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Soap Characteristics

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