I want to add a chelator to my soap. Right now all I have available is citric acid.
So following @DeeAnna website I'm figuring: 1000g oils which is my usual recipe, should be 20g Citric acid on the high end of the scale. I'm confused on how much more lye to add to neutralize the citric acid.
I came up with 12.48 extra lye to add to my solution, is this correct?
And the site says to dissolve the citric acid in water...am I assuming correctly that that is batch water? And do you add the citric acid solution to the lye solution? AND do you add it when it is cool, like you do with sodium lactate?
I know, lots of questions in one post. I just don't want to end up with lye-heavy soap, while trying to correct my soap LOL
So following @DeeAnna website I'm figuring: 1000g oils which is my usual recipe, should be 20g Citric acid on the high end of the scale. I'm confused on how much more lye to add to neutralize the citric acid.
I came up with 12.48 extra lye to add to my solution, is this correct?
And the site says to dissolve the citric acid in water...am I assuming correctly that that is batch water? And do you add the citric acid solution to the lye solution? AND do you add it when it is cool, like you do with sodium lactate?
I know, lots of questions in one post. I just don't want to end up with lye-heavy soap, while trying to correct my soap LOL