Calcium Chloride?

[KiwiMoose]

Hi there,
I used half a can of lychees last night in an asian style salad, and so as not to waste the rest, I decided to blend it up to use in some soap. The can lists calcium chloride as one of the ingredients (used as a 'hardener'). Do you think this is going to be ok in my soap - or will it do something weird?

 

[Marsi]

calcium chloride is used in cheesemaking to assist curd coagulation
and in making gastronomic spheres
calcium in soap makes soap scum

it will add to your chelators work
and might consume some NaOH

quantity matters
if your lychee juice tastes salty you will likely have a problem with the calcium forming soap
this will show up as gritty bits in your batch

 

[AliOop]

calcium chloride is used in cheesemaking to assist curd coagulation
and in making gastronomic spheres
calcium in soap makes soap scum

it will add to your chelators work
and might consume some NaOH

quantity matters
if your lychee juice tastes salty you will likely have a problem with the calcium forming soap
this will show up as gritty bits in your batch

Great info - thanks for sharing!

 

[DeeAnna]

Depending on whether you use a chelator and how much CaCl2 you're adding -- The calcium will make soap scum. Or the calcium will partially or completely deactivate your chelator if you're using one. Or both.

Wouldn't be something I'd want to add a lot of to my soap, but I s'pose a little won't be a big deal.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Depending on whether you use a chelator and how much CaCl2 you're adding -- The calcium will make soap scum. Or the calcium will partially or completely deactivate your chelator if you're using one. Or both.

Wouldn't be something I'd want to add a lot of to my soap, but I s'pose a little won't be a big deal.

Yes - there’s no way of knowing what the quantity is, but given it’s the last ingredient listed I imagine it is minuscule.

 

[BattleGnome]

If this study is anything to go by you can expect 1% calcium chloride. But I only read the abstract and don’t know if there is an industry standard. 1% is easy to math around if you want to be precise

 

[Marsi]

I personally would use it if the lychee water tasted like ... unsalted lychees
you can get an idea of how much calcium chloride is in your lychee water by tasting it
it will taste salty if the solution is strong

please see AliOops quote if you would like to see my original post on the salty taste of calcium chloride
(the formatting has vanished from my original post)

1% calcium chloride solution is in reference to a foliar spray nutrient solution for the lychee tree
calcium chloride is also good for blossom end rot in tomatoes
https://extension.tennessee.edu/Monroe/ContentSliderPictures/Blossom-End Rot.pdf

 

[KiwiMoose]

I personally would use it if the lychee water tasted like ... unsalted lychees
you can get an idea of how much calcium chloride is in your lychee water by tasting it
it will taste salty if the solution is strong

please see AliOops quote if you would like to see my original post on the salty taste of calcium chloride
(the formatting has vanished from my original post)

1% calcium chloride solution is in reference to a foliar spray nutrient solution for the lychee tree
calcium chloride is also good for blossom end rot in tomatoes
https://extension.tennessee.edu/Monroe/ContentSliderPictures/Blossom-End Rot.pdf

It was sweet - not salty.

 

[Marsi]

It was sweet - not salty.

are you going to try it?

*edited to add a leaping minuscule

 

[KiwiMoose]

are you going to try it?

You bet your a**!