I've read thru the articles about BHT + EDTA working well on soaps, and bought both in small quntities. @DeeAnna 's article in her site gave me an idea on how to prepare a EDTA solution and add to the mix. However I was not able to find a way to prepare BHT solution. I tried adding it with...
I've met with them yesterday and agreed to give them my product (liquid soap) so that they can run some test with several options, my key concerns were preservatives & thickeners with consistency over a range of temperatures.
Good news..!! I wrote to industrial tech. institute explaining the challenges I face and today I got a response to meet with the my samples.
I'm hoping to visit them asap, amid my work schedules and need to get my questions clearly prepared to discuss with them. preservatives would be one of...
Thanks for the advise, I usually use a small dose of food colorant (usually pink). I have not seen any stain marks anywhere due to that. Do you know any particular reason for the ban, I heard it may discolor due to high pH environment. the bottle of 6 month old soap I found at my parents place...
Thanks for the link, I've been making Cold Processed Liquid Soap for about an year for personal use and given away to my immediate families. I used distilled water to dilute (1:3), fragrance to scent, food coloring & table salt as thickening agent. Although my product turned out to be lovely at...
@DeeAnna thanks for your input. I'm very skeptical about including a chemical preservative in to my liquid soap. However considering the issues it can bring up if no preservatives used, I thought of looking for a preservative. here it is very difficult to obtain the popular brands used by...
I checked their website, Glydant is claimed to be used in personal care products for decades. it also states I has ultra low levels of for formaldehyde content (<0.09%) thereby avoiding the H350 phrase in Europe.
Clause H350 stands for for "May Cause Cancer". Although it is claimed to be...
the website chaims to be effective against molds also
Naticide is a vegetal origin ingredient with a wide spectrum of activity, being effective against Gram+, Gram-, yeasts and moulds in a pH range between 4 - 9.
Anyone heard of a preservative named DMDMH. When I asked my local chemical store...
Would you consider the NATICIDE by Sinerga over the above preservatives. their site states that it is from Natural Identical sources and effective between pH 4-9.
https://www.sinerga.it/en/raw-materials/products/microbial-inhibitor/naticide
Every personal care product including baby care products sold here contains one of those three sulfates and form enhancers, that's one of the reason I got interested in soap-making. I'm trying to find a lye sulfate free shampoo bar recipe that I could make and possibly use on my own.
An Instagram handle, who does some good soap making, recently launched two shampoo bars, which are claimed to be not soaps and sulfate free (SLS,SLES & ALS). But they have not disclosed the surfactant they are using, but claiming to be mild one.
Is it normal for the mix to reach trace in very short time on whisk. I never had to use the stick blender when making bar soaps, it's traces so fast that I don't even have enough time to properly mix colours/EOs.
CPLS stands for cold processed liquid soap only. I think I've learnt my lesson hard way. It was the largest single batch I've tried so far and now gone wrong. I have made the wrong assumption of everything stays same except switching the lye when making liquid soap and bar soap.
I made a batch of CP soap last week. although it traced very fast (3-5min) on a whisk, the resultant soap seems to be too soft and spongy. If it fails to improve I don't think this soap can be used. The ingredients are as follows,
Palmoilen 918g (54%)
Coconut Oil 425g (25%)...
In my country it is literally not possible to find certified palm oil. Also other oils including olive are very expensive and difficult to ensure quality. Once a batch went rancid due to the oilve oil I've used. Although coconut oil is freely available, I don't use coconut oil over 25% in...
@Dawni I also didn't realize that you have experienced an earthquake meanwhile.. Glad you guys are fine..
By the way I made journey back to Colombo yesterday.
Thanks @Dawni for checking on me. Last week was a local festival and we had a week long vacation.I was due to travel back on last sunday to Colombo and still delaying the travel till the return of normalcy. This news came in huge shock to all of us. We bid away from war in 2009 May 18 and ever...
The 24 hours I've mentioned is before dilution, during that time the soap paste will be yellowish or off white color and not transparent. below one a batch soon after it reached the trace.
It becomes fully transparent & clear once diluted, again looses the transparency when we thicken it...