Katsbe
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What is the ph of your cold process soap?
I meant 8*Hello. I don’t know where my post went. Can you tell me the ph of your soaps? Mine are 9 I am trying to get it to be nicer on the skin. Any help?
I haven’t found much. Wondering if there is a way to make cold process soap not harsh.Did you try searching the forum? You'll not only find normal pH of soap, but also the pitfalls of pH testing.
I haven’t found much. Wondering if there is a way to make cold process soap not harsh.
23%palm kernalChanging the pH won't do that. Changing the ingredients can.
What is your current recipe? Everyone's skin is different -- can you explain what "harsh" means to you?
23%palm kernal
29% palm
29% olive pomace
3.68% avacado
5%castorcaster
5.8% apricot kernal
Lye 4.62
Water 8.62
New soaper here. Trying to use up the palm I bought
That sounds lovelyHere is a recipe my family likes, with some substitutions in ( ) based on what you're trying to use up:
40% Lard (or palm)
30% Olive (I don't use pomace. Maybe could sub high oleic sunflower oil? Or some other liquid oil with a similar SAP value? I think some people like rice bran oil)
20% coconut oil (you could try using your palm kernel here)
10% avocado oil (or leave it out and make the lard 50%)
3-5% superfat
@Katsbe , that seems to have been an easily solved mystery!Oh interesting. Thank you for that input. I tried the olive oil pomace independently just rubbed it onto my arm last nightand it caused a burning, uncomfortable sensation I get from my soaps. So that will have to be replaced. I have tried 7 different recipes now. I think I’ll switch to lard like the ladies said, use olive oil, and try a 33% lye concentration. I believe the typo I did was leaving out all the decimals. At this point I’ll just start all over
Using a soap calculator also helps to determine the harshness of a bar of soap. If one sticks with a cleansing (harshness) factor on the low end and a conditioning (mildness) factor on the high end, and the other attributes in the recommended range, one will have a less harsh bar of soap.23%palm kernal
29% palm
29% olive pomace
3.68% avacado
5%castorcaster
5.8% apricot kernal
Lye 4.62
Water 8.62
New soaper here. Trying to use up the palm I bought
@Nona'sFarm , I had completely forgotten about that! But, you are completely right! I am still hoping that the olive oil pomace was the culprit so that @Katsbe's problem is solved and so that she can move on ...Also, as far as the comment about olive oil pomace - please be aware that once oils interact with lye they become different compounds and can act differently on the skin than the straight oil.
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