coconut oil? virgin, refined, 76, 92, frac

[Ruina]

reading and reading and reading before doing my 1st cp in a few weeks.

Question:

coconut 76 & coconut 92 - solid but melts at these temps.

frac coconut oil - soft, liquid.

But what's:

extra virgin coconut oil

virgin coconut oil

refined coconut oil

soapcalc doesn't have these on their list. I ordered some (ev co) on the co-op & now I have no idea how to calc.

help me please. so confused.

[Jadryga]

This is a site with an excellent explanation of all that you are asking

http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/what_is_virgin_coconut_oil.htm

[Ruina]

Thanks Jadryga.

I did come across this site in my research when I googled co.

Basically I wanted to confirm that the ev co from soaper's choice should be calculated as the 76 deg in soapcalc.

It's confusing because they (soaper's choice) have the 76 deg as a separate oil. Maybe those are the refined ones?

[topofmurrayhill]

Basically I wanted to confirm that the ev co from soaper's choice should be calculated as the 76 deg in soapcalc.

You should be fine using Soapcalc, at least as far as the SAP value is concerned. It doesn't distinguish between 76 and 92 degree CO, which it probably should, but it uses a SAP value spot on to what Soaper's Choice lists for virgin (and 92 degree) coconut oil. The SC SAP value list is here http://www.soaperschoice.com/vegetableoils/price_list.html.

[Ruina]

Thanks topofmurrayhill. Wow, missed that on the site.

Hey, I'm also from NY. Didn't think to find NY people soaping. Cool!