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LucyK

Post subject: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:48 pm

Joined: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:50 am
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Is there another oil I can use in place of either lard or Palm to help lather? Trying to keep my soap vegan and somewhat earth friendly.

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BAMA

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 5:22 pm

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What about Coconut

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soapbuddy

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 5:36 pm

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Location: Mistress Of Lather

Coconut or castor help with lather. What other oils or butters will you be using?

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LucyK

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 5:55 am

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I don't really have a recipe yet...just doing some research. I already use coconut and castor (and OO)...so I guess I'll just drop the palm and see how that goes.

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ljm1180

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:10 am

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Location: Jefferson City, TN

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LucyK

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:48 am

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SudsyFun

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:06 am

Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:22 am
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Location: Northern Nevada

Sunflower is a nice oil too. I have a recipe with olive, sunflower, shea butter, coconut, and palm that is quite nice. Happy soaping!

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ljm1180

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:27 am

Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:14 am
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Location: Jefferson City, TN

You could sub part of your olive oil (10-15%) with the sunflower. That would be a good way to use it up.

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hvrba

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:18 pm

Joined: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:19 am
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Location: Lewisville, Texas

I have been using Olive, Sunflower and Coconut and I love it! My best recipe yet.

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LucyK

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:50 pm

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hvrba

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:11 am

Joined: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:19 am
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Location: Lewisville, Texas

I bought it in hopes to replace the olive oil with it but I didn't. Olive just gives a much harder bar. I only use the Sunflower oil at 10%, Olive at 60% and Coconut at 30% and I superfat at 8%. I haven't had any problems with dos but I have only used this recipe 3 times now. One at 5 weeks ago, one at 3 weeks ago and one last week.

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BAMA

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:10 am

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I use coconut and Sunflower in my Sea Salt bars

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seibert7kids

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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:26 am

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ljm1180

Post subject: Re: No lard or Palm?

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:00 pm

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Location: Jefferson City, TN

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