My first sea salt CP recipe

[cpacamper]

I love my almost finished round of Swedish Dream Sea Salt Soap and want to make my own. After some reading here and elsewhere, I came up with the following recipe from oils I have on hand:

80% coconut Oil
15% Olive Oil
5% Sunflower Oil

I'd use fine sea salt at 75% by weight of oils, and I bought Salty Mariner FO from Brambleberry. I'll mix the two together before adding to oil/lye at trace. I'll mold in silicone muffin pan. What do you think? Here's the screenshot from Soapcalc:

 

[Obsidian]

Looks good but I suggest SF at 20%, thats standard for salt bars.

 

[Seawolfe]

Personally I would swap the 5% sunflower for castor oil, but that's only because I loves me some bubbles. Yeah +1 put the SF to 20% like Obsidian recommends.
If its in a loaf, be ready to cut in a few hours, mine are always still hot when I cut them.
Edit to add - I see you're using individual molds - never mind about cutting!

 

[cmzaha]

Personally I would swap the 5% sunflower for castor oil, but that's only because I loves me some bubbles. Yeah +1 put the SF to 20% like Obsidian recommends.
If its in a loaf, be ready to cut in a few hours, mine are always still hot when I cut them.
Edit to add - I see you're using individual molds - never mind about cutting!

I agree with all this plus I would up the fo to 1 oz ppo. I usually 1.2 in my salt bars. I find the fo gets lost and just smells like salt after time.

 

[Crombie]

Salt Bars

Like the others, I recommend castor oil over the sunflower oil as it will help with lather. I always use FO @ maximum recommendation in my salt bars.

My salt bars have amazing lather - I use SL at 2% and dry malt extract at 1 tsp ppo.

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[shunt2011]

I agree with the others on upping your superfat to 20% and adding castor oil. I too at SL and use the max amount of fragrance

 

[Stacy]

Pure curiosity from a total newbie here, but I remember reading you should aim to use 15-30% coconut oil in a bar or it tends to get drying.

Is that different for salt bars?

 

[summerflyy]

@stacy
From what I know, the salt in salt bars inhibits lathers so salt bars usually call for a high percentage of coconut oil like 70% or more. Many uses 80% and a 20% superfat. The much higher superfat helps to counter the drying effect of the coconut oil.

 

[cpacamper]

I agree with all this plus I would up the fo to 1 oz ppo. I usually 1.2 in my salt bars. I find the fo gets lost and just smells like salt after time.

Please check my math:

1.2 oz fo per pound of oils

1.2oz /16oz=.08 or 8% of total weight of oil

In grams:

8% x 500 grams = 40 grams f.o.

Ok, so assuming my above math is correct, using 20% superfat, and swapping castor for sunflower oil, soapcalc tells me the bubbly number goes from 54 to 58, a 7% increase with no change in conditioning or cleansing properties. Is that enough to notice a significant difference?

edit: here's the soapcal update:

 

[kmarvel]

I love my almost finished round of Swedish Dream Sea Salt Soap and want to make my own. After some reading here and elsewhere, I came up with the following recipe from oils I have on hand:

80% coconut Oil
15% Olive Oil
5% Sunflower Oil

I'd use fine sea salt at 75% by weight of oils, and I bought Salty Mariner FO from Brambleberry. I'll mix the two together before adding to oil/lye at trace. I'll mold in silicone muffin pan. What do you think? Here's the screenshot from Soapcalc:

The FO you chose sounds really nice!!! "Salty Mariner".

 

[cpacamper]

The FO you chose sounds really nice!!! "Salty Mariner".

Yeah, it sounded good and the reviews were positive. I wonder if the bottle uses "salty language." :-D:-D:-D

 

[kmarvel]

Yeah, it sounded good and the reviews were positive. I wonder if the bottle uses "salty language." :-D:-D:-D

lol.......bet it does!!!

 

[Ellacho]

20% SF was a little oily for my acne prone skin and I like it to be at 18%. I often use Himalayan salt(or sea salt) at 100% by weight of oils for my salt bar.

Good luck !

 

[cmzaha]

Please check my math:

1.2 oz fo per pound of oils

1.2oz /16oz=.08 or 8% of total weight of oil

In grams:

8% x 500 grams = 40 grams f.o.

Ok, so assuming my above math is correct, 2using 0% superfat, and swapping castor for sunflower oil, soapcalc tells me the bubbly number goes from 54 to 58, a 7% increase with no change in conditioning or cleansing properties. Is that enough to notice a significant difference?

edit: here's the soapcal update:

Yep. Your math is correct I use 7-8% fo in my salt bars.

 

[cpacamper]

Just made my first batch with my daughter! Ill try to post pics.

 

[Susie]

Please check my math:

1.2 oz fo per pound of oils

1.2oz /16oz=.08 or 8% of total weight of oil

In grams:

8% x 500 grams = 40 grams f.o.

Ok, so assuming my above math is correct, using 20% superfat, and swapping castor for sunflower oil, soapcalc tells me the bubbly number goes from 54 to 58, a 7% increase with no change in conditioning or cleansing properties. Is that enough to notice a significant difference?

edit: here's the soapcal update:

Yes, yes it is enough to notice a significant difference. Do a tester batch with the first recipe, then do this recipe. Then you know for yourself.

 

[Bex1982]

I did 8% sf, 20% and 15%. I like 15% the best but everyone is different.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Let us know how it goes. As you know, pictures are required here......................

 

[Obsidian]

Salty mariner accelerates like crazy so be prepared for that. I would add the colorants/salt and thin trace then quickly mix the FO in by hand.

 

[Nevada]

Sunflower adds much desirable Linoleic Acid.
80% Coconut Oil will provide plenty of bubbles and creamy lather.
Keep your salt around 50%