question to make soap

[foudecine]

Good Morning

1- there are norme legal for making soap ? if yes where i can found?


2- I would like to know exactly what do these indicators here and their exact function:

http://soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcWP.asp


3- ps: I want to make soap a very very soft for skin that indicator I need it?



thank you answer me

 

[Seawolfe]

Good Morning

1- there are norme legal for making soap ? if yes where i can found?

I'm not sure what "norme legal" means. Anyone can make soap, but legalities for selling depend on where you are

2- I would like to know exactly what do these indicators here and their exact function:
http://soapcalc.net/calc/SoapCalcWP.asp

our own LunaSkye wore an excellent tutorial for soapcalc

3- ps: I want to make soap a very very soft for skin that indicator I need it?

You want it very low in cleansing and high in conditioning. Lard is nice for skin

 

[Hazel]

Hello foudecine,

Je espère que ce est compréhensible.

Welcome to the forum! Bienvenue sur le forum! :grin:

There is a detailed explanation on SoapCalc which explains about the values. Please see this page. Il ya une explication détaillée sur SoapCalc qui explique sur les valeurs. Se il vous plaît voir cette page. http://soapcalc.net/info/SoapQualities.asp

To make a soap which is mild for the skin, you want to keep the cleansing value lower. I would suggest using coconut oil at a lower percentage - at least 25% or lower. I can give suggestions about recipes if I know what oils you have. Pour faire un savon qui est doux pour la peau, vous voulez garder la valeur de nettoyage inférieure. Je suggère d'utiliser l'huile de coco à un pourcentage plus faible - au moins 25% ou moins. Je peux donner des suggestions au sujet des recettes si je sais ce que vous avez des huiles.

1- there are norme legal for making soap ? if yes where i can found?

I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean legal standards for soap? If so, you'd have to check with your country's regulations. Trouver des informations sur savon à la main ou les règlements cosmétiques pour l'Europe.

 

[Seawolfe]

You're awesome Haze
And I forgot, welcome Foudecine!

 

[Hazel]

Aw shucks...nope!


I'm just grateful for https://translate.google.com/.

 

[foudecine]

hello

thank you for your help

i have other question


i don't understand what is INS ?

what happens if you have a NIS between 200-250?


thank you answer me

 

[DeeAnna]

I apologize that I do not know French, so please pardon my answer in English.

"...what happens if you have a INS between 200-250?..."

Nothing will happen. The INS is just a number. An INS number between 200-250 is for fats that are solid at room temperature.

Here is more about INS --

Both iodine number and INS are ways to evaluate a fat mixture for ease of saponification, initial hardness for ease of unmolding, and the shelf life of the soap. They are values originally created for quickly evaluating blends of fats for use in large scale commercial soapmaking. They are not quite so critical for the handcrafted soapmaker.

Iodine number is a measure of the unsaturated bonds in the fats.
More liquid oils -> more unsaturation -> higher iodine number.

INS is the saponification value minus the iodine number.
More liquid oils -> more unsaturation -> lower INS number.

If a fat has a high INS number, the fat will saponify easily and make a hard soap that cleanses well.

Which fats have high INS values? Coconut is at the top of the list at an INS of about 258, followed by palm kernel, tallow, cocoa butter, palm oil, lard, and shea with INS of 115-230.

Fats with middle INS values of 60-105 are olive, avocado, almond, castor, corn, canola, beeswax, sunflower, and soybean.

At the bottom are fats with INS under 60, such as jojoba, evening primrose, rosehip, and flaxseed (linseed).

Soap calculators like soapcalc recommend a combined INS number somewhere between 135 to 170 which is reasonable for a general purpose type of soap. A single fat such as lard (INS of about 140) would fit the bill. But so would a blend of coconut (INS about 258 ) and olive (INS about 105).

A lard soap has different qualities than a coconut-olive soap even if the INS happens to be the same, so INS is not the only property that a handcrafted soap maker might want to look at. It's just a useful guideline; definitely not an absolute.

Here is more about the origins of INS and how to calculate INS values: http://www.jaschesoap.com/homemade-soap/cold-process/soap-ins-values/