rdc1978
Well-Known Member
So, I've been trying to do the technique below for...lets see....days now. I've had limited success. A big part of the problem is that the last time I tried this design, I soaped at around 85 degrees and when I blended to emulsification, the batter was fine, but when I left it to thicken, it got pretty lumpy. I am assuming it was the palm oil solidifying. Today, i tried again, but I soaped at like 97 degrees, and the batter didn't clump, but it set up kinda quick, so I didn't have too much time to do the design work. As a general rule I normally soap at like 90 degrees and never had a problem, but I read on here that the palm oil will start solidifying again at like 95 degrees so I thought maybe I should keep my temps above 90.
For those of you who use palm oil, what is the lowest you can soap at to keep a loose batter?
I'm also considering if I should just switch over to a coconut and olive oil recipe, use sodium lactate and increase the superfat so the soap isn't too trying. I had gotten some advice from a great guy on youtube (name slips my mind, he donates a lot of his soap to the homeless, very sweet man) and he had told me a while back that he sometimes just used a basic 50% coconut, 50% olive oil soap with like a 20% superfat and it would stay loose enough to do design work.
Anyways, here is my recipe, any help is appreciated. Its like 10pm, so if I haven't explained myself well, please let me know
3% castor oil - 1.11 oz
30% coconut oil - 11.1 oz
57% olive oil - 21.09 oz
10% palm oil - 3.7 oz
5% super fat, 29% lye concentration
water - 12.93 oz
lye - 5.28 oz
This is what I'm going for BTW
For those of you who use palm oil, what is the lowest you can soap at to keep a loose batter?
I'm also considering if I should just switch over to a coconut and olive oil recipe, use sodium lactate and increase the superfat so the soap isn't too trying. I had gotten some advice from a great guy on youtube (name slips my mind, he donates a lot of his soap to the homeless, very sweet man) and he had told me a while back that he sometimes just used a basic 50% coconut, 50% olive oil soap with like a 20% superfat and it would stay loose enough to do design work.
Anyways, here is my recipe, any help is appreciated. Its like 10pm, so if I haven't explained myself well, please let me know
3% castor oil - 1.11 oz
30% coconut oil - 11.1 oz
57% olive oil - 21.09 oz
10% palm oil - 3.7 oz
5% super fat, 29% lye concentration
water - 12.93 oz
lye - 5.28 oz
This is what I'm going for BTW