heirloomoriginals Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 I use sunflower as one of my main oils (replacing olive because it costs so much). Can I use sunflower to make a castille type bar? It is the high oleic sunflower oil. I would just call it Castille type soap (maybe adding some shea and castor oils).Thanks,Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 It would be way too soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Castile means soap that is mostly olive oil. It has to be olive. No way that you can sub sunflower for olive as a base oil. The properties are too different. Rice Bran oil makes a good OO sub. Sunflower has a short shelf like and is prone to DOS. I use it at 20% or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 I've seen castile as defined as simply all vegetable oil (no animal fats) as well as all olive oil.But I agree that you wouldn't want to sub sunflower for the olive in a traditional castile-type bar because the soap properties won't be what people are expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirloomoriginals Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 Thanks, ladies. I wasn't sure. I might just have to break down and buy the olive oil!Steph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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