Kamahido
Paladin of Soap
Which do you prefer using... lard or tallow?
In general...lard for 3 reasons: hardness, conditioning, keeping the batter fluid longer for swirls. Really no need for olive oil or other oleic oils since lard's fatty acids break down in oleic. High lard soaps need very little or no titanium dioxide for a nice white bar. (Titanium is not a completely harmless ingredient and I just prefer to not use it)
Tallow: seems to be harder than lard (still studying that), somewhat less conditioning, less volume in its creamy lather - but still something that intrigues me about it. Under the right conditions tallow can also give a respectable time for swirling. I love the crispness of a high tallow bar. Even if I left it sitting in water I don't get soap "goo". Olive oil (or high soft oils soaps) get gooey very easily, lard far less so, and tallow even less than that. I think a tallow soap is whiter than lard, but I've seen others disagree with that. My personal use soaps are high tallow with just a touch of co, and 15% avocado or shea butter and I love it. I think that tallow allows the avocado or shea to really shine. When I add shea to a lard soap, I don't really notice a difference except perhaps slightly less lather.
That's probably more info than you wanted!
I haven't made or tried either yet. I'm looking forward to it. My consideration is that I have friends who won't touch anything pork (for various reasons), and some of them test my hobby soaps, so I am more likely to use tallow.
I prefer lard to tallow. I don't like the scent of tallow soap. You can use tallow, but you can also use palm instead of lard or tallow.
Lard + tallow here)
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Why not use both when you can? I also use palm tallow so does that make 3?
There are a couple of people that I know that don't want to use anything that was once part of an animal so they get vegetarian soap. Why confounds me but it's an interesting challenge on it own.:silent:
Yup!
Why not use both when you can? I also use palm tallow so does that make 3?
There are a couple of people that I know that don't want to use anything that was once part of an animal so they get vegetarian soap. Why confounds me but it's an interesting challenge on it own.:silent:
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