Avocado oil bastille

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Ok, I know avocado oil is a terrible soap on its own, but I'm wondering what a Avo bastille would be like. I'm debating between a few recipes, but the constants will be 3% SF, 2% oil weight Sodium Glutamate and Sorbitol, and all liquid will be AVJ. I'm hoping for a recipe that doesn't trace very quickly, and lathers enough that I can substitute avocado fruit for some of the liquid on in the future. It doesn't have to be very bubbly, low CO is a priority. Longevity is usually a high priority for me, but I'll let that go for these. And if anyone's wondering why I'm not doing literally any other liquid oil as a majority, RBO was last week. Stearic Acid in the first two because I like it's ability to speed up getting things to emulsion without freight-training the entire batch (though it can also freight train the batch if you use enough). I also want something that hardens enough to unmold in 24-36 hours.
Option A) I really hate waiting to unmold things
Option B) simplified a bit more
Option C) I don't think 15%CO could loosen 85% Avo enough, so I threw in Sunflower and castor.

33% or 35% lye concentrations, probably.
Thoughts?
 

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Make sure you're using high oleic Sunflower oil st you could bump it up and not risk DOS? They look solid to me but I don't see the purpose of adding stearic acid to your soap. Salt is a cheaper option or sodium lactate even.
 
Make sure you're using high oleic Sunflower oil st you could bump it up and not risk DOS? They look solid to me but I don't see the purpose of adding stearic acid to your soap. Salt is a cheaper option or sodium lactate even.
It's not HO Sunflower, it's there to bump the Linoleic numbers without taking up much space. RBO is my go to if I want to bump the Linoleic FAs while taking up more space.
Salt makes fewer bubbles, which is why it's included in the recipes at low amounts.
Stearic acid makes bigger, fluffier lather and bumps the Stearic FA numbers, which is longevity, not just hardness.
 
I can't help with your recipe but have you ever experimented with safflower oil? I use it in place of OO now and made a 100% batch a few months back.
The 100% batch had better lather without the slime of OO. It did end up getting a touch of dos after 6 months or so but so did many other batches. I used a different long term storage area and the soap didn't seem to like it.
 
I can't help with your recipe but have you ever experimented with safflower oil? I use it in place of OO now and made a 100% batch a few months back.
The 100% batch had better lather without the slime of OO. It did end up getting a touch of dos after 6 months or so but so did many other batches. I used a different long term storage area and the soap didn't seem to like it.
Safflower is one that I was looking into when I started, but crossed off my list for it's propensity for DOS. Also, for whatever reason, I couldn't find it anywhere. I'll have to reconsider the HO version, since I think I saw some at Target the other day.
 
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