Garden Gives Me Joy
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My #1 aim is to maintain the apparently deep cleansing and oil fighting properties of magnesium, calcium, and potassium in BRINE soap. However, do these same wonderful minerals promote rancidity and soap scum? Furthermore, do chelators like sodium citrate (derived from adding citric acid) and or sodium gluconate / SG counteract any potentially beneficial effect that these minerals offer?
On a side note, one reason I worry about rancidity is because my environment is tropical and hot which, from my understanding accelerates the onset of rancidity. So, on the basis of chelation being necessary, what are my best options alone or in combination re usage rates (ie as a percentage of oil wgt) between the following? How do soapers combine these and to what extent?
My secondary considerations re SG alone or with citric acid is bubbles.
On a side note, one reason I worry about rancidity is because my environment is tropical and hot which, from my understanding accelerates the onset of rancidity. So, on the basis of chelation being necessary, what are my best options alone or in combination re usage rates (ie as a percentage of oil wgt) between the following? How do soapers combine these and to what extent?
- Citric acid (to make sodium citrate).
- SG. I gather usually used at 0.1% to 1.3% of oils wgt (1.3% is based on advice from compliance assessors to Norway-based @Bubble Agent).
ROE is NOT available to me (because Customs restricts its entry into my current location).
My secondary considerations re SG alone or with citric acid is bubbles.
- Since salt reduces lather, I want to improve lather if possible. FYI, my water is relatively soft. Since SG is a surfactant, can it surpass citric acid, even if to create more slippery bubbles?
- My non-soap research suggests that SG is a surfactant and conditioning. I am confused to see those 2 concepts relate to a single ingredient. Are these properties noticeable in soap?