Turpentine and Himalayan sea salt
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Hermit
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Here's a link about Turpentine on WebMD. Although it does say that it can be used for soap, it doesn't specify if small amounts are used as some type of additive or if it is used as one of the main oils.
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-508/turpentine-oil
Pay attention to the safety pages: causing flair ups in people with asthma and respiratory illnesses, seems like a red flag. We haven't tested it enough to know if it's harmful to pregnant or breastfeeding people when applied topically, so, our advice is to be safe and not.... BIG red flag. Can interfere with medications, or cause liver problems... major red flags.
As an artist, and having had some Hazmat training through work, my knee-jerk reaction is: this doesn't seem like a healthy ingredient to use.
It would also be difficult to find the SAP value of Turpentine, It doesn't seem to be in any of the soap calculators that I've checked. (I was curious!)
And to your original question: I have no idea about how it would react with any kind of salt????
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-508/turpentine-oil
Pay attention to the safety pages: causing flair ups in people with asthma and respiratory illnesses, seems like a red flag. We haven't tested it enough to know if it's harmful to pregnant or breastfeeding people when applied topically, so, our advice is to be safe and not.... BIG red flag. Can interfere with medications, or cause liver problems... major red flags.
As an artist, and having had some Hazmat training through work, my knee-jerk reaction is: this doesn't seem like a healthy ingredient to use.
It would also be difficult to find the SAP value of Turpentine, It doesn't seem to be in any of the soap calculators that I've checked. (I was curious!)
And to your original question: I have no idea about how it would react with any kind of salt????
ResolvableOwl
Notorious Lyear
@Avbarron Which type of turpentine are you talking about?
Solid pine resin is called “colophony” and a few calulators, e. g. SAPONIFICATION CALCULATOR - HANDCRAFTED SOAP MAKING offer saponification values for it.
The volatile fraction alone is an essential oil (a first guess would be to treat it like pine essential oil), and has no saponification value, treat it like any other essential oil.
Hard to tell if it's the natural mix of both (honey thick with an aromatic smell).
jacobus davids
New Member
Most folks don’t use Himalayan salt in their soap - even when finely ground, it is extremely scratchy, to the point of lacerating some folks’ skin. I personally can use the fine ground Kirkland brand in my exfoliating salt bars, but I seem to be the outlier in that.
