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Saponifier
BASIC TRINITY OF OILS ~ STARTER FORMULA
Olive Oil 35% ~ emollience, conditioning
Coconut 25% (or PKO or Babassu) ~ hardness, lather
Palm 40% (or Lard, or Good Value Shortening from Walmart) ~ bulk
After getting the feel on trace times, bar hardness, lather, start tweaking, to build other elements into the bar. TAKE NOTES each time you tweak the formula.
TWEAK 1
Olive 30%
Coconut 22%
Palm 40%
Shea Butter 5% ~ luxury and moisturization
Castor Oil 3% ~ humectant and lather booster
TWEAK 2 (Use less Olive oil)
Olive 20%
Rice Bran 10% (or Sunflower, Safflower, Almond, Avocado, etc)
Coconut 22%
Palm 40% (or Good Value Shortening from Walmart)
Shea Butter 5% (or Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter, etc.)
Castor Oil 3%
Shea Butter and other “luxury” butters... at 5% you WILL notice the difference in the bar, it keeps the cost per bar still marketable, and gives you a GREAT ‘adjustable’ formula to tailor for your own personal creations.
Just be sure to run any and all oil changes thru your lye calculator.
Page 1 - Use Default Settings for Water, SF, Fragrance. Enter % of each oil.
Page 2 - Sat:Unsat ratio - should be fairly balanced around 50/50 more or less; Iodine Value indicates hardness; 50 or below is a good target; INS Value - 160 is so-called "perfect soap" altho you can achieve excellent results with much lower INS values. Higher INS values, i.e. over 165, may result in crumbly soap.
^^^ Check to see if your Soap Bar Qualities are within the recommended ranges.
Keep Linoleic, Linolenic fatty acids at 15 or below to prevent DOS
NOTE: Please keep in mind that these are "guidelines", not "rules". Once you get the knack of formulating soap, just for fun, compare two soaps for sensitive skin that don't fit these guidelines at all; are at opposite ends of the spectrum; and are both classic soaps that are favored by many soapers and customers alike:
100% Olive Oil castile @ 2:1 water:lye ratio and 0% SF
VS
100% Coconut Oil castile @ 3:1 water:lye ratio and 20% SF
Olive Oil 35% ~ emollience, conditioning
Coconut 25% (or PKO or Babassu) ~ hardness, lather
Palm 40% (or Lard, or Good Value Shortening from Walmart) ~ bulk
After getting the feel on trace times, bar hardness, lather, start tweaking, to build other elements into the bar. TAKE NOTES each time you tweak the formula.
TWEAK 1
Olive 30%
Coconut 22%
Palm 40%
Shea Butter 5% ~ luxury and moisturization
Castor Oil 3% ~ humectant and lather booster
TWEAK 2 (Use less Olive oil)
Olive 20%
Rice Bran 10% (or Sunflower, Safflower, Almond, Avocado, etc)
Coconut 22%
Palm 40% (or Good Value Shortening from Walmart)
Shea Butter 5% (or Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter, etc.)
Castor Oil 3%
Shea Butter and other “luxury” butters... at 5% you WILL notice the difference in the bar, it keeps the cost per bar still marketable, and gives you a GREAT ‘adjustable’ formula to tailor for your own personal creations.
Just be sure to run any and all oil changes thru your lye calculator.
Page 1 - Use Default Settings for Water, SF, Fragrance. Enter % of each oil.
Page 2 - Sat:Unsat ratio - should be fairly balanced around 50/50 more or less; Iodine Value indicates hardness; 50 or below is a good target; INS Value - 160 is so-called "perfect soap" altho you can achieve excellent results with much lower INS values. Higher INS values, i.e. over 165, may result in crumbly soap.
^^^ Check to see if your Soap Bar Qualities are within the recommended ranges.
Keep Linoleic, Linolenic fatty acids at 15 or below to prevent DOS
NOTE: Please keep in mind that these are "guidelines", not "rules". Once you get the knack of formulating soap, just for fun, compare two soaps for sensitive skin that don't fit these guidelines at all; are at opposite ends of the spectrum; and are both classic soaps that are favored by many soapers and customers alike:
100% Olive Oil castile @ 2:1 water:lye ratio and 0% SF
VS
100% Coconut Oil castile @ 3:1 water:lye ratio and 20% SF
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