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Ah fantastic. I was wondering about that. Trying to make a mild baby soap and am keeping my cleansing number down to 12-14. I originally made a batch that was at 20 and found it too drying on my baby's skin.

Am in the UK. You dont think over 9.5 is going to be too harsh for a baby? - or can i measure harshness by its 'cleansing' number (i.e. keeping it down to 12-14 on the scale)? Perhaps i should explore assessment via another chemist - who might allow a higher ph. All my soaps are coming out as...

i want to make natural baby bars and in order to get them passed for trading (safety assessment) i need to get the ph below 9.5 No luck so far :(

Still trying to lower the ph of my soaps here.I see you can add citric acid to liquid soap to do that.can I add citric acid to cp/hp soap bars? Desperate to get my soap below ph of 9.5/10. thanks for any advice!

what are the advantages of CPHP soap making? I'm looking to make a very mild (baby) soap and struggling to get the ph low enough with CP - will HP solve this? Also, can i use the same recipe i've used for CP or do i need to avoid using certain ingredients (currently including castor, coconut...

I realise that coconut oil plays a large part in the 'cleansing' action of a soap. Does the amount i use affect ph? Also, what is a good (milder?) alternative?

great - thanks everyone. I'm using a jewellery scale that measures down to 0.001g - but i think i will take your advice and make slightly larger practice batches (perhaps 250g ish). Many Thanks!

ok thats useful thanks. I wonder if its because i'm making such small amounts of soap (to test recipes) e.g. 1 or 2 bars.... What are the benefits (if any) of encouraging my soaps to go through a gel stage?

why does my soap sometimes appear to miss out the gel stage?

I'm struggling to make a bar that is hard enough yet also mild enough. In order to keep the cleansing value low and mild i'm limiting my use of coconut oil to max 18-20% but i'm finding this make my soap too soft. Any advice? I'm also using olive oil, palm oil, avocado oil, castor oil and almond...

I'm making a soap/shampoo bar using a combination of olive, palm, coconut, castor, sweet almond and avocado oils. Am struggling to get the ph below 10 (i want a mild cleanser with a ph of 9.5 absolute max really). Can anyone advise on my choice of oils and/or a good oil for superfatting...?

brilliant thanks

i would like to add aloe vera to my soap - how do i do this? Can i substitute some of the water for aloe vera juice...? or is there another way? Also, can you buy cosmetic grade aloe vera - or is there no such thing, and i could just buy some from the local health food store?

immediately after moulding and then again 3 or 4 weeks later

what are syndet shampoo bars?

Hi there, am trying to make my soaps as mild as possible but no matter what superfat % i use they are coming out as ph 10. I am using a digital ph reader and have checked it with water - and it seems to be reading ok. What can i do to make my soaps milder? I have even used a 10/11% superfat but...

Hi there I am attempting to make solid shampoo bars using the cold process method. However the Ph of my bars keeps coming out as 10. I want to try and lower this (ideally they'd be 7). How can i do this on future batches? Thanks