Cold-process bench

Saponis

Head-to-head

Coconut Oil (76 deg) vs Sunflower Oil

hard
soft

Substitution factor

NaOH SAP A 0.1830NaOH SAP B 0.1340A / B = 0.1830 / 0.1340

1.3657

Multiply your lye amount by 1.3657 when swapping Coconut Oil (76 deg) for Sunflower Oil.

Inverse 0.7322 when swapping Sunflower Oil for Coconut Oil (76 deg).

500 g swap · pure NaOH

500 g Coconut Oil (76 deg)
91.50 g NaOH
500 g Sunflower Oil
67.00 g NaOH
Lye_A = Lye_B × factor
67.00 × 1.3657 = 91.50
Reverse pair

Constants

SAP, iodine, INS

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

0.1830

0.1340

+0.0490
KOH SAP (pure)

0.2570

0.1880

+0.0690
KOH SAP (90%)

0.2856

0.2089

+0.0767
Iodine value

10

133

-123
INS

258

63

+195
Max % of oils

30%

15%

+15
Hardness class

hard

soft

—
Trace

accelerates

slows

—
INCI (pre-sap)

Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil

Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil

—
INCI NaOH salt

Sodium Cocoate

Sodium Sunflowerate

—
INCI KOH salt

Potassium Cocoate

Potassium Sunflowerate

—

Fatty acids

Eight-acid profile

MetricCoconut Oil (76 deg)Sunflower 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%

7.0%

+2.0
Stearic C18:0

3.0%

5.0%

-2.0
Ricinoleic C18:1-OH

0.0%

0.0%

0.0
Oleic C18:1

8.0%

19.0%

-11.0
Linoleic C18:2

2.0%

68.0%

-66.0
Linolenic C18:3

0.0%

1.0%

-1.0

Quality

Physical contribution

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

79.0

12.0

+67.0
Cleansing

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Conditioning

10.0

88.0

-78.0
Bubbly lather

67.0

0.0

+67.0
Creamy lather

12.0

12.0

0.0
Longevity

12.0

12.0

0.0