White soaps?

[CareBear]

OK, I've actually snuck 3 different batches.

The castile is nice and white. White white white.

One was brown. Bad FO, bad!

And one that I made with an FO purported to have no impact on color turned out yellowish.

Anyone got a recipe beyond castile that gives a whitish bar? I WILL order titanium dioxide at some point, but want to minimize the use of that.

[Teercreations]

Sudsy all Vegtable by ....ok brain fart here....on the Miller web site!

for a 40oz batch

Canola oil 8.8 oz

Coconut oil 12 oz

Olive oil 12 oz

Palm oil 7.2 oz

I have changed this up many times subbing out Palm and Canola for other oils that match their properties and its a wonderful base recipe.

HTH

Pam

[CareBear]

I've got it all but the palm oil. what oils match its properties? Sorry if I'm being dense here!

[Crafty1_AJ]

Lard and coconut make a nice white bar, as long as your fo doesn't D in the slightest. I do this type of batch unscented so it's very white.

[jwahlton]

I've got it all but the palm oil. what oils match its properties? Sorry if I'm being dense here!

That's a wonderful recipe. You could use lard in place of palm, or shorteing. Just remember to run thru the lye calculator. And Carol, I PROMISE to get your soap out to you this week. Sorry about that:rolleyes2

[eugenia]

Yep, lard is a good sub for palm and you can get it in the supermarket. It makes for a very white bar. I am not a fan of the TD. It can look chalky in the shower. Since I'm going for natural, the natural color has never bothered me a whit. If they want white, white soap, they can buy Ivory.

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[CareBear]

I wanted it white for contrast with my swirl, but I get yoru point about natural. Hmmm, thinking, thinking.... Man my head hurts.

[amillion3147]

I agree on using lard to make a white bar. I used a high proportion of it this week but had to use so much fragrance oil because I can't stand the piggy smell the lard gives off. That's the disadvantage of using lard in high percentage.