Vitamin E oil

[jennyannlowe]

Has anyone used this in cold process? Found it in Walgreens on sale. Figured worth a try. And how much PPO?

 

[shunt2011]

If it's 100% Vitamin E you should be fine. I would use it at 1%. I don't use it in soap though.

 

[dixiedragon]

What are the ingredients? It could be Vitamin E in mineral oil or something.

 

[jennyannlowe]

Here is a pic of the back of the bottle.

 

[snappyllama]

It looks like it's mainly safflower oil with some vitamin E mixed it. I'm not sure about the ratio of 56000 international units would be...

If you added that to your soap, you'd mainly be superfatting with safflower oil.

 

[lsg]

Yep, it is probably a whole lot of safflower oil and very little Vit E.

 

[jennyannlowe]

I didn't pay much for it and that should have been my first clue! Oh...I want to try some tussah silk. Can someone recommend a cheap source ? Good quality?

 

[GrantLee63]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/118816592/fine-bleached-tussah-silk-for-luxury

 

[IrishLass]

Based on the DOS/rancidity tests conducted by Dr. Kevin Dunn and recorded in his book 'Scientific Soapmaking', vitamin E is pretty much useless in soap (it showed no prophylactic effect in his tests). If you wish to use something to stave off DOS/rancidity, the most effective things to use are either Tetrasodium EDTA or ROE, or a combination of BHT with sodium citrate.


IrishLass

 

[topofmurrayhill]

Based on the DOS/rancidity tests conducted by Dr. Kevin Dunn and recorded in his book 'Scientific Soapmaking', vitamin E is pretty much useless in soap (it showed no prophylactic effect in his tests). If you wish to use something to stave off DOS/rancidity, the most effective things to use are either Tetrasodium EDTA or ROE, or a combination of BHT with sodium citrate.

Yes and ROE + EDTA is good too.