I have been reading in the search and archive threads. Which oils would be considered stable and which would be considered unstable. Also hard oils are the only relegated to CO, PKO, BO, are there others? Palm I know is a filler but can it be called a hard oils as well? I want to superfatt some soaps at 10%.
Stable oils vs Unstable oils
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Soapy Gurl
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If you are looking to superfat with a hard oil, look at butters. Cocoa butter lasts forever, shea butter, mango butter, all good choices. Unstable would be hemp. I use castor, sweet almond, grape seed. rice bran oil and a few more I can't think of.
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Olive is considered a hard oil- think end product.
The list is a mile long as far as stable and unstable oils go.
Some examples:
Unstable: Hemp, Canola, Grapeseed, Soy, Cottonseed, Rice Bran
Stable: Coconut, Jojoba, Palm, etc...
There are many more but it's probably best if you research an oil you want to put in your recipe and go from there.
The list is a mile long as far as stable and unstable oils go.
Some examples:
Unstable: Hemp, Canola, Grapeseed, Soy, Cottonseed, Rice Bran
Stable: Coconut, Jojoba, Palm, etc...
There are many more but it's probably best if you research an oil you want to put in your recipe and go from there.
