Your favorite Glycerine %

[LiquidWrench]

What is your favorite Glycerine % or oz per pound you use?

 

[xyxoxy]

I don't add glycerine to CP soap.
Maybe I didn't understand your question?

 

[Guest]

I don't add glycerin either .

Kitn

 

[Dixie]

I don't add glycerin to cp soap but I do to cphp. At the end of the cook I add 1 tsp. per pound. It's all part of a key process to make the cphp soap look smooth like cp. Then I insulate the soap and let it cool very slowly on its own.
Just a trick, but in actuality it does not NEED glycerin.

 

[Lindy]

I don't add glycerine to my CP either - Dixie that's an interesting idea on your HP though....

 

[Dixie]

Oh I can't take the credit, it was from another forum and poster. I have written it all up and put it on my blog. If your intrested in all teh details here it is:

http://luxurysoap.blogspot.com/2009/04/ ... ap_15.html

I made a stunning black and white marble soap!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for that tip Dixie .I may learn to like the outcome of hp yet :wink:

Kitn

 

[Dixie]

Your welcome. I made another batch yesterday and i was just a smooth. I don't like it though. I forgot to add the scent and I put paprika in for color. SO it has this soap-paprika smell to it. It's ok, but it would not be a pic over anything else. And now that I know paprika has a smell I won't be using it again, even if the FO does over ride it.

 

[LJA]

I don't add glycerine either...

 

[Inodoro Pereyra]

I used 25% glycerin in all my 4 batches of soap so far. However, it's not the kind of glycerin you probably know. This is biodiesel byproduct, which is mostly glycerin, with free fatty acids and some lye.

 

[IrishLass]

No glycerin here either. Glycerin is already present in finished CP as a natural byproduct of mixing lye & oils, so no extra is needed at all.

IrishLass

 

[LiquidWrench]

No extra is needed, but have you ever tried adding it?

The addition of extra cleansing ability and moisturizing is nice..

 

[topcat]

I haven't added it to my CP soaps yet. I have thought about it, but instead so far just up my superfat % to get a lovely moist & gentle soap. I started in MP soap crafting and have wondered if adding more glycerine to my CP will give a more MP-like feel to the soap....does adding extra glycerine attract moisture to the finished CP bar like MP? That wouldn't be an effect I would want :wink:

Tanya

 

[LiquidWrench]

It will attract moisture if you use too much, yes. Otherwise no, it doesn't cause any problem. Try adding just a little bit though, anywhere from a quarter teaspoon to a tablespoon per bar. The more people experimenting to find out the proper oz to oz ratio of glycerine to soap the better.

 

[topcat]

Thanks LiquidWrench, I will try that in my next tester batch.

Tanya