Liquid soap not going to gel stage

[Venkatesh]

Hi,
My liquid soap not going to gel stage. Its showing the ph level between 12-14 have attached the recipe from soapcalc.net.The soap has become hard. My potassium hydroxide flakes shows 99% purity does it affects the formulation?.

regards,
Venkatesh

 

[Misschief]

Batches don't always go through all the stages. Others, with more experience in LS, will chime in, I'm sure.

 

[DeeAnna]

"...My potassium hydroxide flakes shows 99% purity does it affects the formulation?..."

Of course it does! You set the calculator to use 90% purity and 3% superfat. You actually have 99% purity KOH and 3% superfat. That means your soap has about 6% lye excess, not a 3% superfat. The excess alkali in this soap will need to be neutralized with an acid.

A 100% coconut oil KOH soap (almost no oleic acid) will not be the same as a KOH soap that contains a lot oleic acid. Also the way the soap is made -- especially how much water may have evaporated out when the soap was saponifying -- will also affect the appearance of the soap paste.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

I would wait a week or two to make sure it is fully saponified before diluting. It should be just fine given time to do its thing.

This is a good article on pH testing LS that you may find useful:
http://alaiynab.blogspot.com/2015/05/ph-testing-of-liquid-soap-and-lowering.html