Rendered some tallow + test soap

[SoapBro]

Well i rendered some beef tallow yesterday, started with 1kg of cow fat, i let it simmer for about 2 hours and when the leftovers turned brown i poured it through a cloth into a 1 liter jar, by the looks of it i ended up with about 600g of beef tallow, anyone got some recipes for it?

after an hour:

30 minutes in the fridge:

i also made a test batch of soap, just two small bars since i was bored, i used an odd mix of oils, 50% castor oil, 25% shea butter & 25% cocoa butter with a 7% superfat, the soap ended up looking ivory white and not transparent at all, its very hard and has a low bubbly lather.

im gonna let it cure some more before seeing what it does to my skin..

 

[Obsidian]

Really nice white tallow, how does it smell? Use it in place of palm/lard in any of your regular recipes. I made a bar a couple days ago with 50% tallow, 30% OO, 15% pumpkin seed oil and 5% coconut. It seems like a really nice hard, gentle soap.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Use it like palm or lard. 50% tallow, 30% oo, 15% co and 5% castor would be a great bar

 

[SoapBro]

Really nice white tallow, how does it smell? Use it in place of palm/lard in any of your regular recipes. I made a bar a couple days ago with 50% tallow, 30% OO, 15% pumpkin seed oil and 5% coconut. It seems like a really nice hard, gentle soap.

when its hard theres very little smell, when its melted its smells like steak.

i'm thinking about trying to make a 50% tallow 50% OO soap, thoughts? :mrgreen:

 

[Obsidian]

I recently made 50% lard, 50% OO and its a nice bar. Hard and gentle but not much lather. I'd toss in a little castor

 

[SoapBro]

I recently made 50% lard, 50% OO and its a nice bar. Hard and gentle but not much lather. I'd toss in a little castor

Does lard usually lathers more or less then tallow?

 

[Dahila]

Tallow lathers better than lard

 

[MorpheusPA]

Just plain tallow makes a really nice bar all by itself. Or combine it and treat it as if it were palm--some coconut, a lot of olive, maybe some castor, and so on.

If I were doing it?

50% tallow
35% olive
10% coconut
5% castor

 

[SoapBro]

Just plain tallow makes a really nice bar all by itself. Or combine it and treat it as if it were palm--some coconut, a lot of olive, maybe some castor, and so on.

If I were doing it?

50% tallow
35% olive
10% coconut
5% castor

sounds good, i might do just that, thanks! :-D