Soap Characteristics(oil properties chart)

This chart is for looking up various fats and oils to see what characteristics they give your soap.

Oil/Fat	Creates hard bar	Creates fluffy lather	Creates stable lather	Creates conditioning bar	Produces quick trace
Almond Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Apricot Kernal Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Babassu Oil	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES
Borage Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Calendula Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Canola Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Castor Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES
Cocoa Butter	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES
Coconut Oil	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES
Corn Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Cottonseed Oil	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO
Evening Primrose Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Hazelnut Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Hemp Seed Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Jojoba Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Kukui Nut Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Lanolin	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES
Lard	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES
Macadamia Nut Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Neem Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Olive Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Palm Kernel Oil	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES
Palm Oil	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES
Peanut Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Safflower Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Sesame Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Shea Butter	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES
Soybean Oil(veg.)	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Soybean Oil(shortening)	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Sunflower Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO
Tallow	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES
Wheat germ Oil	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO

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Just be sure to be careful with some of these oils as not all of them will stay liquid at all temperatures. If you find yourself having to dispose of them you should not dispose of them down your sink. If for some reason you must pour them down your sink an easy test for determining the probability of them solidifying in your drains is to place them in your refrigerator and see if they harden. Be careful doing these tests though as Jenn-Air parts and other refrigerator parts can sometimes be tricky to track down if they need replaced and Jenn-Air parts can be hard to fully clean, so be sure to use spill proof containers just to be safe.

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