sarahmarah
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I’ve been using C3 soy wax in my vegan soap because it’s the only soy wax I have on hand besides 464. I wasn’t sure if there was a reason that I shouldn’t use it? Are the soy based additives detrimental to the soap?
C3 soy wax in soap?
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Dawni
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What's are the additives?
My only experience with additives is what the 444 has, which is labeled as 2% soy based additive, and the results of an experiment in using 40% of it (I know, too much lol) is here.
I so need to try a better percentage to see if I'll get better results. I'm curious to see what the answers will be....
My only experience with additives is what the 444 has, which is labeled as 2% soy based additive, and the results of an experiment in using 40% of it (I know, too much lol) is here.
I so need to try a better percentage to see if I'll get better results. I'm curious to see what the answers will be....
sarahmarah
Well-Known Member
Thank you
C3 has soy based additives as well— I’m not sure the exact percentage. I think 444 may have a higher melt point but I don’t have experience with it. I’ve used between 2-8% C3 in my last 5 small batches to see how it would perform. I was nervous that using a lot would trace very quickly. It seems to be ok at a low percentage soaping at 90F so long as I’m easy with the stick blender and have a behaving FO.
soyummysoap
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Hi there.
From my research and emails with the Cargill people who created C3 - they add coconut based additives as well. That is all they would tell me. Believe me I tried to get the % from them. So I experimented with adding coconut oil of various room temp qualities in soy wax - I used 464 to test. Then I made candle tests and compared burn rates yada yada. It worked out to be 2% coconut . So when I add C3 to my soaps I punch in an extra 2% into the coconut oil column to get the correct saponification . Hope this helps.
From my research and emails with the Cargill people who created C3 - they add coconut based additives as well. That is all they would tell me. Believe me I tried to get the % from them. So I experimented with adding coconut oil of various room temp qualities in soy wax - I used 464 to test. Then I made candle tests and compared burn rates yada yada. It worked out to be 2% coconut . So when I add C3 to my soaps I punch in an extra 2% into the coconut oil column to get the correct saponification . Hope this helps.
