Teach Soap

I'm still planning out that first batch of CP soap, and I'm having a hard time finding Palm Oil. The only thing I can seem to get my hands on is RED Palm oil, which I have come to understand is the same thing, just unrefined. I am also under the impression that this will discolor my soap a slightly orange/red color. It's not a big deal for this batch as I had planned to color my soap to a nice burgandy shade, but I was wondering...where do you find refined palm oil that is less likely to discolor the batch? Do you order from a certain vendor online, or do you know of any grocery chain that would carry such an oil?

Most 'soap making supply' stores should carry it.
BB has some here

since this is your first batch of CP why not use lard ( get it in any grocery store) it does the same thing in soap as palm oil. and no shipping charges , till you get the hang of making soap. just make sure you run your recipe through a lye calculator first cause the sap numbers might be slightly diffrent.

Thanks for the tip, I'm definitely going to try it. A lot more readily available and much less expensive.

also, palm oil is also made by a company called spectrum, and i buy it in the health food section of my regular grocery store, it's called "organic shortening".... kind of like an organic Crisco.... altho i don't think Crisco is palm oil. anyways, of you read the ingredients label, it will say something like 100% palm oil....

Hi Newmoon -

you can also try local Indian grocery stores...I believe they also call Palm oil "Vegetable Ghee" - or Whole Foods sell it in a tub.

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The recipe is:

8 oz Coconut Oil
8 oz Canola Oil
8 oz Lard
3.4 oz Lye
8 oz Water


The lard was originally Palm Oil in the recipe, but after running it through several calculators I verified that the amounts would work for either substance. Since I could find Lard more easily, that's what I purchased.

if you used olive oil instead of canola i think you'd have yourself a nice little recipe there.

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Well...it's made now, so hopefully it turns out nicely.