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I think it will make good soap - but maybe would benefit from a little more tallow and a little less Olive. However, the 45% Olive is fine too ( I make one with that amount) but it will take a little longer to harden. It will be better with 3 months or more to cure.
It looks like there's quite a bit of water in your recipe. Did you use the soapcalc standard setting of water as 38% of oils? That's unfortunately not the best way to calculate water. Try 30-33% lye concentration. More info on calculating water in your recipe here and here
Overall your recipe looks fine. If you're looking to up the palmitic+stearic (since you mention wanting to replace palm/butters) you could use more tallow, or if that's not an option look for neem seed oil (I heard it stinks, but it has quite a bit of palmitic+stearic acids).
Another way to increase bar hardness/longevity is to add some beeswax (+-3% of oils), though you'll need to soap warmer to make sure the beeswax is melted. Or you could add salt and make a brine soap or salt bars, but that's an entirely different type of soap and generally needs a different recipe (and I'm not an expert on making them)
This is all just to give you an idea of the different options. The most important thing is that you figure out what you like in soap and make soap that you (and the people you give/sell to) enjoy using.
Happy soaping!
Overall your recipe looks fine. If you're looking to up the palmitic+stearic (since you mention wanting to replace palm/butters) you could use more tallow, or if that's not an option look for neem seed oil (I heard it stinks, but it has quite a bit of palmitic+stearic acids).
Another way to increase bar hardness/longevity is to add some beeswax (+-3% of oils), though you'll need to soap warmer to make sure the beeswax is melted. Or you could add salt and make a brine soap or salt bars, but that's an entirely different type of soap and generally needs a different recipe (and I'm not an expert on making them)
This is all just to give you an idea of the different options. The most important thing is that you figure out what you like in soap and make soap that you (and the people you give/sell to) enjoy using.
Happy soaping!
Yes of course. I turned off saying I reduced 494 grams of water to 350
If it were me, I would up the tallow to 30%, cut the castor to 5%, lower the CO to 20% or lower and deduct the balance from the OO. But I am not a lover of OO and use tallow in all my non-vegan recipes. Tallow makes a nice hard long-lasting bar but does add a cleansing value which is why I would lower the CO. Of course, my skin hates high CO
