Zany's No Slime Castile

[Mobjack Bay]

Can you use regular tap water for the feux sea water or does it need to be filtered mineral water or distilled water for definite ? Distiiled water is expensive so making a quart ( About 946ml )is a lot .

Also can the recipe be used HP and also work with the addition of shae butter ?

Thanks

The recommendations are to always use distilled or reverse osmosis rather than tap water. If the tap water is coming through old pipes, it could pick up metals that increase the chance of DOS (dreaded orange spots) in the soap. There can also be issues with other “impurities”. Surprisingly (to me at least), sea water has some of those same impurities, such as magnesium and calcium, but it does not seem to cause problems in soap. Some here use rainwater for soap, but if you do that, I think you should wait to collect it until after the rain has had a chance to clear impurities out of the air. Collect it fresh from the sky in a pail, for example, rather than off a roof. You may also want to filter it if there are obvious particulates.

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Distiiled water is expensive so making a quart ( About 946ml )is a lot.

Feel free to make up only as much as you need for the size batch you are making.

Also can the recipe be used HP ?

Yes.

...also work with the addition of shae butter ?

I don't know. You'll have to try it. Be sure to recalculate your lye and go for it.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Can you use regular tap water for the feux sea water or does it need to be filtered mineral water or distilled water for definite ? Distiiled water is expensive so making a quart ( About 946ml )is a lot .

Also can the recipe be used HP and also work with the addition of shae butter ?

Thanks

I've been to Banbury.
I don't know why it's so hard to get distilled water over there - I just buy it in the supermarket here for $1.50 per litre (about 70p). Search for 'de-mineralised' water and see what you can find.
We don't recommend tap water for soap because of the minerals that are present which could cause a chemical reaction with the lye. However some people do use it with success.
Try:https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/272512807

 

[Simply Yours UK]

I've been to Banbury.
I don't know why it's so hard to get distilled water over there - I just buy it in the supermarket here for $1.50 per litre (about 70p). Search for 'de-mineralised' water and see what you can find.
We don't recommend tap water for soap because of the minerals that are present which could cause a chemical reaction with the lye. However some people do use it with success.
Try:https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/272512807

I didn’t realise you could use de-ionised water so that is cheaper and more readily available . I got some distilled water from eBay . Here is something really freaky — I am a kiwi and was born in Takapuna Auckland . Small world , huh ? And I am a Canadian too !