PH strips will not tell you of the soap is lye heavy. Plus the hare not reliable when testing soap.
Thank you so much for this information! I think I am going to create a different post to ask about a problem I am having then!
PH strips will not tell you of the soap is lye heavy. Plus the hare not reliable when testing soap.
I do the zap test on every batch I make. I wouldn't feel good giving it to my family and friends unless I did. That said, I wouldn't do it on cold process soap while it's still fluid. I've done it on the few hot process batches I've done after cooling a bit to make sure they were ready. Most of the time I do CPOP and it gets the zap test when I take it out in the morning.
In the instance I mentioned where I knew it was going to fail, I was doing CPOP before I got the bright idea of putting all the stuff that was covered with goop in the oven with the soap. Back then I let things sit around a few days to turn into soap before cleaning. The day after I made a batch, the soap on the utensils had solidified a bit and I touched my tongue to some of the not quite soap just to see what it was like. It didn't burn me. It was just like touching your tongue to a 9V battery.
In case anyone's worried about it putting utensils in the oven, there are very few things you have in your kitchen that can't take 170 deg. F for a couple hours. Even things like plastic measuring cups.
Thank you, MickeyRat! It does sound like a great idea to put all the utencils and tools in the oven and let the goop solidify a bit for easy cleaning! You made me want to try CPOP just to make the cleaning easier
I just wipe my utensils off with a cloth or paper towels and wash them. Or you can leave all your soaping stuff in a bucket for a day or so then wash.
Also, with CP or CPOP don’t zap test for 24-48 hours.
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