Queen Mum said:Awesome, thanks so much! That is the perfect recipe for me, being all new and shiny at this whole thing. But being a chemist by training and having not done any chemistry for about 35 years except for cooking and cleaning and working on a farm and working in medicine, I need to know when to add preservative to the whole batch. Do you know when to add the germall to the process?
kellistarr said:Hi,
Catherine Failor's book states that "Thoroughly neutralized soaps, with fresh, clean-smelling oils should need no preservatives." She states that if you feel more comfortable adding preservatives, use a scant teaspoon of rosemary extract or mixed-tocopherol vitamin E per pund of soap paste. ...
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