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Easy Cook High Temp HP 2# Tallow Coconut Castor

Notes:
Water as % of TOW: 36% - may discount water by amount of post-cook additions
2% superfat in cook for safety - 5-10% superfat after cook
Hybrid soap: KOH 7%, NaOH 93%

1. PREPARE TOOLS:
Beakers for lyes, lye-water pitcher, filtered water, small spatula
2# mold, one overflow mold
Scale, crock pot, weighing bowl(s) for oils, cups for weighing additives, small & lg spatulas, balloon whisk, immersion blender
Thermometer, pH test strips, apron, gloves, glasses, face shield, wet paper towels
Preheat oven to 170* to hold melted PCSF and other additives and molds

2. WEIGH BASE OILS INTO MEASURING BOWL AND ADD TO CROCK POT ON LOW-MEDIUM BURNER

3. WEIGH ____________oz WATER and 1T SALT INTO LYE-WATER PITCHER (DISCOUNTED? ____________oz)

4. WEIGH/MEASURE POST-COOK ADDITIVES
PCSF:
8% superfat added after saponification - 2.56oz minus 1oz fragrance oil = 1.56oz superfat oils, (jojoba and castor) plus 1.2oz cetyl alcohol melted into the superfats, keep warm

WATER/ LIQUID: 3oz coconut milk, 1,6oz (5% TOW) sodium lactate, 1oz sorbitol, 1oz (2%TOW) citric acid, and 2T sugar mixed together and heated to melt sugar, keep warm.

FRAGRANCE: Measure fragrance oil, mix in 2T kaolin clay as scent fixative, mix well, cover, keep warm

For color designing, melt 2 oz of M&P glycerine soap for each color, melt, stir in colorant, keep warm

COOK:
When oils near 210°, turn burner to low, put on apron, gloves and face shield

Under hood fan, measure _______________oz KOH ---and--- ______________oz NaOH
Add lyes to water pitcher while stirring, stir until lye is dissolved.

Blend oils briefly to blend in stearic acid, then NOTE TIME AND TEMPS, pour lye-water into oils:

Time: ______________ Temp oils: ____________ Temp lye-water: _______________
Blend until stiff trace and let rest until separation, or blend continuously until gel is nearly complete, scrape sides of pot, cover and begin after-cook.
Stir down any large expansions with the immersion blender or a balloon whisk.

Trace: __________/___________°


Separation: ___________/___________°


First expansion: _________/___________°


Gel completes: _____________/____________° pH before additives: _______________


AFTER COOK:
When
soap has mostly gelled, add PCSF, liquids and fragrance, mix well.

Time: ____________ pH:____________
Make six little “wells” in the top of the soap with the frother, dropping in the colored M&P soap. Use the frothing attachment to spread the color down into the soap, but not to mix in the color.
Fold the colors into the soap a few times, up from the bottom and over the top, like making an angel food cake, then pour into two molds,
Hanger swirl in the molds, scrape the bowl and add to tops of molded soap or pour into overflow mold.

Note time____________, Temp____________ & pH_____________
  • Created:26/03/2026
  • Last Updated:09/05/2026
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Recipe Totals

Liquid Required11.2 oz317.51 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 4.94 oz140 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 0.58 oz16.43 g
Lye Weight5.52 oz156.42 g
Oil Weight32 oz907.18 g
Fragrance Weight1 oz28.35 g
Super Fat2 %
Total Batch Weight56 oz1587.46 g
NaOH / KOH Ratio93 % / 7 %
Lye Concentration33 %
Liquid : Lye Ratio2.03:1
Saturated : Unsaturated60:40

Recipe Properties

Property%Recommended
Bubbly Lather4414 - 46
Cleansing3012 - 22
Condition3544 - 69
Hardness6029 - 54
Longevity3025 - 50
Creamy Lather4416 - 48
Iodine3241 - 70
Ins186136 - 165

Fatty Acids %

Lauric20
Myristic10
Palmitic15
Stearic15
Ricinoleic14
Oleic18
Linoleic3
Linolenic0

Liquid and NaOH, KOH

Liquid Required11.2 oz317.51 g
NaOH Weight at 99 % Purity 4.94 oz140 g
KOH Weight at 90 % Purity 0.58 oz16.43 g
Lye Weight5.52 oz156.42 g

Recipe Oils, Fats and Waxes

Oil%OuncesGrams
Tallow Beef4012.8362.87
Coconut Oil, 92 deg4012.8362.87
Castor Oil154.8136.08
Stearic Acid51.645.36
Total10032907.18

Custom Additives

Add with the liquid
Salt2 tbsp30 g
After cook
Citric Acid0.64 oz18.14 g
Sodium Lactate5 tsp25 g
Kaolin Clay2 tbsp30 g
Sorbitol powder2 oz56.7 g
Cetyl alcohol0.64 oz18.14 g

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Graph: Recipe Properties %

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Graph: Fatty Acids %

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Graph: Fatty Acids %

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