Citrus Soap Challenge

[Lindy]

http://www.foodscience.caes.uga.edu/extension/documents/fdaapproximatephoffoodslacf-phs.pdf
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What a fantastic resource! Thank you....

Are we just using the juice? Are we incorporating more of the fruit? I was going to make a batch just using 16 ozs of oils. I have plenty of popcorn ready, looking forward to Lindy's video!!!!!

I'm going to use the rind and peel as well as "some" of the juice. I want to keep the juice down to about 10% max. And even with that I am going to put it into clay and powdered milk to offset some of the acid.

Popcorn huh.... :shifty:

Is anyone planning to use lemon or orange butter? Just curious, I saw some this morning while window shopping on Camden Grey

I don't think we need to choose our poison by what others are going to make. If we have more than one person doing, let's say, lemon then we may get more than one result.

I'm actually going to do Grapefruit & Mandarin.

 

[thefarmerdaughter]

I wasn't trying to narrow it down for my own choice. I wasn't planning to join, just interested in the results. I thought I would mention the lemon/orange butter b/c i read they have many of the same properties as the rind and peel.

 

[Lindy]

Ahhh - well thank you for that.....

 

[Soapsugoii]

I have a soap with a lot of orange essential oil already in my line. Would it be cheating to use that one? Muahaha. I have less time for experiments than I'd like these days

 

[JuliaGulia]

I'm going to use the rind and peel as well as "some" of the juice. I want to keep the juice down to about 10% max. And even with that I am going to put it into clay and powdered milk to offset some of the acid.

I was actually wondering about that. Would adding cornstarch do the same thing as adding powdered milk or clay? And how do you know how much to add?
Thanks!

 

[Lindy]

When I use clay I usually add 1%. I don't know what corn starch would do in soap. Always worth a try.....

 

[SpellboundSoaps]

I'd love to try with the lemon! My grams has a lemon tree and whenever it's full she dumps them off one me because I LOVE Lemonade. So I have a ton that I wanted to experiment with but as someone mentioned earlier the Soaping 101 video showed that wasn't going to work out.

I'd love to try it with both CP & HP to see what works in each one because if we can figure out the soaping conundrum that would be fantastic!

 

[Lindy]

I was just reading the other thread and it touched on something I was already thinking about. What if you dropped your SF down to 3% so you have enough extra lye in there to handle the citrus juice and still turn into soap..... Oh yeah, getting excited about this experiment....

 

[2lilboots]

I read that cornstarch is the vegan substitute for tussah silk. I haven't tried it so I don't know, but perhaps that will be in my near future.

 

[Lindy]

Interesting. I use Tussah Silk and LOVE it to death....

 

[2lilboots]

Interesting. I use Tussah Silk and LOVE it to death....

The first time I used tussah silk, I used too much. It didn't all disolve in my lye/water mixture and I wasn't happy with how my soap turned out(looked like it had hair in it). I love it now and use it in every batch I make.

Ok, so now you are upping the juice to 10% instead of 5%, and lowering your superfat to 3%. I won't be able to work on mine until Monday. I will put some of the lime zest and maybe some pulp, but I am not putting the seeds in. I am still figuring out how much of the juice I am planning on using.

 

[Lion Of Judah]

I read that cornstarch is the vegan substitute for tussah silk. I haven't tried it so I don't know, but perhaps that will be in my near future.

my last soap batch i used cornstarch for two reasons and this was one of them, they are still drying out some more so i have not gotten around to trying them as yet....but i will be sure to let you know.
the other reason was to anchor my citrus in the soap.

 

[Lindy]

The first time I used tussah silk, I used too much. It didn't all disolve in my lye/water mixture and I wasn't happy with how my soap turned out(looked like it had hair in it). I love it now and use it in every batch I make.

Ok, so now you are upping the juice to 10% instead of 5%, and lowering your superfat to 3%. I won't be able to work on mine until Monday. I will put some of the lime zest and maybe some pulp, but I am not putting the seeds in. I am still figuring out how much of the juice I am planning on using.

You must have used a huge amount of silk to get that to happen! :lolno:

I haven't had time yet either. I'm not going to use the seeds either. What I'm going to do is use the juice of half a grapefruit, the zest and the rind. I haven't decided whether I'm going with 5 or 10% juice but yeah I'm lowering my SF to 3% to give it the room it needs.

my last soap batch i used cornstarch for two reasons and this was one of them, they are still drying out some more so i have not gotten around to trying them as yet....but i will be sure to let you know.
the other reason was to anchor my citrus in the soap.

Looking forward to seeing your soap and hearing your thoughts on it.

 

[CaliChan]

When is the dead line for the soap making challenge?

 

[Scentapy]

I will try Cranberry Juice. You think????

I totally read this wrong. For some reason I saw citrus and was just thinking fruit (I don't know why). Not CITRUS.

Anyway... hope everyone is doing good... I can't wait to read / see the results. I am not going to participate afterall.

 

[Lindy]

CaliChan we have a couple of weeks because people get busy. I haven't had time to get mine made yet either.... :lolno:

 

[hoegarden]

I will most probably to testing out next week too. I have to wait for my current soaps to be out of the tray before the next batch can move in.

 

[Badger]

This challenge sounds great and I would like to try out making something with lemon, but I have not made any soap yet, so it would likely be a bit too soon for me to try. Maybe in a couple months I can try a challenge (maybe sooner if I have the money and can get practice in!).

 

[2lilboots]

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This was what I have been looking for. When I watched her video on the lemon soap, I watched this one immediatly afterwards and it explained how to make soap using lemon juice. I knew i would find it and wanted to share it.

 

[melstan775]

This is a good one cuz she explains how to neutralize lemons. But to be fair the other one she was just making a point. She used the whole lemon - overkill. She even says in the end of that one to use citrus sparingly.