JimSteel
Active Member
I've made a batch so far, one of my first soapmaking endeavours, but I'm starting to learn more and have began considering other formulas.
Off the top of my head, the recipe was something like
85% coconut oil
15% olive
d-limonene used in place of water at about 3% mass.
ground pumice.
very low superfat - under 5%
I know, this is a formula for a very drying bar. First and foremost I want this to be extremely cleansing to cut some heavy grease and with my preliminary testing, it works well.
So, I've been doing some research and I see two options for my future batches.
1) go with a very high (even 100%) coconut oil and a high superfat (10-20%?) to make for a very cleansing bar that is easy on the skin.
2) Keep something similar to my recipe, where a conditioning oil is used and the superfat is kept much lower.
Not having experience on high superfat soaps yet, I was wondering if anyone had some thoughts on how these soaps might contrast. Keeping in mind my primary goal is a super cleansing bar. Conditioning comes second, but if i can have my cake and eat it too, that would be a bonus.
Thanks, Jim
Off the top of my head, the recipe was something like
85% coconut oil
15% olive
d-limonene used in place of water at about 3% mass.
ground pumice.
very low superfat - under 5%
I know, this is a formula for a very drying bar. First and foremost I want this to be extremely cleansing to cut some heavy grease and with my preliminary testing, it works well.
So, I've been doing some research and I see two options for my future batches.
1) go with a very high (even 100%) coconut oil and a high superfat (10-20%?) to make for a very cleansing bar that is easy on the skin.
2) Keep something similar to my recipe, where a conditioning oil is used and the superfat is kept much lower.
Not having experience on high superfat soaps yet, I was wondering if anyone had some thoughts on how these soaps might contrast. Keeping in mind my primary goal is a super cleansing bar. Conditioning comes second, but if i can have my cake and eat it too, that would be a bonus.
Thanks, Jim