THE SAP VALUE CHART FOR MOST COMMONLY USED SOAPMAKING OILSFull instructions of how to use the SAP value chart can be found here but in a nutshell. The figure next to the name of the oil should be multiplied by the amount of oil that you wish to use in your recipe. The result will tell you how much sodium hydroxide is required to turn that particular oil into soap. CAUTION you should not use this amount of sodium hydroxide for hobby homemade soapmaking. Reduce the sodium hydroxide amount by at least 5% before proceeding to make soap. Almond (Sweet): 0.136 Apricot kernel: 0.135 Avocado: 0.133 Babassu: 0.175 Beef Tallow: 0.140 Borage Oil: 0.136 Brazil Nut Oil: 0.175 Butterfat (cow): 0.162 Butterfat )goat): 0.167 Camelia oil: 0.136 Castor: 0.1286 Chicken fat: 0.138 Cocoa Butter: 0.137 Coconut (refined): 0.190 Coconut (virgin): 0.1946 Cod Liver Oil: 0.132 Coffee Seed Oil: 0.130 Corn: 0.136 Cottonseed: 0.1386 Emu oil: 0.135 Evening Primrose: 0.136 Flaxseed: 0.1357 Goat Tallow: 0.139 Goose Fat: 0.136 Grapeseed: 0.1265 Hazelnut: 0.136 Hemp Seed: 0.137 Herring Oil: 0.136 Jojoba: 0.069 Kukui Nut: 0.135 Lard: 0.138 Linseed: 0.1357 Macadamia Nut: 0.139 Mango Butter: 0.135 Mink Oil: 0.140 Mustard Seed Oil: 0.123 Myrtle oil: 0.069 Neem: 0.136 Niger Seed Oil: 0.135 Olive Oil: 0.134 Olive Butter: 0.185 Palm Kernel: 0.156 Palm: 0.141 Peanut: 0.136 Pistachio Oil: 0.135 Poppy Seed Oil: 0.138 Pork Tallow: 0.138 Pumpkin Seed: 0.135 Rape Seed: 0.124 Rice Bran: 0.129 Safflower: 0.136 Sardine Oil: 0.135 Sunflower: 0.134 Sesame Seed: 0.133 Shea Butter: 0.128 Sheeps Tallow: 0.138 Soybean: 0.135 Sunflower: 0.134 Vegetable Shortening: 0.136 Venison Fat: 0.139 Walnut: 0.136 Wheatgerm: 0.132 Waxes Beeswax: 0.069 Carnauba Wax: 0.069 Lanolin: 0.0741 This will become a very smart little sap value table once I learn the html for doing a table. In the meantime I do hope that you don't have too much trouble finding the saponification value that you need. If you want to really manipulate your oils then you need to know a more detailed breakdown of the fatty acids... click
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