Hello everyone,
I have been making soap for some time now but have only recently taken an interest in formulating my own recipes. After reading a very informative post by DeeAnna regarding interpretation of soap calc numbers, I thought I would take a closer look at the fatty acid profiles of oils I am currently using or plan to use.
However in doing so I have found somewhat inconsistent results.
Taking one oil as an example:
Supplier1: linoliec acid result 12%; oil pure virgin; no Sap number provided
Supplier 2: linoliec acid result 45%; oil pure , sap no 0.136
All other acids are within +- 10%
My questions are:
1. Would the variance in linoliec acid be simply natural batch variances?
2. Would the variance be sufficient to change the sap number?
If the answer to Q2 is yes, then this has some interesting implications, in particular should we be requesting batch specific sap nos from our suppliers?
Thanks in advance
Alibru
I have been making soap for some time now but have only recently taken an interest in formulating my own recipes. After reading a very informative post by DeeAnna regarding interpretation of soap calc numbers, I thought I would take a closer look at the fatty acid profiles of oils I am currently using or plan to use.
However in doing so I have found somewhat inconsistent results.
Taking one oil as an example:
Supplier1: linoliec acid result 12%; oil pure virgin; no Sap number provided
Supplier 2: linoliec acid result 45%; oil pure , sap no 0.136
All other acids are within +- 10%
My questions are:
1. Would the variance in linoliec acid be simply natural batch variances?
2. Would the variance be sufficient to change the sap number?
If the answer to Q2 is yes, then this has some interesting implications, in particular should we be requesting batch specific sap nos from our suppliers?
Thanks in advance
Alibru