katshe Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Here is my recipe I am thinking of going with.Need advise from the pros here, you all seem so much more in tune with these numbers than me. I used soap calc and I think I have what I need in this recipe.castor 5%crisco 25%coconut 25%Lard 25%olive 15%mango butter 5%hardness 42cleansing 17condition 53bubbly la 22cream la 29iodine 59ins 156 Are these number in the right area for a sudsy and conditioning hard bar?:whistle: Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Crisco and Lard pretty much act the same way in soap. I am not sure why you would use both, I would drop one of them. You only have 20% soft oils, which can make your bar a little drying, you should up your olive oil for sure. Crisco is pretty much hydronated soybean oil, so if you are wanting soybean oil, I would go for the liquid oil instead of the hard type, you would get more benifits out of the liquid type. castor 5%coconut 25%Lard 30%olive 35%mango butter 5%hardness 40cleansing 17condition 55bubbly la 22cream la 28iodine 55ins 156If you wanted to add liquid soybean oilcastor 5%coconut 25%Lard 30%olive 25%mango butter 5%soybean oil 10%hardness 40cleansing 17condition 55bubbly la 22cream la 28iodine 60ins 152 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katshe Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 Not sure why I chose crisco, but I was thinking of sunflower oil and olive oil but couldnt get numbers to work for me as far as hardnessI will give it another try without criscoThanks Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carriegsxr6 Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 If you want to add sunflower, then look at the second recipe I listed and sub the soybean oil for sunflower oil. :cheesy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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