Forgot to add sodium lactate, will that ruin my soap?

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luebella

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I made a big batch of cp soap tonight, and I forgot to put sodium lactate in it . Will that ruin the batch? Its a kind of soft soap to begin with, the first batch i made with this recipe is now 3 weeks cured, and is pretty hard, but you can push in if you push hard. Hardness=30 on soap calc.

Will this mean that my soap will be really soft, or just that it will take longer to take out of the mold? Thanks!
 
Probably both. If you're using a silcone mold you'll have to wait longer to unmold it. If your recipe is high in soft oils, you may need a longer cure time. The soap definitely isn't ruined though!
 
That's good to know! I really Hope after six to 8 weeks that it is hard enough to use! I used olive, coconut, castor, rice and shea. Love the other bars I made using it but it had sodium lactate. Well see!
 

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