Adding Salt to CP Soap

[CatahoulaBubble]

So wondering if someone can answer my question. I want to add a bit of salt to my soap but I don't want a full on salt bar and I don't necessarily want a brine bar, I just want to add some sea salt to my soap. So at what concentration would I add the salt and would I just dissolve it into my lye first or dissolve it first then add it to the oils? Also will the salt settle to the bottom or will it stay dispersed and will salt accelerate trace?

 

[cmzaha]

When I first started soaping I added salt at 1-2 tsp ppo I am not sure what ratio folks use. I changed to a much harder recipe and nixed the salt as a hardener. That being said, you Cannot dissolve Salt or Sugar in lye water as it will fall out of the solution and crystalize on the bottom of your solution. I may not have explained it properly but it does not work, a chemist I am not. I always preferred dissolving any additives in separate liquid, not my lye solution. SL is probably the exception to my rule but I never soaped with SL.

 

[amd]

I dissolve 1 tsp per 500g oils in my water before adding lye.

 

[Obsidian]

If you don't mind salt crystals in your soap, you can just add it your soap batter once its hit medium trace, that way it won't settle.

It can accelerate trace but 1-2 tsp ppo shouldn't really be a problem unless you have a fast recipe to begin with.
Maybe do a simple one color batch to see how it behaves.