Hi all --
I've started to add ROE (rosemary oleoresin) to my containers of liquid soaping fats to help keep them fresh. I've been adding ROE at 0.5 g per 1000 g of fat (0.05%). The product I've been using is the 2% carnosic acid formulation from Majestic Mountain Sage.
The uncolored parts of my latest few batches of soap have a dull greenish tinge -- they're not that nice ivory white I normally expect from my high-lard soaps. The soaps otherwise look and act fine. It's just an odd color cast that seems unusual.
I also saw an odd rusty flush to the soap batter right after I added lye solution to the fats when I was making these batches. This flush of color faded after a few moments, but, again, I don't recall seeing this before I started to use ROE.
Has anyone seen this with their soaps using fats treated with ROE?
My MMS product is older, so I have been wondering if it perhaps goes bad with time and should be discarded. I've double checked the dosage and think I've got it right, but I'd like feedback on that too.
Any words of wisdom will be gratefully appreciated!
I've started to add ROE (rosemary oleoresin) to my containers of liquid soaping fats to help keep them fresh. I've been adding ROE at 0.5 g per 1000 g of fat (0.05%). The product I've been using is the 2% carnosic acid formulation from Majestic Mountain Sage.
The uncolored parts of my latest few batches of soap have a dull greenish tinge -- they're not that nice ivory white I normally expect from my high-lard soaps. The soaps otherwise look and act fine. It's just an odd color cast that seems unusual.
I also saw an odd rusty flush to the soap batter right after I added lye solution to the fats when I was making these batches. This flush of color faded after a few moments, but, again, I don't recall seeing this before I started to use ROE.
Has anyone seen this with their soaps using fats treated with ROE?
My MMS product is older, so I have been wondering if it perhaps goes bad with time and should be discarded. I've double checked the dosage and think I've got it right, but I'd like feedback on that too.
Any words of wisdom will be gratefully appreciated!
