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  Coconut Oil vs Coconut Acid

  Posted by MarkEMark2 on September 3, 2016 at 4:03 pm

  I apologize in advance for what might be a stream of small questions as I begin to research additional ingredients to the shave cream and the after shave cream I am working on.

  What is the difference between Coconut Acid and Coconut Oil? I have googles this and can not find an answer to the difference.

  Thanks!

  MarkEMark2 replied 8 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies

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  belassi

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  September 3, 2016 at 8:48 pm

  the oil is in the form of triglycerides whereas the acid is not.

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  MarkEMark2

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  September 3, 2016 at 11:44 pm

  Ah! Thank you.  Would the difference in the oil (easily accessible) versus the Acid make a large difference in a shave cream of the kind I have been making Belassi?  For this purpose would they be interchangeable?

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  belassi

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  September 4, 2016 at 12:52 am

  More or less. The oil produces glycerin as part of the saponification reaction. The acid doesn’t; the acid reacts a lot faster.

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  MarkEMark2

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  September 4, 2016 at 1:54 am

  Ah! Ok… That helps.

  Thanks again for your help (you in particular on this project of mine…

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