Will you share your observations? And a picture, too, I hope?
Yes, I will be happy to do so.
The first time I made tooth soap, I didn't put enough AC in it (and I used CO... blech... it's now used by my granddaughter as an acne soap). I winged it the second time, went by colour. I think for a 4 ounce batch, I used 2 or 3 caps. It's nice and dark this time.
Thank you,
Misschief, that helps! I made it last night after reading this. I used your recipe with the oils being exactly the same. I hand stirred only because it was such a small batch (4 ounces of oils total). I used 40% Lye Concentration and 3% SF as you did.
1.2 oz Olive Oil
1.2 oz Peanut Oil
1.2 oz PKO
0.4 oz Cocoa Butter
These were my additives:
0.8 grams of local honey,
1 tsp xylitol granules (I weighed it, but forgot to right down the gram weight)
1.6 grams AC (one teaspoon),
1 Tums tablet crushed, and
0.2 grams Turmeric.
I dissolved the xylitol in hot water, then added the crushed Tums tablet to that.
I mixed the honey directly into the melted oils.
I mixed the lye water into the oils at about 95°F & stirred with a whisk
I added the xylitol/Tums slurry to the batter continuing to stir with a whisk
I have made homemade toothpaste with Turmeric in the past, but it is so messy to clean up, I stopped using it. So I added a some to this soap.
Here is a collage of the making of this soap. I included the Activated Charcoal mess, because it is quite messy! The counter top cleaned up easily with spritzing with rubbing alcohol. I haven't cleaned the dishcloths yet, so not sure how they are going to look, but otherwise it cleans up pretty well. The AC I ordered came in that folded-over stand-up pouch, but I transferred as much as I could into the plastic spice jar in the photo. I believe it will be less messy next time I do this.
The upper left is the color of the batter before the Turmeric, the next down is after the Turmeric (only 0.2 grams, a couple of shakes from my spice bottle). My index finger is in the photo for size reference, otherwise the molds could look big, but they are quite small. The unmolded soaps are shiny because I put them into the freezer for a few minutes to make them come out of the plastic containers more easily & they are sweating.
I don't think these gelled because they are so small. I did put them into a warm oven sitting in a warm water bath & covered with a towel. But the oven was already cooled down by the time I checked it before I went to bed, so I doubt they ever got warm enough to gel. They weren't as hard as I would have expected this morning if they had fully gelled. But maybe the additives contributed to the softness (not supersoft, just not hard.)
I am planning to let them cure at least 2 or 3 months before I start using one of them. Maybe I will test one sooner, though if it doesn't zap. I'll decide when the times comes.
ETA: 3 days later and they are hardening up quite nicely. That's a relief. As they dry, the color is becoming more grey-black and less pitch-black.