Salt bar recipe without all the salt?

[Maythorn]

I'm going to try the Youtube recipe again (coconut, olive, shea butter) but I don't want to add 75% salt to the ratio of oils. What if I just want to add a couple of ounces of sea salt? I'm also going to add 2-3 tablespoons of half and half just to see how the scent likes milk (or not).

So just a regular, very hard bar without being really salty hopefully will be okay. Or is the salt necessary to harden a bar with a big lye discount?

 

[Hazel]

What are the percentages of the ingredients? I don't see why you would need the salt since the ones you listed all contribute to hardness although the olive takes a little longer to get hard. If the olive isn't a high percentage, I wouldn't worry about adding salt into the batch. The salt isn't necessary for a batch with lye discount. I've made 100% CO with a high superfat (don't remember the percentage) but it got hard but not as hard as salt bar batches.

However, if you don't add salt then it's not a salt bar. :wink:

 

[Maythorn]

Hi Hazel. 80% coconut, 15% olive and 5% shea. I added a little castor in place of the shea which is pretty much the same SAP value. I'm doing this in 8 oz not the whole 16 so 1/2 oz of scent and I think maybe 4 oz of salt. My other attempt at this was so crumbly.

 

[Hazel]

Sounds like it will be plenty hard enough without the addition of a large percentage of salt.

What was your other recipe that was so crumbly?

 

[Maythorn]

Same recipe. I did it tonight again and added only 3 oz of salt to the 8 oz of oils. It made just over 2 bars and they look fine at this point. I'm trying the silicone molds for the first time and I hope they release the bars cleanly.

 

[Hazel]

I prefer individual cavity silicone molds for salt bars since I don't have to worry about cutting a loaf before it gets too hard. The loaf is extremely difficult to cut and the soap crumbles if it cools too much.