Hertzyscowicz
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I've made a few batches of soap with honey as an additive (60 grams per kilo of oil). I noticed the soap is a bit slow to set, and the soap residue in my equipment was a bit oilier than usual. So, I got to thinking, honey is acidic so it probably reacts with lye. I tried removing the honey as an ingredient in Soapmaking friend and it seems the lye amount remained the same, so I have actually used slightly less lye than I needed.
So, does anyone know what saponification value to use for honey when calculating the lye amount? Or, how much sodium hydroxide does a gram of honey neutralize?
So, does anyone know what saponification value to use for honey when calculating the lye amount? Or, how much sodium hydroxide does a gram of honey neutralize?
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