Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Avocado Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1330A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1330

1.3759

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3759 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Avocado Oil.

Inverse 0.7268 when swapping Avocado Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Avocado Oil
66.50 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
66.50 × 1.3759 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Avocado OilΔ A−B
NaOH SAP (pure)

0.1830

0.1330

+0.0500
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1860

+0.0710
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2067

+0.0789
Iodine value

10

86

-76
INS

258

99

+159
Max % of oils

30%

20%

+10
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Avocadoate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Avocadoate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Avocado OilΔ A−B
Lauric C12:0

48.0%

0.0%

+48.0
Myristic C14:0

19.0%

0.0%

+19.0
Palmitic C16:0

9.0%

20.0%

-11.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

2.0%

+1.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

58.0%

-50.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

12.0%

-10.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Avocado OilΔ A−B
Hardness

79.0

22.0

+57.0
Cleansing

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Conditioning

10.0

71.0

-61.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Creamy lather

12.0

22.0

-10.0
Longevity

12.0

22.0

-10.0