ngian
Well-Known Member
Well another experiment took place a week ago, and made three bars with the following recipe:
Olive oil: 30%
Lard: 30%
Coconut oil: 25
Canola 15%
Lye Discount: 2%
Lye Concentration:
Control: 35%
EDTA & SC: 33%
where the amount of EDTA is at 0,5% of oils and SC at 4% of oils.
I had an accident though that only the look of the soaps were affected, and as you can see one bar of the control soap and all 5 bars of the SC soaps have this rustic look.
As I realized that the 4% SC made a softer soap bar after 2 days of curing (maybe 4% is too much or SC tends to soften the soap's hardness), I put the specific rustic bars in the oven while being warm (~65°C) and not in use thinking that I could try and make them a bit harder with the help of some heat. My wife then wanted to cook something, but I didn't had the time to inform her about the soaps, so she turn the oven on to 200°C when after a few minutes I heard her shouting! The soaps were immediately taken out of the oven while the plastic tray was starting to morphing, and the bars went through the gel phase one more time (I had them CPOPed in the first place).
They were so soft like jellies but after cooling outside they became the soap bars they used to be regarding hardness. The SC soaps though are still softer than the other two.
So I will wait a couple of months before I test them.
Olive oil: 30%
Lard: 30%
Coconut oil: 25
Canola 15%
Lye Discount: 2%
Lye Concentration:
Control: 35%
EDTA & SC: 33%
where the amount of EDTA is at 0,5% of oils and SC at 4% of oils.
I had an accident though that only the look of the soaps were affected, and as you can see one bar of the control soap and all 5 bars of the SC soaps have this rustic look.
As I realized that the 4% SC made a softer soap bar after 2 days of curing (maybe 4% is too much or SC tends to soften the soap's hardness), I put the specific rustic bars in the oven while being warm (~65°C) and not in use thinking that I could try and make them a bit harder with the help of some heat. My wife then wanted to cook something, but I didn't had the time to inform her about the soaps, so she turn the oven on to 200°C when after a few minutes I heard her shouting! The soaps were immediately taken out of the oven while the plastic tray was starting to morphing, and the bars went through the gel phase one more time (I had them CPOPed in the first place).
They were so soft like jellies but after cooling outside they became the soap bars they used to be regarding hardness. The SC soaps though are still softer than the other two.
So I will wait a couple of months before I test them.
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