Ash Removal - Looks Promising

maxine289 said:

I tried 70 % & 91% rubbing alcohol but still got ash. 99% worked much much better. you can get it on amazon.

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DWinMadison said:

Where do you buy 91% alcohol?[/QUO

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dibbles said:

I can embrace glycerin rivers when they happen. I just hate ash on my soaps.

Since my whole house is dusty and the bathrooms need to be cleaned, I decided to distract myself by looking at soap pictures and youtube videos. And came across this one [ame] Somewhere around the 5:30 mark is where he talks about spraying first with distilled water and then a couple of minutes later with 91% alcohol.

So I had to try. The center bar is not sprayed. The large bar on the left was sprayed first with distilled water, then 2 minutes later with 91% alcohol. The little end cut on the right was sprayed only with 91% alcohol. I'm thinking that might work as well as spraying with both. I'm going to watch these for a couple of days to see if the ash stays off. If it doesn't, I'll update. I also tried this on a salt bar - mine always get thick ash no matter what. It seems to be helping there too. It's cloudy here today, and I can't get a good picture because of the light color of the salt bar. Wouldn't it be wonderful if getting rid of ash was as easy as this?

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Lin19687 said:

I tried 92% alc on just poured, 1/2 hr after pour, still in mold much later and after cut. Not much of a difference in the ash.
I've also done covering the soap too.

I do notice that there is more ash with different FO's used.
I am still the one that says the recipe makes a difference on how much ash you get.

I embrace the ash

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