Beer and ACV cream soap.. is it possible?

seven · Jan 10, 2015

title says it all... the reason i asked is because i did a stupid thing earlier today. as i was putting the lye into my beer-acv-glycerin mixture (was going to make a liquid shampoo for a customer), i realized that i was putting NaOH insteah of KoH! DOH!

what can i do to save the already half mixed lye mixture? it has a lot of glycerin in it, so i don't think a cp soap is a good idea. do you think a cream soap is possible? all i have to do is recalculate and add KoH. i've googled beer cream soap and came up with nothing, lol..

FGOriold · Jan 10, 2015

A typical cream soap will be 80% KOH or less so you would probably still have too much NaOH for that. Wish I could be more help.

doriettefarm · Jan 10, 2015

What about a shaving croap?

seven · Jan 11, 2015

aahh shaving soap, good idea! thanks @doriettefarm

i've never made it before, guess this will be my first try...

@FGOriold, i've not put all the NaOH, so i guess a cream soap is still possible. i just gotta calculate very carefully the rest of the ingredients...

doriettefarm · Jan 11, 2015

I've never done a shaving soap either but it's on my list of things to experiment with. If I'm remembering correctly from some of the threads on shaving soap, the croaps are a 80/20 mix of NaOH/KOH and some folks add glycerin. Maybe that could work with your mix . . . think I remember one of the guys using 15% glycerin but others saying they preferred less.

Please let us know if you try it! I think guys would go nuts over shaving soap made with beer!