boyago
Well-Known Member
So El Sopa the soap spirit must have been whispering to me in my sleep again. Soapcutter had a bad dream and while I was getting her back to sleep I began wondering about soaps. Then after I started moving (and of course checked the forum forum) there was a kind of relevant thread. Maybe somebody has some insight on this stuff rattling around in my head.
So I am curious about the correlation between softness and solubility of soap. Is the a relevant marker for solubility?
Sodium Lactate will harden a bar up to 3% and then make it softer after that point will this also increase the solubility of soap? Does this also affect the lather do these factors impact lather much?
I'm thinking about this in relation to my shave soap. I have one that I love but it tends to lather a little slow and when you accidentally add too much water it takes even longer to coax it back to awesome.
So I am curious about the correlation between softness and solubility of soap. Is the a relevant marker for solubility?
Sodium Lactate will harden a bar up to 3% and then make it softer after that point will this also increase the solubility of soap? Does this also affect the lather do these factors impact lather much?
I'm thinking about this in relation to my shave soap. I have one that I love but it tends to lather a little slow and when you accidentally add too much water it takes even longer to coax it back to awesome.