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I have experienced this as well! Xanthan gum is 'good' but I got goopy, clotted liquid that was not good visually. Regarding salt, I tried once before but it can only thicken so much that it doesn't work on massive batches, and a little bit too much salt will irreversibly transform your 'thick'...

Hi, I am a newcomer here so best regards to all of you soapmakers. So, recently I made a surfactant-based (decyl glucoside, lauryl glucoside, SMCT, cocamidopropyl betaine) liquid hand soap and after a few experiments, I tried one with an addition of 1% diluted citric acid (1 part water : 2...