I've done quite a bit of research on pine tar soap and plan to make my first batch soon but am still a bit nervous! Will this recipe work? I plan on using my recipe with the technique/method Elly's Everyday Soap Making pine tar video shows.
I read through a bunch of threads on here and one person said their pine tar soap took like 8 months to cure and become solid. This will be for a customer so I'm hoping the sodium lactate + decreasing the olive oil will help it to be a harder bar and stick to the regular 4-6 week cure time. Did I replace 10% of the oils with the pine tar correctly? (I also read on here to replace 10% of the oil with pine tar to keep your base recipe)
My base recipe is typically:
15 ounces olive oil
11 ounces palm oil
8 ounces coconut oil
4.7 ounces lye
11.2 ounces water
To alter this for a pine tar soap, can I do:
11.5 ounces olive oil
3.5 ounces pine tar
11 ounces palm oil
8 ounces coconut oil
4.7 ounces lye
11.2 ounces water
3 teaspoons sodium lactate
Any and all info or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you. I find extreme value in the threads and info I've found here and greatly appreciate this site.
I read through a bunch of threads on here and one person said their pine tar soap took like 8 months to cure and become solid. This will be for a customer so I'm hoping the sodium lactate + decreasing the olive oil will help it to be a harder bar and stick to the regular 4-6 week cure time. Did I replace 10% of the oils with the pine tar correctly? (I also read on here to replace 10% of the oil with pine tar to keep your base recipe)
My base recipe is typically:
15 ounces olive oil
11 ounces palm oil
8 ounces coconut oil
4.7 ounces lye
11.2 ounces water
To alter this for a pine tar soap, can I do:
11.5 ounces olive oil
3.5 ounces pine tar
11 ounces palm oil
8 ounces coconut oil
4.7 ounces lye
11.2 ounces water
3 teaspoons sodium lactate
Any and all info or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you. I find extreme value in the threads and info I've found here and greatly appreciate this site.