Thread: What are the fundamentals of a tallow based home-made shaving soap?

Martin De Candre is just 70% stearic acid and 30% coconut oil and glycerin. You could just try that as a base.

OP If you're interested, pm me your particulars and I'll send you a puck of homemade shaving soap.

Originally Posted by Siguy

Hey. That's awesome and welcome.

Here's the results of an advanced search by Topic (search term "making soap" :

http://straightrazorpalace.com/searc...archid=3065234

Great place to start. Fascinating, really.

Now you did say quadruple thanks, so I expect you to click on the Thanks button 4 times

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A targeted search, within a highly respectable site, full of knowledgeable and friendly guys...

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Bacon-Soap/

Hogwash Bacon Soap | MAKE

FROM BACON TO SOAP: THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY.

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by KindestCutOfAll

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Bacon-Soap/

Hogwash Bacon Soap | MAKE

FROM BACON TO SOAP: THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY.

Enjoy!

I have read a couple of those. Will a basic soap really lather properly, though? I am willing to use the ingredients necessary to get a stable lather, just not a whole chemistry set of oils and fragrances.

Originally Posted by Sirnanigans

I have read a couple of those. Will a basic soap really lather properly, though? I am willing to use the ingredients necessary to get a stable lather, just not a whole chemistry set of oils and fragrances.

I just included these as examples. I would compare them to a good shaving soap recipe and try substituting the fats.

Originally Posted by KindestCutOfAll

I just included these as examples. I would compare them to a good shaving soap recipe and try substituting the fats.

I was afraid of this, but it looks like the best way to go is trial and error. I have enough fat to make 3 smaller pucks of soap, and I have glycerine, olive oil, and coconut oil on hand.

I will have to try three bars of soap each with only one of the extra ingredients to pinpoint which provide more crucial benefits for shaving.

Then I can just suffer through the sub-par soaps (assuming they all suck in worst case scenario) until I have enough bacon fat again to build on my new found knowledge.

Very high stearic acid and high superfat %.
There isn't enough SA in tallow. Use tallow as a base and add extra SA so will need to order it.
Its been ages since I made shaving soap so a bit rusty. shaving soap requires a tight robust lather, that's why tallow/SA is the way to go.
You will have to use the hot method with this amount of stearic.

Joe