Textile scouring
Textile soap on corn oil
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 | 12 parts | 15.4 % |
| Maize Oil (Corn Oil) | Corn Oil · 46 parts | 59.0 % |
| House Grease · not in the database yet | 20 parts | 25.6 % |
How it is made
| Process | Semi-boiled |
| Alkali | Soda Lye, 36° B. · 3 parts · 36° 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, House Grease, 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.100. Soap-Making Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant · read 2026-09-22