Coco butter 20%

[Tracy von Elling]

I tried a new recipe today and now after reading realize the 20% coco butter is way too much. Has anyone ever had success in a bar with 20% coco butter not breaking apart? I'm hoping itll be okay. Any help much appreciated!

 

[Dean]

What is the recipie?

 

[Tracy von Elling]

It's 9% castor,
6% canola
20% coconut oil
30% lard
15% olive
20% cocoa butter

Next time I'm going to lower the castor and coco. Hoping maybe this one won't completely crumble.

 

[Hendejm]

You should be fine....just be prepared to cut early...check for firmness after about 6 hrs or so. I have a recipe with high cocoa content and it’s ready to cut at 6-7 hrs usually.

 

[Tracy von Elling]

Okay thank you so much!

 

[Tracy von Elling]

It's still hot after 8 hours so hoping in the morning it won't be too hard.

 

[KiwiMoose]

I made a 15% cocoa butter one once, and 10% shea - it was ok ( in fact it's a very nice creamy soap). BUT - it didn't have lard as well.

 

[Dawni]

I made a 15% cocoa butter one once, and 10% shea - it was ok ( in fact it's a very nice creamy soap). BUT - it didn't have lard as well.

Same.

I use shea, cocoa and mango butters as hardeners so I've used from 10-20% always.. Not sure how fast for CP but my HP soaps have all been ready to cut within the next 8-12hrs.. Sometimes faster.

 

[Tracy von Elling]

That is helpful. Maybe I'll try that % next time. I'm off to sleep now. It isn't warm anymore but still gel so I can't cut. Will see how it is in 8 hours. I feel like it is too long to leave it for 8 hours but oh well! Thanks for the comments and help!

 

[Dawni]

By cut I meant from end of cook to molding to cutting.

I've cut warm soap before. And I've also made the mistake of cutting when it had cooled down/hardened too much.

If it feels like a block of cheese - not too hard that you have to push down excessively to cut, but not too soft that you can easily dent it - you can try cutting one end to check

 

[amd]

I use a mostly hard soap recipe - tallow, co, shea, and cocoa butter - at 65% of my oils and it works out fine.