Adding Lanolin to hot process soap

[Kyle 3 Pass]

Hi all,

Would adding lanolin to the oils before the lye affect the properties of the lanolin? I heard it is best to add at around 100 F because it is temperature sensitive, but just wanted to know since I never worked with it before and others have way more experience under their belt.

I am hot processing the soap.


Thanks,

Kyle

 

[shunt2011]

That's how I would do it. I've not added lanolin to my soaps but if I did I would add them to the oils. However, there is no guarantee what properties remain from our additive after saponification. But we can certainly hope a lot of goodness is still there.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

If you're doing it hot process, maybe add it after the cook?

 

[seven]

^^^
was gonna say the same thing. if it is temp sensitive, wont it be ruined during the cooking process, as it can get quite hot?

 

[songwind]

Lanolin's melting point is about 100F, so it's not crazy heat-sensitive.

I have found multiple body butter and lotion bar recipes that contain beeswax (melts around 150) and lanolin, so it has to be able to take a least that much heat. So I would add it after cooking, maybe giving it a few minutes to cool down, but wouldn't bother waiting until close to 100 unless you're using a low flash point fragrance that has to wait anyway.

 

[Kyle 3 Pass]

Thanks everyone! I am going unscented. It's for a shave soap. I think i may try and add after the cook. Will melt by double boiler first though.

 

[seven]

bumping this thread..

so i am going to try adding some lanolin to cp soap. the lanolin i have is anhydrous one i believe. in soapcalc there is a sap for lanolin, but it says liquid wax? is it the same thing?

since it has a sap value, it should be added to the calc, correct? since lanolin is said to be heat sensitive, should i prevent gel? i get kinda confused about the term heat sensitive sometimes.