The oils
| Oil | As the source prints it | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut Oil | Cocoanut Oil · 100 lb | 100.0 % |
Everything else
- Water — 6 lb
- Silver sand (fine) — 60 lb · inert abrasive
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | Soda Lye, 38° B. · 55 lb · 38° 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
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.93. Soap-Making Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant · read 2026-09-22