Hard bar? Olive oil?

[Egzandra]

I am confused about using olive oil because some people say it makes a soft bar and others say it makes a hard bar. Is it better to use it in combination with other oils?

Many thanks

Egzandra

 

[Guest]

If you use 100% olive oil, it is soft at first , the longer it cures the harder it gets.It gets rock hard after a time.It is also said to have a kind of slimey lather at 100% Olive oil. You can do an 80% olive oil and 20% coconut oil. Some people do 90% olive oil and 10 % castor oil.
Any way you do it , you would have a very nice soap.

HTH

Kitn

 

[MikeInPdx]

If you use 100% olive oil, it is soft at first , the longer it cures the harder it gets.It gets rock hard after a time.It is also said to have a kind of slimey lather at 100% Olive oil. You can do an 80% olive oil and 20% coconut oil. Some people do 90% olive oil and 10 % castor oil.
Any way you do it , you would have a very nice soap.

HTH

Kitn

ITA with what Kitn has said. Just wanted to add that 100% OO soap does get a less slimy lather as it cures longer. At about six months old, it's lovely stuff.

You can also get it to harden up a lot faster (and trace a lot faster) by using a 40% lye solution. Makes a huge difference on pure castile.

 

[Guest]

If you use 100% olive oil, it is soft at first , the longer it cures the harder it gets.It gets rock hard after a time.It is also said to have a kind of slimey lather at 100% Olive oil. You can do an 80% olive oil and 20% coconut oil. Some people do 90% olive oil and 10 % castor oil.
Any way you do it , you would have a very nice soap.

HTH

Kitn

ITA with what Kitn has said. Just wanted to add that 100% OO soap does get a less slimy lather as it cures longer. At about six months old, it's lovely stuff.

You can also get it to harden up a lot faster (and trace a lot faster) by using a 40% lye solution. Makes a huge difference on pure castile.

Thanks for the lye tip , I haven't played around much with discounting lye , I am skeered to..

 

[Imblebee]

I made a 100% OO last week with a 50% sol. I used a whisk, too high of a sol. for the stick blender. Works like a beaut. Cut within hours.

 

[MikeInPdx]

Thanks for the lye tip , I haven't played around much with discounting lye , I am skeered to..

Don't be skeered!

Just check the lye concentration on soap calc and set it to 40%.....then use that (much smaller) amount of water. After that it's just soaping.

Do be careful with the more concentrated lye solutions; they can burn you quicker than full water.

 

[MikeInPdx]

I made a 100% OO last week with a 50% sol. I used a whisk, too high of a sol. for the stick blender. Works like a beaut. Cut within hours.

I have yet to go that high.....I'll have to try it one day.

 

[Woodi]

I made some 100% organic olive oil soap on March 3rd. It's nice and hard now. I gave this one to the monks at the monastery nearby.

and here are two unwrapped: The bottom two, top is olive, pko, castor and nag champa scent.

BTW: you don't need to use soapcalc (which goes down sometimes) if you own SoapMaker, and our version 3 is the best yet, just newly released.

 

[Egzandra]

I feel more confident about using a large percentage of oo now, thank you everyone. It does not seem to matter what grade of oil you use either, so I can get it from the supermarket.

 

[Guest]

You are welcome, don't forget to show us pictures :wink:
The price of Olive Oil is going down here ..Yahoo!!

Kitn