That's pretty sparse lather even for Castile. My cheap china ph paper puts my liquid Castile at a ph of 8. I would say it still needs a bit more base.
my liquid castile turned all white and creamy
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So right now it's probably not that great as soap, but how does it feel? Must be pretty mild!
I bet it IS pretty mild. Might work as a nice facial cleanser as is... Hmm
But, if you want to keep adding base I would do so until the floaties go away, yes.
that should give you more lather.
But, if you want to keep adding base I would do so until the floaties go away, yes.
that should give you more lather.
And I would suggest that any advice from this friend of yours is checked here first - there are many great posts about making ls that say that no extra neutralisation is needed and would have avoided this whole mess had you read that first of all, or at the very least asked a question about it
People neutralize to remove a lye-excess. Using a soap calc and quality lye, you can make sure that you don't have that and so don't need to do the extra step.
You did not need one gram of citric acid for a 3% superfat is what Craig(and I) is trying to tell you. That is NOT a soap that needed neutralization. Citric acid added during paste phase is to act as a chelator, and extra KOH is added to adjust for it up front. This was NOT lye heavy soap if you followed the 3% recipe, and your KOH was good. PLUS you did a zap test!
I am going to repeat my suggestion to toss that batch.
I am going to repeat my suggestion to toss that batch.
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There are different ways of going about things, some currently in favor and others maybe not as much, but still doable. I don't do ls much, but I would probably still use a lye excess and neutralize next time I do. No harm done here, and some learning. Extra fun, woo hoo!
Indeed, but NOT using an excess AND neutralising is not just an extra step, but a step toward a bad batch of LS that THEN needs extra lye to get it back to good again.
If you use SBM calculator, it accounts for 94% purity. Then simply split the difference. Also, base your amount of water on the KOH. I use the 1:3 ratio with excellent results.
SBM calculator has been down for awhile
but i see its finally back up today
they didnt pay their hosting bill
LOL
i still have not added any KOH to the soap, and now practically all the floaties have gone away.
i still think i need to add a bit of KOH to make it lather more.
but i see its finally back up today
they didnt pay their hosting bill
LOL
i still have not added any KOH to the soap, and now practically all the floaties have gone away.
i still think i need to add a bit of KOH to make it lather more.
a friend of mine put her liquid castile soap in the fridge and it turned white too
i guess that is because OO turns white in the fridge.
so dont freak out if your LS turns white in the fridge, just take it out and see if it clears up when it warms up!
i guess that is because OO turns white in the fridge.
so dont freak out if your LS turns white in the fridge, just take it out and see if it clears up when it warms up!
like others said, its not lathering as much as LIQUID CASTILE SOAP SHOULD and probably needs more base because of the CA.
i never said it should lather like bar soap or snydet.
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