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Ingredient profile

Sunflower Oil

Base Oil · Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil

What it does

Formula base. It shapes hardness, cleansing, conditioning, lather, longevity, iodine, INS, and lye demand.

When to add

Add with the oil phase before the lye solution. It is not added during cure.

Tip

Any replacement changes SAP and soap profile. Recalculate before scaling.

Soapmaking data

NaOH SAP0.1348
KOH SAP0.189
Use range5% - 20%
IFRA max-