Saponification Numbers for Lye (Sodium Hydroxide)

Milder Column with a 5% Discount

Oil
Almond Oil (Sweet)
Apricot Kernel Oil
Avocado Oil
Babassu Oil
Bear Tallow
Beef Tallow
Bees Wax (white)
Brazil Nut Oil
Butterfat, Cow
Butterfat, Goat
Camellia Oil
Canola Oil
Castor Oil
Chicken Fat
Cocoa Butter
Coconut Oil
Cod Liver Oil
Corn Oil
Cottonseed Oil
Crisco/Veg. Shortening
Flaxseed Oil
Grapeseed Oil
Hazelnut Oil
Hemp Seed Oil
Java Cotton Oil
JoJoba Oil
Karite Butter (Shea)
Kukui Nut Oil
Lanolin (Wool Fat)
Lard
Macadamia Oil
Maize Oil
Old
.136
.135
.133
.175
.139
.140
.069
.175
.1619
.1672
.1362
.134
.1286
.1389
.137
.190
.1326
.136
.1386
.136
.1357
.1265
.1356
.1345
.137
.069
.128
.135
.0741
.138
.139
.136
Milder
.129
.128
.126
.166
.132
.133
.069*
.166
.154
.159
.129
.129
.125*
.132
.130
.1805
.126
.129
.132
.129
.129
.120
.129
.128
.130
.066
.122
.128
.070
.131
.132
.129
Oil
Mink Oil
Mustard Oil
Neat's Foot Oil
Neem Oil
Niger Seed Oil
Nutmeg Butter
Olive Oil
Olive Pomace Oil
Palm Butter
Palm Kernel Oil
Palm Oil
Peanut Oil
Perilla Oil
Poppyseed Oil
Pumpkinseed Oil
Rapeseed Oil
Rice Bran Oil
Ricinus Oil (Castor)
Safflower Oil
Sesame Seed Oil
Shea Butter
Shortening (Vegetable)
Soybean Oil
Sunflower Seed Oil
Tallow, Deer (Venison)
Tallow, Bear
Tallow, Beef
Tallow, Sheep (Mutton)
Tallow, Vegetable
Tallow, Goat
Walnut Oil
Wheatgerm Oil
Wool Fat (Lanolin)
Old
.140
.124
.136
.136
.135
.116
.134
  
.156
.156
.141
.136
.137
.138
.133
.134
.128
.129
.136
.133
.128
.136
.135
.134
.138
.139
.141
.138
.135
.138
.135
.131
.074
Milder
.133
.118
.129
.132
.129
.110
.128
.126
.148
.148
.134
.129
.130
.131
.126
.129*
.122
.125*
.129
.126
.122
.129
.128
.1275
.131
.132
.134
.131
.128
.131
.129
.124
.070
 
* These numbers have been altered from the 5% difference because a slightly higher ratio will work better.
 
Special thanks to Therese and Bill Lott who provided the spreadsheet that saved me a lot of time in calculations! They will send their spreadsheet lye calculator to you upon request. Please tell them which program you will be using and the version so that they can attach the appropriate file.
 
Original Saponification Chart courtesy of Elaine C. White who has a soapmaking page on the Web at:
http://members.aol.com/oelaineo/soapmaking.html

NEW! Check this out! :-) - Some generous soapmakers contributed this delightful soapy explanation with illustrations in order to visually explain the process of Saponification and Lye Discounting. I just love this! Thanks to Pat B! and Jennifer Davis of Canis Art! Here is the link: http://www.canis-art.com/soaping.htm

This page last updated 18 Sept 2004.


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