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What kind of salt for salt bars?

Iodized, Non Iodized, Sea Salt, Black Salt, Pink Salt, Kosher, Canning, Rock salt, Epsom Salt .... So many salts, so little time :)

Seriously, is there any issue using iodized salt or should i pick up some non-iodized. Would there be any benefit to using any of the other salts?
 
I have used Iodized table salt and it is lovely. I think the only one that cannot/should not be used is Epsom salts.

Kosher salt might be too coarse, but I suppose it depends on the final effect which you want.
 
I made some salt bars and I do not like the smell. I used coconut oil and grape seed oil, I scented them with Jasmine EO. Does it take a while for the salt smell to diminish? It is getting better slowly. I used iodized salt.
 
I use fine sea salt. I believe all the salts that you listed should be fine to use, except for the epsom salts. I've heard too many horror stories of botched batches with epsom.

I made some salt bars and I do not like the smell. I used coconut oil and grape seed oil, I scented them with Jasmine EO. Does it take a while for the salt smell to diminish? It is getting better slowly. I used iodized salt.
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All I ever use for my salt bars are ocean scents or lime scents, and they go real well with them. I would think that Jasmine would be a lovely salt soap scent, too. How long ago did you make the soap?

IrishLass :)
 
I used to use non-iodized, but now use iodized and it's no different.

epson salts are not salt and you will end up with a soggy, weeping mess. another of those "I read not to do it, but I did anyway" experiences that stick in my mind so well LOL.

I've not noticed my salt bars (I often do unscented) having any particular odor - nothing different from unscented bars in general. Maybe it's the EO that you don't like? Or does grapeseed oil add an odor?
 
Yes... all of them.
I agree that there are too many to just pick one. I just used Himalayan pink salt in a bar and it was superb!
You should try them all and then write a comprehensive review for us!!! :D
 
I have some rock salt bars curing. They LOOK really cool. :lol: I'll let you know soon. I was wondering why epsom salt won't work, then I looked and saw that instead of Sodium Chloride it is Magnesium Sulfate. It is a mineral, not a salt at all.
 
Mag Sulfate is actually a salt, it just isn't table salt. However, it is a very hydrophilic salt, and I assume it will hold moisture in the soap preventing it from curing, much in the way that it pulls liquid into your bowel when used as a laxative.

Many mined salts have other mineral inclusions in them thus giving them their distinctive colors (pinik and black) and tastes such at the "eggy" taste of black salt.

I will start with table salt, and as I find deals on the others will give them a shot. I think I will also snag a bit of sea water when next I see the beach and make some soap using that too.
 
I just started making salt bars and decided on "Canning and Pickling" salt. Mostly because it is pure salt with no additives. Some table salts include anti-caking agents... which may or may not make a difference to your skin... but I figure why risk it?
 
Ok, picked up some plain old canning and pickling salt, and I am starting to save my citrus zests and planning for this weekend... come on salt soap!!

I figure I will try 100% PPO and dump it in at medium trace.
 
I use the "Sea Salt" that comes in a round cylinder container just like regular table salt at Wal-Mart. I use it more for label appeal. I call it a 'sea salt bar' as apposed to a 'salt bar'. I'll bet the pickling salt will work just fine.
 
I can can color it green, add some dill and call it a pickle bar :)

Well, I just use it and give it away anyway so label appeal means nothing to me at the moment.
 
while I am at it I can try adding some pickling lime to it too. I will have to do some research but it has been used to saponify as well. In the recipe I had for the Fels Naptha soap, they used NaOH, KOH and CaOH in combination somehow, but I haven't seen it discussed anywhere else with that chemistry.
 
Dill pickle fragrance??? heh, I don't think I'd want to go around smelling like a pickle. :lol:
 
You can use any sea salt for salt bars. You can experiment by creating small ones and trying to find the right texture that you want.
 

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