 72 lb
- Borax — 2 lb
- Water — 267 lb
How it is made
| Process | Semi-boiled |
| Alkali | Caustic potash lye, 26° B. · 135 lb · 26° Bé |
| Superfat | Not stated |
| Water | as the source states it |
| Iodine value | 119 |
| INS | 72 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 15 below 29–54
Cleansing 0 below 12–22
Conditioning 82 above 44–69
Bubbly lather 0 below 14–46
Creamy lather 14 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 cheap version of I. Also 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