That might work, Doriette, since the pearly LS on Facebook was supposedly made from 100% tallow, so it doesn't have the extra stearic as per IL's method. If you add stearic with the fats, it will saponify to stearic soap (potassium stearate to be geeky about it), but IL's stearic is staying as stearic acid, since all the KOH is used up by the time she adds the stearic. So it's possible you may have to play around with the % of stearic added up front to get the same pearly effect. Not sure, since I haven't tried it myself -- just thinking out loud -- so take this with a large grain of salt.
Tallow in LS?
- Thread starter fuzz-juzz
- Start date
Help Support Soapmaking Forum:
I've often thought of adding my stearic acid up front, but have yet to try it since the way I've been doing it so far has been working out so nice for me. Maybe I'll try giving it a go after the holidays.
IrishLass
IrishLass
