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This is the problem with stearic acid. At first glance I was super stoked to be able to buy in smaller quantities, and the sds list the ingredients as stearic acid, but if you Google the product name HYSTRENE[emoji2400] 5016 NF FG POWDER it turns out that this is 50% palmitic acid.

The cas number on my order was 57-11-4. I went down this particular rabbit hole about a year ago, and this was the best solution I found. The SDS is available here. I have read the article by @LBussy before although I never noticed he was also from KC. What up 913 :)

Just FYI, I tracked down my copy of the MSDS and it does say 90% stearic acid minimum. No mention of palmitic acid

I get my stearic acid from Acme-Hardesty here. It's 90% pure which is the closest I've found. The only catch is they don't sell less than 50 lbs at a time.

I am very appreciative of the help diagnosing an issue that would have probably taken me weeks to suss out on my own. So for a hot process soap, you would suggest mixing the coconut milk into the heated oils prior to adding the lye water? Is that correct? Thank you.

I do add the milk after the cook, and that seems like it could be the issue. I've added before the cook by freezing before, is there a better way to add coconut milk?

Yes, from wholesale supplies plus mainly.

my recipe is steric acid palmitic acid palm kernel flakes coconut oil cocoa butter mango butter Shea butter and castor oil all my oils were fresh I use HP with a KOH and NaOH split and add glycerine, sodium lactate, vitamin e, and coconut milk Once it's cooked it goes straight from the pot to...

I have six batches of HP soap that have been curing for four weeks now, and out of no where three of them suddenly started to smell terrible sort of an industrial cleaner smell. has anyone experienced something like this? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the help. I did end up ordering from lab supply outlaws. I had to have them ship it to my work address, because they wont ship to a home address, and the other place requires a manufacturers tax exemption certificate before you can create an account. Unlike stearic acid which is...

Yes, I'm wondering if anyone knows a source for palmitic acid. All I find is links to static acid

Does anyone know of a source for buying palmitic acid? I've found it before somewhere and didn't bookmark the site, and now I am at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated.