80% Kokum butter recipe?

[lenarenee]

I have 2lbs of kokum to use up. I’ve made 100% Shea butter soap before. Thinking about kokum at 80% with 5% coco and castor, 10% olive. Any guess how that will work?

 

[Saponificarian]

The lather will be abysmal and the bar will be really hard.

With Kokum/Illipe, going over 10% in a recipe with low coconut makes for a bar that won’t lather great. Ask me how I know

ETA: Making a batch with 20% Kokum 20% Coconut and 60% combo of liquid oils makes a really good bar.

 

[lenarenee]

The lather will be abysmal and the bar will be really hard.

With Kokum/Illipe, going over 10% in a recipe with low coconut makes for a bar that won’t lather great. Ask me how I know

ETA: Making a batch with 20% Kokum 20% Coconut and 60% combo of liquid oils makes a really good bar.

I know this won't be a typical bar of soap - and that's what I'm striving for. I love using a 100 % shea butter bar for frequent hand washing during this pandemic. I don't have shea butter on hand, so thought I'd use kokum with just a touch of coconut and soft oils, along with 5% potassium hydroxide, and see what happens.

 

[Saponificarian]

I know this won't be a typical bar of soap - and that's what I'm striving for. I love using a 100 % shea butter bar for frequent hand washing during this pandemic. I don't have shea butter on hand, so thought I'd use kokum with just a touch of coconut and soft oils, along with 5% potassium hydroxide, and see what happens.

Shea butter is a different animal though. My Kokum butter is super hard, illipe even harder. Like little stones.

You might end up liking it... Let us know how it goes.

 

[Arimara]

Isn't cocoa butter softer than kokum? If it is, that is my closest basis for comparison. Besides, I heard that kokum butter is good for the skin and, you know, butters and lotions can still be made with some of it.