I have been experimenting with 100% castile soap using 100% milk. I would literally do anything to get rid of the sliminess of castile (I live in a country where olive oil is cheap and castile is seen as the holy grail, so as a potential seller I want to take advantage of these things but try to improve on the regular slimy HP castile everyone makes here).
The first one I tried was this one: http://curious-soapmaker.com/lavender-milk-100-olive-oil-soap.html but I added paprika at trace. That one is a 31.4 lye solution. It was a lovely hard bar and not slimy at all, but it was a bit drying on the skin and seemed to leave a sort of film on my hands. Do you think that was because of the salt or the milk discount? I made another similar one yesterday with no salt and no paprika, but obviously I'll have to wait a while to see how it has turned out.
When discounting liquid in a milk soap, is there a particular ratio you wouldn't go beyond in terms of potential cracking or volcanoes? Has anyone else had any success creating a true castile that isn't slimy and that has a fairly decent lather? Am I asking the impossible?
The first one I tried was this one: http://curious-soapmaker.com/lavender-milk-100-olive-oil-soap.html but I added paprika at trace. That one is a 31.4 lye solution. It was a lovely hard bar and not slimy at all, but it was a bit drying on the skin and seemed to leave a sort of film on my hands. Do you think that was because of the salt or the milk discount? I made another similar one yesterday with no salt and no paprika, but obviously I'll have to wait a while to see how it has turned out.
When discounting liquid in a milk soap, is there a particular ratio you wouldn't go beyond in terms of potential cracking or volcanoes? Has anyone else had any success creating a true castile that isn't slimy and that has a fairly decent lather? Am I asking the impossible?