ohsoap said:My supplier told me that you can lower the ph by adding more Olive oil, and use beeswax to harden up the bar. Most suppliers also sell ph strips, I've never used them though. I do the zap test too.
ohsoap said:My supplier told me that you can lower the ph by adding more Olive oil, and use beeswax to harden up the bar. Most suppliers also sell ph strips, I've never used them though. I do the zap test too.
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/c ... m00704.htm[/url]]Question - I am making cold-process soap (oils and fats plus sodium
hydroxide)as a craft and was told by fellow soap-makers that I should PH
test the soap after curing to make sure that all the sodium hydroxide in
it has been neutralized. I agree this is necessary to make sure it is
safe to use, especially if I want to give-away soap to friends.
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/c ... m00704.htm[/url]]First, what is an acceptable pH range for hand/body soap? I have found
numbers anywhere from 7 (I do not see how this would be possible) all the way up to over 9.
Any soapers around here with seriously damaged tongues? Don't think so It's not inaccurate, and some brush their teeth with it twice a day. Mine tastes kind of sweet.http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/c ... m00704.htm[/url]]Soap-makers suggest using a *tongue test* whereby the *taste* the soap on
the end of their tongue to see if there is a *sizzle*. First, this scares
the hell out of me - chemical burns on the tongue are NOT on my top ten
list of things to experience in this life and secondly, this can be a
horribly inaccurate way of judging a soap safe or not. Besides, I doubt
many people actually like the taste of soap, myself included.
Manda said:Most people who have normal healthy skin can probably use most soaps we produce with no irritation or problem at all. I think the main reason for wanting to lower the pH is to produce a soap which is going to be gentler on the skin of people who have sensitivities to high pH or who have conditions such as eczema or dermatitis.
I was just curious as to whether it was possible to lower Ph, to make a gentler soap for anyone. In my limited experience, CP soap made without adding surfactants or other chemicals, and only using EOs (no FOs), has cured mild eczema in 3 people I know, and is helpful to many others with eczema.
Another answer:
It is practically impossible to remove enough of the sodium hydroxide from
home-made soap to render it safe to use -- or to offer as a gift. It cannot
be neutralized -- only "salted out" (at best, an unreliable removal
process).
savondebilal said:Another answer:
It is practically impossible to remove enough of the sodium hydroxide from
home-made soap to render it safe to use -- or to offer as a gift. It cannot
be neutralized -- only "salted out" (at best, an unreliable removal
process).
so what is this clown saying, that all our work with soap is in vain?!?!?![/i]
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