Grape seed oil soap recipes
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What kind of recipe are you looking for. You really shouldn't use just grapeseed old. It has a short shelf life (6 mos or so) and would be prone to DOS. I personally wouldn't use it at more than 10%
goji_fries
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@shunt, I have a few soft oils (soybean, safflower, grapeseed, etc). I might have to put these into a wax mix for solid perfumes. But, have you ever found an effective way to dump similar oils into a batch without the risk of DOS or soggy soaps>?
Dorymae
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I use the "no-no" oils like grape seed and sunflower oil in my soap recipes. I usually add vitamin E to the blend. I have a few old bars (over 2 years) and no DOS yet. In one recipe sunflower is 15 percent and I have one at 18 percent. The one with grape seed is 12 percent. I have one more recipe where the grape seed is at 20 percent - no DOS yet but the recipe is a newer one and my oldest bars are only 8 months old.
I add vitamin E directly to my oils when I buy them and there is an additional 1 percent added to the recipe.
I add vitamin E directly to my oils when I buy them and there is an additional 1 percent added to the recipe.
goji_fries
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How much? Like 1 drop/oz?
Only using small percentages 5-10%. Also adding ROE or Vitamin E to the oils may extend their shelf life a bit longer. I don't use any of them so can't speak first hand.
Dorymae
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When I add it to the freshly bought oil I add one oz per gallon, I'm not sure if it helps really or not. All I can say is that I haven't had DOS since I have been adding it. I think there are many factors that cause (or make it more probable to get) DOS. I also switched my curing room to a cooler part of the house and I believe that also helped.
I use sunflower up to 20% and grapeseed up to 15% with no problems. I do add roe into my jugs when I first open the oils. I do a soap that contains hemp oil, grapeseed, tallow, coconut and sunflower. Never had acquire dos and have keep one for a year for testing. I have had lard and coconut oil soap come down with dos, go figure...
