liquidsoaplady
Active Member
Sounds Like Not Enough Water
Sounds like you don't have enough water for dilution, the best way to dilute the soap paste is in a cooking pot on the stove, the crock pot doesn't get hot enough. You will have a very good boil when the paste is dissolving in the distilled water, you do use distilled water right? It's takes a little time to dissolve depending on the type of oil you used, especially a high percentage of coconut oil. The best way to determine the amount of distilled water needed to dissolve the paste is the percentage of true soap to water ratio. For an average liquid soap which is 25% actual soap to 75% water, you would add 1 lb and 6 oz (22 oz) of water per lb of soap. So if you made 6 lbs of soap paste you would dilute with 9 lbs and 6 oz 0r (132 oz) of distilled water. The soap will begin to look like maple syrup while boiling in the pot. If you know how many lbs of soap paste you made, try diluting using this formula, if you have an idea of how much water you added, just subtract it from the amount needed. Hope this helps!
Lisa
Sounds like you don't have enough water for dilution, the best way to dilute the soap paste is in a cooking pot on the stove, the crock pot doesn't get hot enough. You will have a very good boil when the paste is dissolving in the distilled water, you do use distilled water right? It's takes a little time to dissolve depending on the type of oil you used, especially a high percentage of coconut oil. The best way to determine the amount of distilled water needed to dissolve the paste is the percentage of true soap to water ratio. For an average liquid soap which is 25% actual soap to 75% water, you would add 1 lb and 6 oz (22 oz) of water per lb of soap. So if you made 6 lbs of soap paste you would dilute with 9 lbs and 6 oz 0r (132 oz) of distilled water. The soap will begin to look like maple syrup while boiling in the pot. If you know how many lbs of soap paste you made, try diluting using this formula, if you have an idea of how much water you added, just subtract it from the amount needed. Hope this helps!
Lisa
