Soft soaps
Olive-foots potash soap for silk throwing
This one names a fat the database does not carry yet, so the numbers below are not computed. The fats a recipe wants and we lack are what decides which ones get added next.
The oils
| Oil | As the source prints it | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Olive Oil Foots · not in the database yet | 600 lb | 100.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Semi-boiled |
| Alkali | Potash Lye, 20° B. · 660 lb · 20° Bé |
| Superfat | Not stated |
| Water | as the source states it |
What the numbers say
This one cannot be computed yet: it names Olive Oil Foots, which the ingredient database does not carry.
The source
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.101. Soap-Making Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant · read 2026-09-22