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I have a question about using coconut milk in place of water. Do you reduce the superfat or the amount of oils when using coconut milk since it is so high in fat?

Thanks for all the comments/suggestions. Here is my recipe: Coconut oil 11% Babassu 8% Palm 12% PKO 8 % Mango butter 9% Shea Butter 11% RBO 9% Olive 21% Castor 7% almond 4%

I am thinking of increasing the superfat I use in both HP (crockpot) and CP process soap from 5% to about 7% or maybe even 8%. Does this make for a milder bar? Does it decrease the amount of bubbles? Kirvil

Thanks. That makes sense. Do you use any less of a superfat to compensate for the fat in the goat milk? I used a 6% superfat.

I made goat milk CP soap for the first time in several years using a different method. I bought evaporated canned goat milk, diluted it, and froze it in cubes. Then I weighed the cubes for the liquid portion and added the lye crystals to it. It took quite a while for the lye to melt the frozen...

Thanks for the replies.

I am wondering if any of you have opinions on the merits/properties of the various forms of coconut oil in soap making? I have fractionated coconut oil, 76 degree coconut oil, and regular coconut oil. Does it make any difference which one I use in terms on the qualities of the soap?