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Update! I sequestered the soap for about a week, scooped out the white part and added Koh to it. Now it looks and feels like a cross between heated mozzarella and pudding! 😂 I don't know what will happen next, but I'm having fun in the meantime. Till next time! Edit: I have a theory. Could it...

I diluted 50/50. I don't mind the soap being opaque, but I'd rather it didn't separate 😅 As for the sunflower oil, I have previously made several batches of 100% sunflower liquid soap (I recycle cooking oil that has been used 1 time) and never had these issues. I dared a bit with the superfat...

Good to know! I guess I'll keep adding a spoonful of KOH solution at a time until it stops separating 😅 I was afraid to keep adding it until I was sure that was the issue. Thank you!

Dear all, As you can see from the pictures, there's a layer on top of my soap that doesn't blend with the rest. If I mix it, the day after it's separated again. before dilution, the paste was all that creamy colour you see on the top layer, but then it separated after dilution. I looked into...

I used lavander essential oil! Blended it all, added Koh after proper calculations, then blended it again. It already thickened more. The package of my store bought citric acid doesn't specify whether it is monohydrate or anhydrous. Left a bit of batter in a glass for 30 min to see if it would...

Found this! Soapy science citric acid Just as resolvable Owl said, I need to add more KOH. Will adding extra water (necessary to dissolve KOH) affect my paste? I'll keep you updated!

I've added FO at paste making every time I made LS before, I made LS 3 or 4 times now. Nothing like this happened before, so I think it might be the Citric acid. There's a thick layer of separated liquid down there, I checked if it mixes with water and some of it might be oil but definitely not...

That is some interesting information! The KOH I have reads 99.5% purity on the label, but I guess that's bs and I'll have to consider it a 90% from now on. I used soap making friend as a calculator and did not see anywhere where I should have fixed KOH quantities when adding citric acid, good...

Hellow everyone! I started a batch of liquid soap as below: water 300 g KOH Weight 93.57 g at 98% Purity Sunflower 500 g Fragrance Oil Weight 15 g Superfat 0% Citric acid 30g I poured the lye water+ citric acid solution in the oil and started blending the...

Thank you so much for the thorough explanation! I researched further in your soapy stuff articles, and this is what I concluded: 1. I got confused between surfactants and sequestrants, hihihi 2. Sequestrants, like trisodium citrate, have better effects in hand soap if you are looking for more...

Thank you, Isg, for the info! I checked the forums, since I live in Denmark and we have hard water, I might consider adding Tetrasodium EDTA in my soap too... Maybe it'll feel better on my skin! We shall see!

Hello expert soap-makers! I am new to soap making and I love researching the chemistry related facts about it (science teacher here). I came across a home-made soap bar that listed SLS and other surfactants amongst the ingredients, but I know that soap is itself a surfactant. I also know that...