Hi all,
I have been making small (500g) batches, whilst tweaking here and there. I have attached a couple of recipes to see what woulda / coulda / shoulda been tweaked.
The batches that I've made with the stearic + palmitic combined to about 30 - 31 have a 10 day shower life on a soap saver after a 4 week cure.
I know the longer the cure the better the outcome... so I am waiting to see what happens in a couple more weeks.
With that being said... I created a couple of recipes with a higher stearic + palmitic combo. I am thinking of adding sugar (for bubbles / lather) and possibly sodium lactate for a little bit more longevity if that even works... thoughts?
So... do you think that the recipe with the s+p combo of 31 will last longer (possibly last 3 or 4 weeks) after a longer cure?
And do you think that the higher s+p combo in the low to mid 40's will be a good bar?
I am thinking of trying a couple of different options for the water portion - frozen coffee cubes, frozen goat milk cubes, frozen rice water cubes.
Am I overthinking this and possibly making too hard of a bar that would require a belt sander to get create suds?
I have been making small (500g) batches, whilst tweaking here and there. I have attached a couple of recipes to see what woulda / coulda / shoulda been tweaked.
The batches that I've made with the stearic + palmitic combined to about 30 - 31 have a 10 day shower life on a soap saver after a 4 week cure.
I know the longer the cure the better the outcome... so I am waiting to see what happens in a couple more weeks.
With that being said... I created a couple of recipes with a higher stearic + palmitic combo. I am thinking of adding sugar (for bubbles / lather) and possibly sodium lactate for a little bit more longevity if that even works... thoughts?
So... do you think that the recipe with the s+p combo of 31 will last longer (possibly last 3 or 4 weeks) after a longer cure?
And do you think that the higher s+p combo in the low to mid 40's will be a good bar?
I am thinking of trying a couple of different options for the water portion - frozen coffee cubes, frozen goat milk cubes, frozen rice water cubes.
Am I overthinking this and possibly making too hard of a bar that would require a belt sander to get create suds?
