The oils
| Oil | As the source prints it | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Edible Tallow (beef/mutton dripping) | Bleached Tallow · 134 lb | 53.8 % |
| Coconut Oil | Cochin Cocoanut Oil · 88 lb | 35.3 % |
| Castor Oil | 20 lb | 8.0 % |
| Rosin | W. W. Rosin · 7 lb | 2.8 % |
Everything else
- Cane Sugar — 64 lb
- Water — 32 lb
- Glycerine — 34 lb
- Alcohol — 16 US gal
How it is made
| Process | Cold process |
| Alkali | Soda Lye, 38 degs. B. · 135 lb · 38° Bé |
| Superfat | Not stated |
| Water | as the source states it |
| Iodine value | 36 |
| INS | 181 |
What the numbers say
Hardness 56 above 29–54
Cleansing 26 above 12–22
Conditioning 34 below 44–69
Bubbly lather 33 14–46
Creamy lather 37 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.86. Soap-Making Manual: A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant · read 2026-09-22