Where to get castor oil for soapmaking?

npsmama

Anyone know?

whatatwit

I put castor oil in google and several links appeared.
Maybe a chemist would stock it?

t_obermory

Big chemists tend not to stock it, if you can find one of the smaller more independant chemists they may have it. If not try ebay or the web.

HTH's.

Frugalmum_2

Sorry I don't know where to get large quantities of castor oil from but I use olive oil for most of my basic soap making. Is there any particular reason for castor oil? I've checked my suppliers and none of them stock it.

lilac_lady

I remember castor oil. If you were foolish enough to tell my granny that you had a sore stomach, out would come the castor oil bottle, nose held then EEEeuuuuuggggggggh. I'd never use it for anything, not even soap making.

witchypoo

Apparently castor oil gives high lather and is moderately conditioning (so less drying than coconut I expect) and only a little is needed otherwise you would end up with soft soap.
www.aromantic.co.uk sell it and I have bought other stuff from them before, so I know they are reliable. Also www.baldwins.co.uk, who I;ve never ordered from before but my friend says their stores are good. Both are in the UK.

Seakay

https://www.soapkitchenonline.co.uk/acatalog/All_other_oils.html

I have ordered other ingredients from The Soap Kitchen and found them very reliable.

guineapig

I got some as special order from a local chemist a 500 ml bottle cost a lot more than I was expecting, it was about £10 !!!!