Activated Charcoal dosage that won’t stain rags?

[Oscott]

I want to add an activated charcoal bar to my collection. I would like to have a bar that still has the benefits of activated charcoal, but not stain a rag. Can I do a mixture of that and TD or some other sort of ratio? I have not tried anything yet, just researching first. The dosage rate I see all the time is 2 tsp per pound of oil.
Need my forum buddies to light the way!!!

 

[artemis]

Searching for "charcoal stain" will get you lots of information on this

 

[shunt2011]

I use about 1 1/2 or so PPO and never had it stain or bleed. It may discolor a wash cloth a bit but its never stained one. I use charcoal for black in my soaps quite frequently.

 

[LauraNM]

I use 1 tsp ppo for black color, but if I'm doing large portions of black or a full activated charcoal soap I use 1/2-2/3 tsp ppo, more than that and I find my soaps to be too drying IMO. It doesn't make a super dark black unless I help it with some mica though...

 

[CatahoulaBubble]

I use 1 tbs ppo of charcoal and if I want the soap to be more black I add in a black mica. You'll get a gray lather but it doesn't stain the wash cloths. It rinses clean.