really white soap

[gaerwen]

I am trying to make a really white cp soap. Is anyone willing to share a recipe or can you tell me what oils to use to keep it really white?
My base recipe is 40% olive and I havent gone too much out of that range. I assume no olive is the way to go?

 

[shunt2011]

I get pretty white soap with OO, CO, PO & Castor with no milks added. However I find with my milk soaps I generally get a pale beige. I'll add TD to most of those if not coloring. You could also do 100% CO at 20% superfat. Give a really white soap. I'm sure others will shar their experience and knowledge.

 

[Dorymae]

My whitest soaps are made with Tallow or lard and also use coconut oil, sunflower and castor. Olive oil soaps turn a yellow on me.

 

[lsg]

Coconut, Castor and Lard combination makes a nice, white bar.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Agree - Leave the OO out for a whiter bar, or keep it to a lower % than the lard

 

[cmzaha]

Coconut or pko, castor, lard or tallow work for me too. I have also added in 15% sunflower and still have my soap turn out white. When I want a very white bar I only use water for liquid

 

[Ellacho]

Try adding sunflower oil to your soap. I've used Mission peak's organic SoapQuick in the past and my soap turned out really white. It was the whitest soap I've made so far without adding T.D.

Following is a blend of organic QuickSoap:

CO 27%
EX OO 2%
Palm 35 %
High Oleic Sunflower 36%

 

[Jstar]

CO and Soybean, with a bit of TD and Kaolin Clay will produce a hard snow white bar.