Max superfatting
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Most I have done is 20% in a salt soap. I went to about 10% with my Pumpkin Seed Oil soap, but generally speaking I stick to 5%. When I make soap, I make soap. When I make lotions, I make lotions!
Most I have done is 20% in a salt soap. I went to about 10% with my Pumpkin Seed Oil soap, but generally speaking I stick to 5%. When I make soap, I make soap. When I make lotions, I make lotions!
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I went to 20% in a basic OO/palm/coconut bar. I didn't really like it, left my skin feeling a bit odd. It lathered well enough and wasn't overly soft but I won't do it again. My standard SF is 8% for my dry skin. Of course I use 20% SF for my salt bars but thats a whole different animal.
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Yeah, my 8% don't lather great, but I use high tallow amounts. I like 5%, and just did a 4.85% and am excited to see how it works out
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I just cut it this morning. It was strange. Had glycerin rivers on top and separating the layers. Its kinda soft and firm and in a few days I expect it to be pretty hard
Im excited . My favorite so far was 100% lard with 10% superfatting. . I usually do between 5-7% but I love experimenting
Im excited . My favorite so far was 100% lard with 10% superfatting. . I usually do between 5-7% but I love experimenting
I have gone up to 15% as an experiment to see if I could go higher on coconut with a higher superfat. Our skin is sensitive to coconut and/or pk in higher amounts, I can't go higher than 10% total in a recipe. It was a no go...we still got itchy. Anyway, my default is 7%, but I'm thinking I might have up it a bit to ward off "winter skin" My salt bars are the only exception...20%.
I bet! As you can see from the replies here, most people stay below 10 unless they have a large amount of CO in the soap
I generally superfat 7-9% with 20-22% CO. The only time I go higher is with my Salt bars and 100% CO bars and those are at 20% sf.
I would imagine anything really high in a regular recipe wouldn't feel good on the skin at all.
I would imagine anything really high in a regular recipe wouldn't feel good on the skin at all.
I'm in this camp as well. And love those 100% CO / 20% SF bars!
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