The oils
| Oil | As the source prints it | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Kernel Oil | 30 parts | 30.0 % |
| Oleic Acid | Red Oil (single pressed) · 70 parts | 70.0 % |
How it is made
| Process | Full-boiled |
| Alkali | Not stated |
| Superfat | Not stated |
| Water | as the source states it |
| Iodine value | 68 |
| INS | 142 |
This is a boiled soap. A kettle soap has its excess alkali salted out and drawn off before framing, so the recipe states the alkali charged, never the alkali the bar keeps. Read as a modern cold-process recipe it would be lye-heavy.
What the numbers say
Hardness 25 below 29–54
Cleansing 20 12–22
Conditioning 67 44–69
Bubbly lather 20 14–46
Creamy lather 5 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
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