Limited Oil supplies!!!

[soap_opera]

Hello Soapers,

I'm Hillary from Africa. I have just started making soap and have been searching in vain for recipes that use only the oils available to me...

Can I make a good lathery, hard, white bar out of these inputs: Tallow, Lard, sunflower oil, castor oil, corn (maize) oil, cottonseed oil, Soy oil and other fatty acids like stearic acid and oleic acid. I simply can't get any coconut or palm in this part of africa; please help me come up with a decent recipe out of these oils.

 

[alwaysme07]

Welcome to the forum, Have you use any soap calculators?


http://www.soapmakingforum.com/forum/vi ... php?t=3515

 

[soap_opera]

Yep. I've just downloaded one from the internet but it just tells me the amount of lye for the oils i key in. Does it tell me anything about the likely product qualities based on the type of oils i select?