salt bars ?

[justme]

I am sitting here reading about salt bars. Question for you, What happens if you desolve the salt in the water with the lye? Other of course you dont have the salt crystals for exfoliating? I've read that salt bars last forever which is kind of my reason for trying this, but would it make the bars harder also?

 

[artisan soaps]

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[chris21908]

I am sitting here reading about salt bars. Question for you, What happens if you desolve the salt in the water with the lye? Other of course you dont have the salt crystals for exfoliating? I've read that salt bars last forever which is kind of my reason for trying this, but would it make the bars harder also?

i am also curious about if you can dissolve the salt in the water with the lye. i hope someone can answer this question

 

[jennikate]

It can be done best if disolved in water and than lye added. I add at trace right before pouring into mold works either way. Salt bars dont really exfoliate they are super hard and smooth like a river rock during use. Also most of us up superfat to 8-10 percent to keep from being drying. HTH

 

[Alexandra]

I tried to add salt in lye water when making HP soap.

Be careful, because on the end of cooking you will have big amount of water separated out of your soap (as well as oils you left for superfating).

If you add a small amount of salt (teaspon or just few grams) you will just get harder bar.

But if you put for instance 300 grams salt in lye water and you have overall weight of 3-4-5 kg soap, than you are going to experience this unpleasant separation (as described above).

Bigger amount of salt (i went up to 50%) you can add after cooking, and than you have completely different chemical reaction. If added after cooking, salt is prone to bound (to apsorb) water.

Bt my experience, when salt is added after cooking, very long curing time is needed for soap to reach its great properties. Salt is also great preservative, so consider it if you work with short-life oils added after cooking.

So, note that everything I wrote is for HP soap only, since I havent tried yet salt in CP.

 

[mariflo]

I've been making salt bars for a while now (don't sell soap, just for our own usage) and I can say my bf absolutely loves it. It's his fav kind of soap and he also uses it for his hair.
As for how much salt to use, I use 80% salt, for example if I have 1000g oils, I use 800g salt.
To disolve it in water you would need to use a looot less than that. The solubility of salt in water is 35.7 grams per 100 ml of water. If you use more salt, it doesn't dissolve and you would get the same result as not dissolving it in water, which wouldn't hurt I guess. But if you add all that salt from the very beginning, wouldn't you get soap on a stick from the starting point of the saponification? Oooohhh, I am curious now. If you guys try it please please, pretty please, do share your experiences.

Happy soaping,
mari

 

[djk17]

I've only done a few batches of salt soap, but I add 50% salt, and I add as much to the water as it will take before adding the lye. Whatever I can't get the water to absorb I add at trace. I'm not a big fan of pocky-looking bars, and this way I get excellent hard salty bars without crusty pores