Recent content by Rivendell Rose

Thank you! I didn’t know that about the citric acid, funny I’ve made a fair amount of vinegar hardened bars and never had a problem. Maybe citric acid is more reactive? I’ve not actually made that many bars with it. I don’t normally chelate my soaps, I only do it with my laundry bars because I...

Good idea about the apron, I think I’ll use one next time. Lucky I always soapin shirts I don’t care about just in case. It was a laundry bar so it’s pretty lye heavy but I’ve never had issues with it before. I’m always careful about slowly pouring the lye in. The only thing I can think of is...

I’ve been making soap for 5 years now and have a small soap making business. Today I was making a batch of laundry soap which I’ve been making for years with no problem. I disolved my citric acid into my distilled water and then added the lye add it exploded, got on my shirt and now I’ve got 2nd...

Really? Does it help remove grease? I use it to remove waterproof lipstick. What percentage do you use?

glad to know I’m not the only one who does this. It makes scaling recipes so much easier.