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Basic Tallow

Notes:
Fragrance: (57g)
Additives: Kaolin clay. Make a paste with frgrance
Kaplin clay 2 tbs
Sugar 3tbs
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Step 1: Measure solid oils in one container and soft oils in another
Step 2: Mix Mica powder with olive oil from the batch in a container big enuff to hold batter later.
Step 4: Add 3tbs sugar and all of clay/fragrance to remaining soft oils
Step 5: Measure lye and Water in separate containers
Step 6: Pour lye over water. Stir constantly until solution is clear
Step 7: Once lye has dissolved pour (over a strainer) onto hard oils.
Step 8: Continue to stir until all hard oils are melted.
Step 9: Add soft oils (with sugar/fragrance) to hard Oil/lye mixture
Step 10: Stick blend to emulsion/light trace
Step 11: Pour off about 1/3 the batter into the container with Mica and Olive oil
Step 12: Mix thoroughly until the color is uniform
Step 13: Proceed with design
  • Created:07/03/2026
  • Last Updated:04/04/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required8.43 oz238.93 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 5.62 oz 159.28 g
Oil Weight40.34 oz1143.53 g
Fragrance Weight2.02 oz57.18 g
Super Fat6 %
Total Batch Weight56.4 oz1598.91 g
Lye Concentration40 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio1.5:1
Saturated : Unsaturated49:51

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather2214 - 46
Cleansing1712 - 22
Condition4844 - 69
Hardness4929 - 54
Longevity3125 - 50
Creamy Lather3616 - 48
Iodine5041 - 70
Ins157136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric11
Myristic7
Palmitic20
Stearic13
Ricinoleic5
Oleic37
Linoleic5
Linolenic1

Liquid and NaOH

Liquid Required8.43 oz238.93 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 5.62 oz 159.28 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Tallow Beef5020.17571.76
Olive Oil2510.08285.88
Coconut Oil, 76 deg208.07228.69
Castor Oil52.0257.19
Total10040.341143.53

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Graph: Recipe Properties %

  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Bubbly
  • Cleansing
  • Condition
  • Hardness
  • Longevity
  • Creamy
  • 46
    14
    22
  • 22
    12
    17
  • 69
    44
    48
  • 54
    29
    49
  • 50
    25
    31
  • 48
    16
    36
Graph: Recipe Properties %

Graph: Fatty Acids %

  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 0
  • Lauric
  • Myristic
  • Palmitic
  • Stearic
  • Ricinoleic
  • Oleic
  • Linoleic
  • Linolenic
  • 11
  • 7
  • 20
  • 13
  • 5
  • 37
  • 5
  • 1
Graph: Fatty Acids %

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