I’m a hobby soaper and only been soaping for a couple of years, during that time I’ve come up with a CP recipe that always works and suits my skin etc.
I average a 1.5kg loaf per week which I make for family and friends.
Recently I‘ve been using vinegar (plain white vinegar) in my batter as I find there’s a lot less scum formation than when I used citric acid powder.
Anyway, long story short, yesterday I made my usual Tea Tree oil and AC soap and the photos show what I cut this morning after 24 hour.
Usual Recipe with 1kg of oils: OO 30%. CO 20%. Palm 20%. Shea 15%. Cocoa butter 15%. Sweet Almond 5%. RBO 5%
usual ‘extras’ tussah silk, sugar 10g Na lactate 2 tsp TD 2tsps to lye solution.
SF 5% NaOh conc 33% (I added an extra 5g lye to account for 140g vinegar and dissolved the lye in 145g H20)
I also added: Activated charcoal 2 tbsp, Kaolin clay 1 tbsp with EOs
EOs: Tea tree 12g lavender 9g Litsea 9g
I soap at room temperature (I’m in UK) the batter did thicken quicker than usual - I assumed the EOs and kaolin to blame - put in the mould and CPOP for an hour. Zap test ‘negative’ so doesn’t seem to be lye heavy
I average a 1.5kg loaf per week which I make for family and friends.
Recently I‘ve been using vinegar (plain white vinegar) in my batter as I find there’s a lot less scum formation than when I used citric acid powder.
Anyway, long story short, yesterday I made my usual Tea Tree oil and AC soap and the photos show what I cut this morning after 24 hour.
Usual Recipe with 1kg of oils: OO 30%. CO 20%. Palm 20%. Shea 15%. Cocoa butter 15%. Sweet Almond 5%. RBO 5%
usual ‘extras’ tussah silk, sugar 10g Na lactate 2 tsp TD 2tsps to lye solution.
SF 5% NaOh conc 33% (I added an extra 5g lye to account for 140g vinegar and dissolved the lye in 145g H20)
I also added: Activated charcoal 2 tbsp, Kaolin clay 1 tbsp with EOs
EOs: Tea tree 12g lavender 9g Litsea 9g
I soap at room temperature (I’m in UK) the batter did thicken quicker than usual - I assumed the EOs and kaolin to blame - put in the mould and CPOP for an hour. Zap test ‘negative’ so doesn’t seem to be lye heavy